Biological treatment of mining wastewaters by fixed-bed bioreactors at high organic loading

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 137, Issue , 2013, Pages 409-413

  Bratkova, Svetlana ^a   Koumanova, Bogdana ^b   Beschkov, Venko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METALLURGY   (Bulgaria)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Fixed bed anaerobic bioreactor; Heavy metals; High organic loading; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; DESULFURIZATION; ETHANOL; HEAVY METALS; LOADING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REDUCTION;

ANAEROBIC BIOREACTORS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CONCENTRATED SOLUTION; HEAVY METALS REMOVALS; HIGH ORGANIC LOADING; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE REDUCTION;

BIOREACTORS;

ALCOHOL; CITRIC ACID; GLYCEROL; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LACTIC ACID; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATE; SULFIDE; ZEOLITE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ETHANOL; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; ENERGY; FIXED BED BIOREACTOR; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; IMMOBILIZATION; MINING; NITRIFICATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84877070515     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.03.177     Document Type: Article

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