“Study of the bacterial microenvironment in a bioleaching stirred tank bioreactor: transport phenomena and kinetic modelling in three-phase flow.”

Thesis supervisor : Eric OLMOS (LRGP)

Extractive bioleaching is a range of technologies aiming at recovering metals contained in mineral resources using biological means. It was successfully implemented at the industrial scale and used either in the form of dump or heap treatments, or by using large-scale stirred tank reactors (STR). Recently, bioleaching is evolving towards the exploitation of unusual resources (very low-grades, complex mineralogy, or high sulphur content) caused by the declining trend in mean ore grades.

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