Simultaneous biodesulphurization and denitrification using an oil reservoir microbial culture: Effects of sulphide loading rate and sulphide to nitrate loading ratio

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1531-1541

  An, Shijie ^a   Tang, Kimberley ^a   Nemati, Mehdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; MOLAR CONCENTRATION; MOLAR RATIO; NITRATES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIODESULPHURIZATION; CONTAMINATED STREAMS; CONTINUOUS BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFYING CONDITIONS; LONG RESIDENCE TIME; MICROBIAL CULTURE; SULPHIDE CONCENTRATION; SULPHIDE OXIDATION;

LOADING;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRATE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DILUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRATE; OXIDATION; RESIDENCE TIME; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DESULFURIZATION; DILUTION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 76749159852     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.10.037     Document Type: Article

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