Sulfur transformation in rising main sewers receiving nitrate dosage

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4430-4440

  Jiang, Guangming ^a   Sharma, Keshab Raj ^a   Guisasola, Albert ^a   Keller, Jurg ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elemental sulfur; Nitrate; Sewer; Sulfate; Sulfide; Sulfur transformation

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC WATER; NITRATES; OXIDATION; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SEWERS;

ANOXIC SULFIDE OXIDATION; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; OXIDATION AND REDUCTION; OXIDATION OF SULFIDES; REACTORS IN SERIES; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR TRANSFORMATION;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

NITRATE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NITRATE; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SEWER NETWORK; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWER;

EID: 70149111960     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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