Effect of the sulfide concentration on zinc bio-precipitation in a single stage sulfidogenic bioreactor at pH 5.5

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-248

  Bijmans, Martijn F M ^a   van Helvoort, Pieter Jan ^a   Buisman, Cees J N ^a   Lens, Piet N L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bio precipitation; Gas lift bioreactor; Sulfate reduction; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIO-PRECIPITATION; DISSOLVED ZINC; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTRON DONORS; METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY; NATURAL WATERS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PROCESS STREAMS; SETTLING PROPERTIES; SINGLE STAGE; SULFATE REDUCING; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION; SULFIDE GENERATION; ZINC CONCENTRATES; ZINC REMOVAL;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; HYDROGEN; METALLURGY; PH EFFECTS; SULFIDE MINERALS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; ZINC;

ZINC SULFIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349194357     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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