Biological sulfide oxidation in an airlift bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2114-2120

  Lohwacharin, Jenyuk ^a   Annachhatre, Ajit P ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactor; Biological sulfide oxidation; Dissolved oxygen concentration; Elemental sulfur; Sulfide production

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AGGLOMERATION; BIOREACTORS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXIDATION; SULFUR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIR-LIFT BIOREACTORS; BIOLOGICAL SULFIDE OXIDATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; ELEMENTAL SULFUR PRODUCTIONS; PARTICLE AGGREGATION; POLYALUMINIUM CHLORIDE; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHLORIDE; OXYGEN; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACID; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ALUMINUM OXYCHLORIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AGGREGATION; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAGULATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SULFIDE; SULFUR; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL SULFIDE OXIDATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED SLUDGE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACIDS; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFIDES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 77951214965     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.093     Document Type: Article

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