Bioleaching kinetics of a spent refinery catalyst using Aspergillus niger at optimal conditions

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 67, Issue , 2012, Pages 208-217

  Amiri, F ^a,b   Mousavi, S M ^c   Yaghmaei, S ^a   Barati, M ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Extraction kinetics; Filamentous fungi; Optimization; Spent catalyst; Waste treatment

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CATALYST-FREE; CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGNS; EXTRACTION KINETICS; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; FUNGUS GROWTH; GLUCONIC ACIDS; HYDROCRACKING CATALYSTS; MULTI-METALS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL VALUES; ORGANIC ACID CONCENTRATION; OXALIC ACID; PLACKETT-BURMAN DESIGNS; PULP DENSITY; RATE-CONTROLLING STEPS; REFINERY CATALYSTS; SHRINKING CORE MODEL; SOLID MATRIXES; SPENT CATALYST;

ASPERGILLUS; CATALYSTS; HYDROCRACKING; KINETICS; METAL RECOVERY; MOLYBDENUM; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WASTE TREATMENT;

BIOLEACHING;

ALUMINUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUCONIC ACID; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; OXALIC ACID; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOCATALYST; BIOLEACHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FUNGUS GROWTH; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 84864064517     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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