Bioleaching of realgar by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans using ferrous iron and elemental sulfur as the sole and mixed energy sources

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 3260-3267

  Chen, Peng ^a,b   Yan, Lei ^a,c   Leng, Feifan ^a,d   Nan, Wenbing ^a   Yue, Xiaoxuan ^a   Zheng, Yani ^a   Feng, Na ^a   Li, Hongyu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b High Tech Industrial Development Zone Innovation Park   (China)

^c HEILONGJIANG BAYI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Bioleaching; Bioremoval; Mathematical models; Realgar

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; BEST FIT; BIOREMOVAL; CULTURE CONDITIONS; DUAL EFFECT; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; ENERGY SOURCE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FERROOXIDANS; FERROUS IRON; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LINEAR MODEL; NON-LINEAR MODEL; REALGAR;

ARSENIC; BIOLEACHING; DISSOLUTION; IRON; SULFUR;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FERROUS ION; REALGAR; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; LEACHING; LINEARITY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLEACHING; DISSOLUTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; IRON; SULFIDES; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 78650834049     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.11.059     Document Type: Article

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