scholarly journals Enhanced biotreatment of acid mine drainage in the presence of zero-valent iron and zero-valent copper

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobing Hu ◽  
Biaosheng Lin ◽  
Fengqing Gao
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Acid Mine Drainage ◽  
Mine Drainage ◽  
Solution Ph ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Acid Mine ◽  
Bimetallic System ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Favorable Conditions ◽  
Reducing Bacteria

Abstract Batch laboratorial experiments were conducted to evaluate the potential of Fe0, Cu0 and sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) for reduction and removal of sulfate and heavy metals from synthetic acid mine drainage. The variation in solution pH indicates that the Fe0/Cu0 bimetallic system provided favorable conditions for SRB growth and sulfate reduction. When the SO42− concentration of wastewater was 3,000 mg/L, the SO42− removal efficiency was 51.6% for the SRB system, 76.3% for the Fe + SRB system, and 92.0% for the Fe/Cu + SRB system. Moreover, Pb2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+ ions were completely removed. The results demonstrate that the Fe/Cu + SRB system had apparent advantages over the SRB system, especially at low pH. This study demonstrates that an Fe/Cu + SRB system could be a promising technology for treating wastewater containing high concentrations of sulfate and heavy metals.

scholarly journals Experimental study on the treatment of acid mine drainage by modified corncob fixed SRB sludge particles

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (33) ◽  
pp. 19016-19030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Rong Dong ◽  
Jun-Zhen Di ◽  
Ming-Xin Wang ◽  
Ya-Dong Ren
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Acid Mine Drainage ◽  
Mine Drainage ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Sulfate Reducing Bacteria ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Acid Mine ◽  
Effective System ◽  
Reducing Bacteria

A cost-effective system for acid mine drainage removal was developed with the key role of alkaline H2O2 modified corncob and sulfate reducing bacteria.

scholarly journals Three-year survey of sulfate-reducing bacteria community structure in Carnoulès acid mine drainage (France), highly contaminated by arsenic

2012 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 724-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludovic Giloteaux ◽  
Robert Duran ◽  
Corinne Casiot ◽  
Odile Bruneel ◽  
Françoise Elbaz-Poulichet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Acid Mine Drainage ◽  
Mine Drainage ◽  
Sulfate Reducing Bacteria ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Acid Mine ◽  
Bacteria Community Structure ◽  
Reducing Bacteria

Biological treatment of heavy metals in acid mine drainage using sulfate reducing bioreactors

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sierra-Alvarez ◽  
S. Karri ◽  
S. Freeman ◽  
J.A. Field
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Acid Mine Drainage ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Mine Drainage ◽  
Metal Removal ◽  
Abandoned Mines ◽  
Synthetic Wastewater ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Acid Mine

The uncontrolled release of acid mine drainage (AMD) from abandoned mines and tailing piles threatens water resources in many sites worldwide. AMD introduces elevated concentrations of sulfate ions and dissolved heavy metals as well as high acidity levels to groundwater and receiving surface water. Anaerobic biological processes relying on the activity of sulfate reducing bacteria are being considered for the treatment of AMD and other heavy metal containing effluents. Biogenic sulfides form insoluble complexes with heavy metals resulting in their precipitation. The objective of this study was to investigate the remediation of AMD in sulfate reducing bioreactors inoculated with anaerobic granular sludge and fed with an influent containing ethanol. Biological treatment of an acidic (pH 4.0) synthetic AMD containing high concentrations of heavy metals (100 mg Cu2+l−1; 10 mg Ni2+l−1, 10 mg Zn2+l−1) increased the effluent pH level to 7.0–7.2 and resulted in metal removal efficiencies exceeding 99.2%. The highest metal precipitation rates attained for Cu, Ni and Zn averaged 92.5, 14.6 and 15.8 mg metal l−1 of reactor d−1. The results of this work demonstrate that an ethanol-fed sulfidogenic reactor was highly effective to remove heavy metal contamination and neutralized the acidity of the synthetic wastewater.

Recovery of Copper from Acid Mine Drainage by an Integrated Sulphate Reducing Process

2009 ◽  
Vol 71-73 ◽  
pp. 557-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Wei Chen ◽  
Jian Kang Wen ◽  
Xing Yu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Acid Mine Drainage ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Mine Drainage ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Uasb Reactor ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Acid Mine ◽  
Sulphate Removal ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Treat Acid Mine Drainage

An integrated sulfate reducing process was used to treat Acid Mine Drainage with high concentrations of Cu2+, Fe and SO42-. The water treatment system integrated a sulfidogenic UASB bioreactor with a precipitation reactor which was used to recover copper. Sodium lactate was used as energy source. The effective volume of the UASB reactor was 2 L and the hydraulic retention time was 12.57h. In the sulphate removal reactor, sulphate was removed from 21160 to 195 mg/L with a rate of 4427.8 mg/L/d. Cu2+ and Fe was removed by biologically generated S2- and OH- from 360 and 6520 to 0.049 mg/L and less than 10 mg/L respectively. The average COD, copper and iron removal rate was 2523.2, 15.21 and 274.98 mg/L/d separately. The effluent pH reached 6.0-7.0. The results showed potential usage of this bioreactor in treating Acid Mine Drainage.

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