The effect of pH on thiosulfate formation in a biotechnological process for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from gas streams

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2637-2642

  Van Den Bosch, Pim L F ^a   Sorokin, Dimitry Y ^b,c   Buisman, Cees J N ^a   Janssen, Albert J H ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; DISSOLUTION; PH EFFECTS;

DISSOLVED SULFIDE; MECHANISTIC MODEL;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; THIOSULFATE;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PH EFFECTS;

BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PH; SULFIDE; THIOSULFATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; GAS FLOW; PH; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 41649118820     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7024438     Document Type: Article

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