CeBER Publish in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

14 Feb 2017
14 Feb 2017

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 660-666

"Determining an effective operating window for a thiocyanate-degrading mixed microbial community" - A.Wynand van Zyl, Susan T.L. Harrison, Robert P. van Hille

  • SCN effluent is generated during gold production
  • Biological ASTER™ process developed to treat this process water
  • Desire to broaden the commercial application 
  • Biodegradation of SCN by mixed microbial community assessed 
  • Effect of SCNconcentration, temperature and pH explored
  • Helped establish an effective operating window for the ASTER™ process

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2016.12.046