Monitoring biological sulphide oxidation processes using combined respirometric and titrimetric techniques

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 644-650

  Munz, Giulio ^a   Gori, Riccardo ^a   Mori, Gualtiero ^b   Lubello, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Cuoiodepur Spa ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological sulphide oxidation; Elemental sulphur; Membrane bioreactor; pH stat; Respirometry; Thiobacillus

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; OXIDATION; PROCESS MONITORING;

BIOLOGICAL SULPHIDE OXIDATIONS; ELEMENTAL SULPHUR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PH-STAT; RESPIROMETRY; THIOBACILLUS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MEMBRANE; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MONITORING; RESPIROMETRY; STOICHIOMETRY; TITRIMETRY;

THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 67649494333     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.04.039     Document Type: Article

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