Heavy metal removal from synthetic wastewaters in an anaerobic bioreactor using stillage from ethanol distilleries as a carbon source

Chemosphere

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1815-1820

  Goncalves M M M ^a,b   da Costa, A C A ^b   Leite, S G F ^a   Sant'Anna Jr , G L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bioreactor; Carbon source; Heavy metals removal; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Sulfide precipitation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; DRAINAGE; ETHANOL; HEAVY METALS;

CARBON SOURCE; METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; SULFIDE PRECIPITATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALCOHOL; CADMIUM; CARBON; HEAVY METAL; SULFATE; ZINC;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; DRAINAGE; ETHANOL; HEAVY METALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; CADMIUM; ETHANOL; HEAVY METAL; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RETENTION; SLUDGE; SULFATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFIDE; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35548970678     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.05.074     Document Type: Article

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