Effectiveness of sulfate-reducing passive bioreactors for treating highly contaminated acid mine drainage: I. Effect of hydraulic retention time

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3442-3451

  Neculita, Carmen Mihaela ^a   Zagury, Gérald J ^a   Bussière, Bruno ^a,b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ALKALINITY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; EFFLUENTS; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDRAULICS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; METAL RECOVERY; MIXTURES; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGES; CONTAMINATED WATERS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIMES; METAL REMOVALS; REACTIVE MIXTURES; SHORT PERIODS; TREATED EFFLUENTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POROSITY; REDUCTION; RETENTION; SULFATE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 56349159062     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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