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Biological sulfide prestripping for metal and COD removal
Author(s) -
Haas Charles N.,
Polprasert Chongchin
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
water environment research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1554-7531
pISSN - 1061-4303
DOI - 10.2175/wer.65.5.6
Subject(s) - sulfide , chemistry , anaerobic digestion , organic matter , metal , precipitation , copper , environmental chemistry , hydrogen sulfide , waste management , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , sulfur , methane , physics , meteorology , engineering

Organic wastes of high concentration and containing high concentrations of metals have generally been treated by a preliminary metal removal process (for example, precipitation) followed by biological treatment of the degradable component of the organic matter. It was the objective of this study to determine if a high strength waste containing metals could be treated by a precipitation‐anaerobic digestion process in which the precipitant was sulfide generated by the digestion step itself. To answer these questions, laboratory reactors were fed a synthetic medium (containing copper as the metal of interest and glucose and acetate as primary organic substrates) and operated in a semicontinuous draw and fill manner. Overall, the results of this study are encouraging and point to the potential feasibility of the process.

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