Precipitation of arsenic sulphide from acidic water in a fixed-film bioreactor

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3923-3933

  Battaglia Brunet, Fabienne ^a   Crouzet, Catherine ^a   Burnol, André ^a   Coulon, Stéphanie ^a   Morin, Dominique ^a   Joulian, Catherine ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Acid water; Arsenic; Bioreactor; Desulfosporosinus; Orpiment; Sulphate reducing bacteria; Thioarsenic species

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; EFFLUENTS; GLYCEROL; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN; PH; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACID MINE WATERS; ACID WATERS; ACIDIC WATER; ARSENIC REMOVAL; DESULFOSPOROSINUS; FIXED FILM; ORPIMENT; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; THIOARSENIC SPECIES; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

BIOREACTORS;

ACID; ARSENIC SULPHIDE; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN; MINERAL; ORPIMENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARSENIC; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; FERMENTATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOBILIZATION; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SOLUBILITY; SULFATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFIDE; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOREACTOR; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOSPOROSINUS;

EID: 84861731921     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.04.035     Document Type: Article

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