Biological Oxidation and Removal of Iron in Copper-Containing Acidic Mine Drainage by Using Siliceous Stones as Carrier Materials

Autor: Jun Hui Fan, Xing Yu Liu, Mingjiang Zhang, Qi Yuan Gu
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Key Engineering Materials. 773:367-372
ISSN: 1662-9795
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.773.367
Popis: Acid mine drainage is detrimental to the environment, which is rich of a variety of heavy metals, and has a low pH value and high acidity. The purpose of this paper is to study the bio-oxidation of ferrous iron and the selective precipitation of ferric iron, to gain a long-term effective solution to the environmental problem. The maximum ferrous iron bio-oxidation rate (76.19mg/L·h) was obtained at a low pH value of 3.0 and culture temperature of 30°C. In addition, we found a relatively higher ferric iron removal rate (99.18%) and the lowest copper loss rate (4.59%) at a pH value of 3.2 and reaction temperature of 30°C and stirring time of 4h.
Databáze: OpenAIRE