Ex situ bioremediation of Cr(VI) contaminated soil by Bacillus sp.: Batch and continuous studies

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 107-115

  Kathiravan, Mathur Nadarajan ^a   Karthick, Ramalingam ^a   Muthukumar, Karuppan ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus sp.; Ex situ bioremediation of Cr(VI); Kinetics; Packed bed

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS EQUATION; BACILLUS SP; CHROMIUM REDUCTASE; CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CR REDUCTIONS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ELECTRON DONORS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; EX SITU; EX SITU BIOREMEDIATION; EX SITU BIOREMEDIATION OF CR(VI); HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; INERT SUPPORT; KINETICS AND MASS TRANSFERS; LEACHATES; OPTIMUM PH; PACKED BED REACTOR; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; SEM-EDX; TANNERY EFFLUENT;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; GLUCOSE; LEACHING; PACKED BEDS; PH EFFECTS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACILLUS SP.;

EID: 79955043581     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.02.060     Document Type: Article

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