Kinetic analysis of biological sulphate reduction using lactate as carbon source and electron donor: Effect of sulphate concentration

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4771-4781

  Oyekola, Oluwaseun O ^a   van Hille, Robert P ^a   Harrison, Susan T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Bioprocessing; Bioreactors; Environment; Kinetics; Sulphate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOLOGICAL SULPHATE REDUCTION; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; BIOPROCESSING; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMOSTAT CULTURE; DILUTION RATE; ELECTRON DONORS; KINETIC ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; POPULATION STRUCTURES; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; SULPHATE LOADING; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULPHATE REDUCTION; SULPHATES; SULPHIDE CONCENTRATION;

ACIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOREACTORS; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

EID: 77954383421     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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