Application of a 2-step process for the biological treatment of sulfidic spent caustics

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 723-730

  De Graaff, Marco ^a,b   Klok, Johannes B M ^a   Bijmans, Martijn F M ^b   Muyzer, Gerard ^c   Janssen, Albert J H ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Shell   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioreactor modeling; Haloalkaliphilic; Spent caustics; Sulfide oxidation; Thioalkalivibrio

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DETOXIFICATION;

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOREACTOR MODELS; FEED SYSTEMS; GAS-LIFT REACTORS; HALOALKALIPHILIC; REACTORS IN SERIES; SPENT CAUSTIC; SULFIDE OXIDATION; THIOALKALIVIBRIO;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CAUSTIC AGENT; SULFIDE; THIOSULFATE;

BIOREACTOR; DETERGENT; DETOXIFICATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PH; RESEARCH WORK; SULFIDE; THIOSULFATE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SULFIDE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; SULFIDIC SPENT CAUSTIC; WASTE;

THIOALKALIVIBRIO;

EID: 84855310991     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.11.044     Document Type: Article

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