Biological iron(II) oxidation as pre-treatment to limestone neutralisationof acid water

Authors
Maree, JP Dingemans, D van Tonder, GJ Mtimkulu, S
Citation
Jp. Maree et al., Biological iron(II) oxidation as pre-treatment to limestone neutralisationof acid water, WATER SCI T, 38(4-5), 1998, pp. 331-337
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ISSN journal
02731223 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
331 - 337
Database
ISI
SICI code
0273-1223(1998)38:4-5<331:BIOAPT>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Iron(II) should be oxidised to iron(III) before the neutralisation of acid water with limestone, otherwise the oxidation will occur downstream of the neutralisation plant with the formation of acid (reactions 1 and 2). This s tudy aimed at investigating the effect of surface area of the medium that s upports bacterial growth on the rate of biological iron(II) oxidation. The study showed that the biological iron(II) oxidation rate is directly propor tional to the square root of the medium specific surface area. (C) 1998 Pub lished by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.