Advances in elemental sulfur-driven bioprocesses for wastewater treatment: From metabolic study to application

G Guo, Z Li, L Chen, Q Ling, F Zan, H Isawi, T Hao… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Elemental sulfur (S 0) is known to be an abundant, non-toxic material with a wide range of
redox states (-2 to+ 6) and may serve as an excellent electron carrier in wastewater …

Elemental sulfur as electron donor and/or acceptor: Mechanisms, applications and perspectives for biological water and wastewater treatment

L Zhang, YY Qiu, Y Zhou, GH Chen… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochemical oxidation and reduction are the principle of biological water and wastewater
treatment, in which electron donor and/or acceptor shall be provided. Elemental sulfur (S 0) …

A review of biological sulfate conversions in wastewater treatment

T Hao, P Xiang, HR Mackey, K Chi, H Lu, H Chui… - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of waters contaminated with sulfur containing compounds (S) resulting
from seawater intrusion, the use of seawater (eg seawater flushing, cooling) and industrial …

Elemental sulfur-based autotrophic denitrification and denitritation: microbially catalyzed sulfur hydrolysis and nitrogen conversions

A Kostrytsia, S Papirio, L Frunzo, MR Mattei… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
The hydrolysis of elemental sulfur (S 0) coupled to S 0-based denitrification and denitritation
was investigated in batch bioassays by microbiological and modeling approaches. In the …

Managing microbial sulfur disproportionation for optimal sulfur autotrophic denitrification in a pilot-scale elemental sulfur packed-bed bioreactor

YL Sun, SY Zhai, ZM Qian, S Yi, WQ Zhuang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Elemental sulfur packed-bed (S 0 PB) bioreactors for autotrophic denitrification have gained
more attention in wastewater treatment due to their organic carbon-free operation, low …

Incorporation of the sulfur cycle in sustainable nitrogen removal systems-A review

D Grubba, Z Yin, J Majtacz, HE Al-Hazmi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
In wastewater treatment systems, sulfur (S) removal processes are generally based on
heterotrophic sulfate (SO 4 2−) reduction by sulfate reducing bacteria and S-dependent …

Biological sulfur oxidation in wastewater treatment: a review of emerging opportunities

S Lin, HR Mackey, T Hao, G Guo… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Sulfide prevails in both industrial and municipal waste streams and is one of the most
troublesome issues with waste handling. Various technologies and strategies have been …

New developments in reactor and process technology for sulfate reduction

LW Hulshoff, PNL Lens, J Weijma… - Water Science and …, 2001 - iwaponline.com
Sulfate reduction has been regarded in the past as an unwanted process in anaerobic
treatment of sulfate-rich wastewaters. Research efforts were primarily focused on H2S …

Recent advances in heavy metal recovery from wastewater by biogenic sulfide precipitation

M Kumar, M Nandi, K Pakshirajan - Journal of environmental management, 2021 - Elsevier
Biological sulfide precipitation by sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) is an emerging technique
for the recovery of heavy metals from metal contaminated wastewater. Advantages of this …

Realizing high-rate sulfur reduction under sulfate-rich conditions in a biological sulfide production system to treat metal-laden wastewater deficient in organic matter

R Sun, L Zhang, Z Zhang, GH Chen, F Jiang - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Biological sulfur reduction can theoretically produce sufficient sulfide to effectively remove
and recover heavy metals in the treatment of organics-deficient sulfate-rich metal-laden …