Effect of sulfide concentration on the location of the metal precipitates in inversed fluidized bed reactors

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 200-207

  Villa Gomez, D ^a   Ababneh, H ^a   Papirio, S ^a   Rousseau, D P L ^a   Lens, P N L ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Inversed fluidized bed reactor; Metal recovery; Sulfate reduction; Sulfide concentration

Indexed keywords

BULK LIQUID; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; INVERSED FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; MESOPHILIC; METAL PRECIPITATES; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; SULFATE REDUCING; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION;

BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED FURNACES; FLUIDIZED BEDS; LEAD; METALS;

METAL RECOVERY;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; OXYGEN; SULFIDE; ZINC;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUIDIZATION; HEAVY METAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDUCTION; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SUPERSATURATION;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; METAL RECOVERY; PRECIPITATION;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; METALS; OXYGEN; SULFIDES;

EID: 79959738629     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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