Treatment of zinc-rich acid mine water in low residence time bioreactors incorporating waste shells and methanol dosing

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 193, Issue , 2011, Pages 279-287

  Mayes, W M ^a   Davis, J ^a   Silva, V ^b   Jarvis, A P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Mine pollution; Passive treatment; Sulphate reducing bacteria; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID MINE WATERS; COLUMN TEST; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; IN-SHELL; METAL MINES; METAL REMOVAL; MOBILE METALS; ORGANIC MATRIX; OXIDE FRACTIONS; PASSIVE TREATMENT; PB AND CU; RESIDENCE TIME; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULPHATE REDUCTION; SULPHATES;

ALKALINITY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; MANGANESE; MANURES; METALS; METHANOL; PH; WASTE TREATMENT; ZINC;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METHANOL; WATER; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; BIOREACTOR; DATA SET; ELEMENT MOBILITY; LIMESTONE; METHANOL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDUCTION; RESIDENCE TIME; SULFATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ACIDS; BIOREACTORS; COPPER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEAD; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHANOL; MINING; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 80053256685     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.07.073     Document Type: Article

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