Kinetics of different bioreactor systems with Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans for ferrous iron oxidation

The relative performance of two biofilm-based airlift reactors using different kinds of packing materials and one fixed bed biofilm reactor with a homemade packing material of high specific area (~ 1000 m²/m³) was addressed. The bioreactors operated under ferrous iron loading rates in the range of 8–120 mol Fe(II)/m<sup...