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Author Jarvis, A.P.; Younger, P.L.
Title Passive treatment of ferruginous mine waters using high surface area media Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication (down) Water Res. Abbreviated Journal
Volume 35 Issue 15 Pages 3643-3648
Keywords mine water treatment passive treatment mine water accretion oxidation iron manganese water treatment
Abstract Rapid oxidation and accretion of iron onto high surface area media has been investigated as a potential passive treatment option for ferruginous, net-alkaline minewaters. Two pilot-scale reactors were installed at a site in County Durham, UK. Each 2.0m high cylinder contained different high surface area plastic trickling filter media. Ferruginous minewater was fed downwards over the media at various flow-rates with the objective of establishing the efficiency of iron removal at different loading rates. Residence time of water within the reactors was between 70 and 360s depending on the flow-rate (1 and 12l/min, respectively). Average influent total iron concentration for the duration of these experiments was 1.43mg/l (range 1.08-1.84mg/l; n=16), whilst effluent iron concentrations averaged 0.41mg/l (range 0.20-1.04mg/l; n=15) for Reactor A and 0.38mg/l (range 0.11-0.93mg/l; n=16) for Reactor B. There is a strong correlation between influent iron load and iron removal rate. Even at the highest loading rates (approximately 31.6g/day) 43% and 49% of the total iron load was removed in Reactors A and B, respectively. At low manganese loading rates (approximately 0.50-0.90g/day) over 50% of the manganese was removed in Reactor B. Iron removal rate (g/m3/d) increases linearly with loading rate (g/day) up to 14g/d and the slope of the line indicates that a mean of 85% of the iron is removed. In conclusion, it appears that the oxidation and accretion of ochre on high surface area media may be a promising alternative passive technology to constructed wetlands at certain sites.
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Notes Oct; Passive treatment of ferruginous mine waters using high surface area media; 9; file:///C:/Dokumente%20und%20Einstellungen/Stefan/Eigene%20Dateien/Artikel/9698.pdf; AMD ISI | Wolkersdorfer Approved no
Call Number CBU @ c.wolke @ 9698 Serial 27
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Author Tsukamoto, T.K.; Miller, G.C.
Title Methanol as a Carbon Source for Microbiological Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication (down) Water Res. Abbreviated Journal
Volume 33 Issue 6 Pages 1365-1370
Keywords mine water treatment mining activity sulfate-reducing bacteria microbial activity acid mine drainage methanol passive treatment systems sulfate-reducing bacterium sp-nov
Abstract Sulfate reducing passive bioreactors are increasingly being used to remove metals and raise the pH of acidic waste streams from abandoned mines. These systems commonly use a variety of organic substrates (i.e. manure, wood chips) for sulfate reduction. The effectiveness of these systems decreases as easily accessible reducing equivalents are consumed in the substrate through microbial activity. Using column studies at room temperature (23-26 degrees C), we investigated the addition of lactate and methanol to a depleted manure substrate as a method to reactivate a bioreactor that had lost >95% of sulfate reduction activity. A preliminary experiment compared sulfate removal in gravity fed, flow through bioreactors in which similar masses of each substrate were added to the influent solution. Addition of 148 mg/l lactate resulted in a 69% reduction in sulfate concentration from 300 to 92 mg/l, while addition of 144 mg/l methanol resulted in an 88% reduction in sulfate concentration from 300 to 36 mg/l. Because methanol was found to be an effective sulfate reducing substrate, it was chosen for further experiments due to its inherent physical properties (cost, low freezing point and low viscosity liquid) that make it a superior substrate for remote, high elevation sites where freezing temperatures would hamper the use of aqueous solutions. In these column studies, water containing sulfate and ferrous iron was gravity-fed through the bioreactor columns, along with predetermined methanol concentrations containing reducing equivalents to remove 54% of the sulfate. Following an acclimation period for the columns, sulfate concentrations were reduced from of 900 mg/l in the influent to 454 mg/l in the effluent, that reflects a 93% efficiency of electrons from the donor to the terminal electron acceptor. Iron concentrations were reduced from 100 to 2 mg/l and the pH increased nearly 2 units. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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Notes Apr; Methanol as a Carbon Source for Microbiological Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage; Isi:000079485400004; file:///C:/Dokumente%20und%20Einstellungen/Stefan/Eigene%20Dateien/Artikel/10197.pdf; AMD ISI | Wolkersdorfer Approved no
Call Number CBU @ c.wolke @ 10197 Serial 50
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Author Matlock, M.M.; Howerton, B.S.; Atwood, D.A.
Title Chemical precipitation of heavy metals from acid mine drainage Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Water Res Abbreviated Journal
Volume 36 Issue 19 Pages 4757-4764
Keywords mine water treatment BDET Acid mine drainage Water treatment Remediation Heavy metals Chemical precipitation Mercury Iron
Abstract The 1,3-benzenediamidoethanethiol dianion (BDET, known commercially as MetX) has been developed to selectively and irreversibly bind soft heavy metals from aqueous solution. In the present study BDET was found to remove >90% of several toxic or problematic metals from AMD samples taken from an abandoned mine in Pikeville, Kentucky. The concentrations of metals such as iron, may be reduced at pH 4.5 from 194 ppm to below 0.009 ppm. The formation of stoichiomietric BDET-metal precipitates in this process was confirmed using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR), and infrared spectroscopy (IR).
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Notes Nov.; Chemical precipitation of heavy metals from acid mine drainage; file:///C:/Dokumente%20und%20Einstellungen/Stefan/Eigene%20Dateien/Artikel/15005.pdf; Science Direct Approved no
Call Number CBU @ c.wolke @ 15005 Serial 48
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Author Davison, W.
Title Neutralizing Strategies For Acid Waters – Sodium And Calcium Products Generate Different Acid Neutralizing Capacities Type Journal Article
Year 1988 Publication (down) Water Res Abbreviated Journal
Volume 22 Issue 5 Pages 577-583
Keywords mine water treatment
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Notes Neutralizing Strategies For Acid Waters – Sodium And Calcium Products Generate Different Acid Neutralizing Capacities; Wos:A1988p420900008; Times Cited: 8; ISI Web of Science Approved no
Call Number CBU @ c.wolke @ 9085 Serial 90
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Author Edraki, M.
Title Post closure management of the Mt Leyshon Gold Mine – Water the integrator Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication (down) Water in Mining 2006, Proceedings Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 233-242
Keywords mine water treatment
Abstract Mining at the Mt Leyshon Gold Mine in semi-arid north Queensland stopped in 2002. Newmont Australia has recently initiated a thorough post-closure water management study of the site by revisiting the existing information and conducting new water-related investigations. The focus of this paper. which is the first publication on post-closure environmental management of the site. is an overview of the site water quality in view of the sources and spatial distribution of polluted mine water, and also the performance of cover systems in controlling water flux though mine wastes.
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Notes Post closure management of the Mt Leyshon Gold Mine – Water the integrator; Isip:000243724400032; Times Cited: 0; ISI Web of Science Approved no
Call Number CBU @ c.wolke @ 16925 Serial 150
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