Sulfidogenic biotreatment of synthetic acid mine drainage and sulfide oxidation in anaerobic baffled reactor

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 670-676

  Bekmezci, Ozan K ^a   Ucar, Deniz ^a   Kaksonen, Anna H ^b   Sahinkaya, Erkan ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Anaerobic baffled reactor; Sulfate reduction; Sulfide oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIC MINE WATER; AERATION RATE; ANAEROBIC BAFFLED REACTOR; BIO-OXIDATION; BIOTREATMENTS; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; COMPLETE OXIDATION; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; ETHANOL OXIDATION; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MASS RATIO; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL REMOVAL; OPERATING CONDITION; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE REDUCING; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFIDE OXIDATION;

ALKALINITY; COPPER; DRAINAGE; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; ETHANOL; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METALS; OXIDATION; PH; REMOVAL; SULFUR; SYNTHETIC METALS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

ALCOHOL; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SULFIDE; SULFUR; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AERATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; OXIDATION; PH; REDUCTION; SULFATE; SULFIDE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AERATION; ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; OXIDATION; PH; REDUCTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACIDS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; MINING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN; SULFATES; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79956020915     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.087     Document Type: Article

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