Microaeration for hydrogen sulfide removal in UASB reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 172, Issue , 2014, Pages 297-302

  Krayzelova, Lucie ^a   Bartacek, Jan ^a   Kolesarova, Nina ^b   Jenicek, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Elemental sulfur accumulation; Hydrogen sulfide removal; Microaeration; Sulfur balance; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; DESULFURIZATION; EFFLUENTS; HYDRODESULFURIZATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC UASB REACTORS; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY; MICROAERATION; SULFUR BALANCE; SYNTHETIC BREWERY WASTEWATER; UASB REACTOR; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

BIOGAS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFUR; METHANE; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGAS; BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; SULFUR; WASTEWATER;

AERATION; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; EVALUATION STUDY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE REMOVAL; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MICROAERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; UPFLOW REACTOR; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84934876417     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.09.056     Document Type: Article

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