Effect of pH on nitrate and selenate reduction in flue gas desulfurization brine using the H 2-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR)

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2923-2928

  Van Ginkel, Steven W ^a   Yang, Ziming ^a   Kim, Bi O ^a   Sholin, Mark ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flue gas desulfurization; Hydrogen gas; Membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR); Nitrate; Nitrite; Selenate

Indexed keywords

FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION; HYDROGEN GAS; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR (MBFR); NITRITE; SELENATE;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FLUE GASES; FLUES; NITRATES; PH EFFECTS;

SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

NITRATE; NITRITE; SELENATE;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BRINE; ELECTRICAL METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS FLOW; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SELENATE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; DESULFURIZATION; FLUE GAS; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PH MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79955640139     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.438     Document Type: Article

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