Effect of reactive media composition and co-contaminants on sulfur-based autotrophic denitrification

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 802-807

  Moon, Hee Sun ^a,c   Chang, Sun Woo ^b,c   Nam, Kyoungphile ^a,c   Choe, Jaewan ^a,c   Kim, Jae Young ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)   (South Korea)

^c Kwangju University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autotrophic denitrification; Heavy metals; Sulfur granule size; TCE; Volume ratio of sulfur to limestone

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; KINETIC CONSTANTS; NITRATE REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; SULFUR GRANULE SIZE;

CONTAMINATION; DENITRIFICATION; LIMESTONE; OXIDATION; SULFUR;

NITRATES;

COPPER; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; LIMESTONE; NITRATE; SULFUR; ZINC;

AUTOTROPHY; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; POLLUTANT; REACTIVE BARRIER; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DENITRIFICATION; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KOREA; METALS, HEAVY; NITRATES; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFUR; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33748432811     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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