The bioactivation procedure for increasing the sulphate-reducing bacteria in a UASB reactor



Document title: The bioactivation procedure for increasing the sulphate-reducing bacteria in a UASB reactor
Journal: Brazilian journal of chemical engineering
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000309042
ISSN: 0104-6632
Authors: 1

Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
Year:
Season: Dic
Volumen: 22
Number: 4
Pages: 565-571
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English abstract Bioactivation, a procedure to obtain anaerobic sulphidogenic sludge, was developed in order to increase sulphate reduction and, consequently, sulphide production to remove metals from effluents. This procedure, in which the source of carbon/energy (lactate) is gradually replaced, consisted of three operational conditions. It was observed that bioactivation took six months so there was a 100-fold increase in the population of sulphate-reducing bacteria estimated by the most-probable-number (MPN) when molasses was employed as a new source
Disciplines: Química
Keyword: Ingeniería química,
Biotecnología,
Bioactivación,
Bacterias sulfato reductoras,
Remoción de metales,
Reactor UASB
Keyword: Chemistry,
Chemical engineering,
Biotechnology,
Bioactivation,
Sulphate-reducing bacteria,
Metal removal,
UASB reactor
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