Performance of a SAPS-Based Chemo-Bioreactor Treating Acid Mine Drainage Using Low-DOC Spent Mushroom Compost, and Limestone as Substrate

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-224

  Cheong, Young Wook ^a   Das, Bidus Kanti ^b   Roy, Arup ^b   Bhattacharya, Jayanta ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Chemo bioreactor; Performance ratio; Spent mushroom compost; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 77956427603     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-010-0104-6     Document Type: Article

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