Comparison between acetate and hydrogen as electron donors and implications for the reductive dehalogenation of PCE and TCE

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 76-85

  Lee, Il Su ^a   Bae, Jae Ho ^a   McCarty, Perry L ^b  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate; Bioremediation; Hydrogen; PCE; Reductive dehalogenation; TCE

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEHALOGENATION; HYDROGEN; METHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VEGETABLE OILS;

ACETATE; ELECTRON DONOR; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AQUIFERS; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEHALOGENATION; HYDROGEN; METHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VEGETABLE OILS; WATER TREATMENT;

ACETATE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON; FERMENTATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN; METHANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHALOGENATION; ELECTRON; FERMENTATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACETATES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ELECTRONS; FERMENTATION; HALOGENATION; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TIME FACTORS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34948902806     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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