Copper and Zinc Recovery from Sulfide Concentrate by Novel Artificial Microbial Community

Autor: Xinglan Cui, Xuetao Yuan, Hongxia Li, Xiaokui Che, Juan Zhong, Lei Wang, Ying Liu, Xuewu Hu, Qidong Zhang, Rongzhen Jin, Qi Zheng
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Metals, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 45 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met12010045
Popis: Exploring efficient methods to enhance leaching efficiency is critical for bioleaching technology to deal with sulfide concentrate. In our study, a novel artificial microbial community was established to augment the bioleaching efficiency and recovery of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn). The optimum parameters in bioleaching experiments were explored according to compare a series of conditions from gradient experiments: the pH value was 1.2, temperature was 45 °C, and rotation speed was 160 r/min, which were different with pure microorganism growth conditions. Under optimal conditions, the result of recovery for Cu and Zn indicated that the average leaching rate reached to 80% and 100% respectively, which almost increased 1.8 times and 1.2 times more than control (aseptic condition) group. Therefore, this method of Cu and Zn recovery using a new-type artificial microbial community is expected to be an environmentally-friendly and efficient bioleaching technology solution, which has the potential of large-field engineering application in the future.
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