Removal of nickel from plating rinsing water with a moving-bed sand filter inoculated with metal sorbing and precipitating bacteria

Pumpel, T; Ebner, C; Pernfuss, B; Schinner, F; Diels, L; Keszthelyi, Z; Macaskie, L; Tsezos, M; Wouters, H

dc.contributor.author	Pumpel, T	en
dc.contributor.author	Ebner, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Pernfuss, B	en
dc.contributor.author	Schinner, F	en
dc.contributor.author	Diels, L	en
dc.contributor.author	Keszthelyi, Z	en
dc.contributor.author	Macaskie, L	en
dc.contributor.author	Tsezos, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Wouters, H	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:15:08Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:15:08Z
dc.date.issued	1999	en
dc.identifier.issn	15724409	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/13358
dc.subject	Nickel	en
dc.title	Removal of nickel from plating rinsing water with a moving-bed sand filter inoculated with metal sorbing and precipitating bacteria	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S1572-4409(99)80128-X	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1572-4409(99)80128-X	en
heal.publicationDate	1999	en
heal.abstract	The MERESAFIN (MEtal REmoval by SAnd Filter INoculation) process presented here was designed to combine the optimum conditions for more than one of the well-known processes of biological metal immobilisation like biosorption and bioprecipitation. The approach makes use of a continuously operated moving-bed AstraSand filter which has been inoculated with a mixed population of metal biosorbing and bioprecipitating bacteria. A pilot plant operating at 1 m3/h has been erected at a metal plating company in Vienna to treat waste water from an electroless nickel plating line. In addition to several mg/L of nickel the rinsing water also contains some organic acids and inorganic phosphates, which make conventional treatment difficult. The main laboratory experiments as well as preliminary results from the pilot installation are presented. © 1999 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.	en
heal.journalName	Process Metallurgy	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S1572-4409(99)80128-X	en
dc.identifier.volume	9	en
dc.identifier.issue	C	en
dc.identifier.spage	383	en
dc.identifier.epage	392	en