by Kwok Shu Cheung, Eric. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves 89-106. / Acknowledgement --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / Introduction / Chapter A. --- Objective --- p.1 / Chapter B. --- Literature Review / Chapter 1. --- Electroplating industry in Hong Kong and its impact on the environment --- p.7 / Chapter 2. --- Physical and chemical methods for removing heavy metals from electroplating effluent --- p.11 / Chapter 3. --- Removal of heavy metals by conventional activated sludge process --- p.16 / Chapter 4. --- Acclimation of wastewater bacteria to heavy metals --- p.26 / Chapter 5. --- Biosorbent and its role in metal detoxification --- p.28 / Materials and Methods / Chapter A. --- Isolation and selection of nickel-resistant bacteria --- p.32 / Chapter B. --- Culture medium and solution --- p.33 / Chapter C. --- Growth of organism --- p.33 / Chapter D. --- Immobilization of bacterial cells --- p.36 / Chapter E. --- Effect of growth conditions on nickel removal capacity of immobilized Enterobacter sp. cells --- p.37 / Chapter F. --- Effect of bioreactor operational conditions on the Ni2+ removal capacity of immobilized bacterial cells --- p.38 / Chapter G. --- Optimization of nickel removal efficiency of bioreactor --- p.39 / Chapter H. --- Determination of Ni2+ adsorption isotherm of immobilized cells of Enterobacter sp. --- p.39 / Chapter I. --- Recovery of nickel from the bioreactor --- p.40 / Chapter J. --- Activity of the regenerated bioreactor --- p.41 / Chapter K. --- Removal of Ni2+ from synthetic effluent by bioreactor --- p.41 / Chapter L. --- Removal of Ni2+ from electroplating effluent by bioreactor. --- p.41 / Chapter M. --- Production of immobilized bacterial cells by replacement of D-glucose by molasses in the growth medium --- p.42 / Results / Chapter A. --- Isolation and selection of nickel resistant bacteria --- p.44 / Chapter B. --- Effect of growth conditions on nickel removal capacity of immobilized Enterobacter sp. cells / Chapter 1. --- Nutrient limitation --- p.44 / Chapter 2. --- D-glucose concentration --- p.45 / Chapter 3. --- Incubation temperature and incubation time --- p.45 / Chapter C. --- Heavy metal removal capacity of immobilized cells of Enterobacter sp. --- p.50 / Chapter D. --- Effect of bioreactor operational conditions on Ni2+ removal capacity of the immobilized bacterial cells --- p.50 / Chapter E. --- Optimization of nickel removal efficiency of bioreactor --- p.55 / Chapter F. --- Determination of Ni2+ adsorption isotherm of immobilized cells of Enterobacter --- p.57 / Chapter G. --- Recovery of nickel from the bioreactor and activity of regenerated bioreactor against a fresh nickel flow --- p.61 / Chapter H. --- Removal of Ni2+ from synthetic effluent by bioreactor --- p.61 / Chapter I. --- Removal of Ni2+ from electroplating effluent by bioreactor. --- p.64 / Chapter J. --- Production of immobilized bacterial cells by replacement of D-glucose by molasses in the growth medium --- p.68 / Discussions / Chapter A. --- Effect of growth conditions on nickel removal capacity of immobilized Enterobacter sp. cells --- p.70 / Chapter B. --- Heavy metal removal capacity of immobilized cells of Enterobacter sp. --- p.73 / Chapter C. --- Effect of bioreactor operational conditions on Ni2+ removal capacity of the immobilized bacterial cells --- p.74 / Chapter D. --- Optimization of nickel removal efficiency of bioreactor --- p.74 / Chapter E. --- Determination of Ni2+ adsorption isotherm of immobilized cells of Enterobacter sp. --- p.76 / Chapter F. --- Recovery of nickel from the bioreactor and activity of the regenerated bioreactor against a fresh nickel flow --- p.77 / Chapter G. --- Removal of Ni2+ from synthetic effluent by bioreactor --- p.78 / Chapter H. --- Removal of Ni2+ from electroplating effluent by bioreactor --- p.79 / Chapter I. --- Production of immobilized bacterial cells by replacement of D-glucose by molasses in the growth medium --- p.82 / Chapter J. --- Further considerations of applicability of immobilized Enterobacter sp. cells to treatment of electroplating effluent --- p.83 / Conclusions --- p.86 / References --- p.89
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318568 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Contributors | Kwok, Shu Cheung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Biology. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | print, xii, 106 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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