Removal of nitrate and hexavalent uranium from groundwater by sequential treatment in bioreactors packed with elemental sulfur and zero-valent iron

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 933-942

  Luna Velasco, Antonia ^a   Sierra Alvarez, Reyes ^a   Castro, Beatriz ^a   Field, Jim A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotrophic denitrification; Bioreduction; Bioremediation; SLAD; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONTROLS; AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; BATCH ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; BIOREDUCTIONS; CO-CONTAMINANT; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DINITROGEN GAS; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; HEXAVALENT URANIUM; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; NEAR STOICHIOMETRIC; PACKED-BED BIOREACTORS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SEQUENTIAL TREATMENTS; SLAD; SYNTHETIC GROUNDWATER; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PACKED BEDS; POLLUTION; SULFUR; URANIUM;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

GROUND WATER; IRON; NITRATE; SULFUR; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOREACTORS; IRON; NITRATES; SULFUR; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 78149458633     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22881     Document Type: Article

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