Wednesday 7 January 2015

What do you understand by microbial desulphurisation ?

Sulphur from coal can be removed by physical, chemical and microbial meMicrobial means has a number of advantages over other methods. Thiobalilius ferroxidans is the most widely used micro organism studied for coal desulphurisation. This bacteria can remove 90-98% of pyritic sulphur from coal. The reaction, of course, is slow and may take several days to several weeks to complete the reaction.

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