An investigation of the kinetics of thermophilic microbial ferrous iron oxidation in continuous culture

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dc.contributor.advisorHansford, Geoffrey Spearingen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSearby, Giles Edwarden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T11:14:16Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T11:14:16Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 121-135).
dc.description.abstractThe potential of thermophilic micro-organisms to bioleach primary copper sulfides and other minerals has led to the need to develop a fundamental understanding of the mechanistic process involved. Ferrous iron oxidation has been established as a key step in bioleaching and is understood to be achieved largely by microbial action. The objective of this work was to determine an appropriate set of kinetic expressions that describe the rates of microbial growth and ferrous iron oxidation of a thermophilic archeal culture grown in continuous culture on ferrous iron between 60 and 80°C.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSearby, G. E. (2006). <i>An investigation of the kinetics of thermophilic microbial ferrous iron oxidation in continuous culture</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Chemical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5406en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSearby, Giles Edward. <i>"An investigation of the kinetics of thermophilic microbial ferrous iron oxidation in continuous culture."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Chemical Engineering, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5406en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSearby, G. 2006. An investigation of the kinetics of thermophilic microbial ferrous iron oxidation in continuous culture. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.risTY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Searby, Giles Edward AB - The potential of thermophilic micro-organisms to bioleach primary copper sulfides and other minerals has led to the need to develop a fundamental understanding of the mechanistic process involved. Ferrous iron oxidation has been established as a key step in bioleaching and is understood to be achieved largely by microbial action. The objective of this work was to determine an appropriate set of kinetic expressions that describe the rates of microbial growth and ferrous iron oxidation of a thermophilic archeal culture grown in continuous culture on ferrous iron between 60 and 80°C. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - An investigation of the kinetics of thermophilic microbial ferrous iron oxidation in continuous culture TI - An investigation of the kinetics of thermophilic microbial ferrous iron oxidation in continuous culture UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5406 ER -en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/5406
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSearby GE. An investigation of the kinetics of thermophilic microbial ferrous iron oxidation in continuous culture. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Chemical Engineering, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5406en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Bioprocess Engineering Researchen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherBioprocess Engineeringen_ZA
dc.titleAn investigation of the kinetics of thermophilic microbial ferrous iron oxidation in continuous cultureen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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