Artículo
Biological sulphate removal in acid mine drainage using anaerobic fixed bed reactors with cheese whey as a carbon source
Autor/es | Jiménez-Rodríguez, Antonia Mercedes
Durán-Barrantes, María de la Montaña Borja Padilla, Rafael Sánchez, Enrique Colmenarejo Morcillo, Manuel F. Raposo Bejines, Francisco |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ingeniería Química |
Fecha de publicación | 2010 |
Fecha de depósito | 2016-09-01 |
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Resumen | The effect of the hydraulic retention time and the sulphate-total COD ratio on the performance of an anaerobic biological process applied to acid mine drainage water (AMD) was evaluated using cheese whey as a carbon source. ... The effect of the hydraulic retention time and the sulphate-total COD ratio on the performance of an anaerobic biological process applied to acid mine drainage water (AMD) was evaluated using cheese whey as a carbon source. Laboratoryscale fixed bed bioreactors operating at 25 ± 2 ºC were used in the experiments. Maximum sulphate reduction and hydrogen sulphide production were achieved at a hydraulic retention time of 8 days and at a sulphate-total COD ratio of 0.5. Under these conditions, the sulphate removal was found to be 68.1% while the hydrogen sulphide production was 0.27 L/day. At the same time, the total COD removal obtained was 55.4% |
Agencias financiadoras | Junta de Andalucía |
Identificador del proyecto | AGR155 |
Cita | Jiménez-Rodríguez, A.M., Durán-Barrantes, M.d.l.M., Borja Padilla, R., Sánchez, E., Colmenarejo Morcillo, M.F. y Raposo Bejines, F. (2010). Biological sulphate removal in acid mine drainage using anaerobic fixed bed reactors with cheese whey as a carbon source. Latin American Applied Research, 40 (4), 329-335. |
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