Natural pretreatment and passive remediation of highly polluted acid mine drainage

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• 作者：Francisco Mací ; as^a ; ^{francisco.macias@dgeo.uhu.es} ; Manuel A. Caraballo^a ; José ; Miguel Nieto^a ; Tobias S. R&ouml ; tting^b ; Carlos Ayora^c
• 关键词：Iron oxidation ; Passive treatment ; Acid mine drainage ; Iberian Pyrite Belt
• 刊名：Journal of Environmental Management
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：82_03014797
• 类别：env
• 出版时间：15 August, 2012
• 卷：104
• 期：Complete
• 页码：93-100
• 文件大小：860 K

摘要

Acid mine drainage (AMD) from the Iberian Pyrite Belt has high acidity and metal concentrations. Earlier pilot experiments, based on limestone sand dispersed in wood shavings (dispersed alkaline substrate; DAS) have been shown to be an efficient treatment option. However, complete metal removal was not achieved, principally due to the high ferrous iron concentration in the inflow AMD. In order to oxidize and remove iron, a natural Fe-oxidizing lagoon (NFOL) was added prior to treatment with limestone-DAS. The NFOL comprises several pre-existing Fe-stromatolite terraces and cascades, and a lagoon with a volume of 100聽m³ built near the mine shaft. Downstream of the NFOL, the limestone-DAS treatment consists of two reactive tanks of 3聽m³ each filled with limestone-DAS reactive substrate, connected in series with two decantation ponds of 6聽m³ each and several oxidation cascades. The AMD emerging from the mine shaft displayed a pH near 3, a net acidity of 1800聽mg/L as CaCO₃ equivalents, and mean concentrations of 440聽mg/L Zn; 275聽mg/L Fe (99%Fe(II)); 3600聽mg/L SO₄; 250聽mg/L Ca; 100聽mg/L Al; 15聽mg/L Mn; 5聽mg/L Cu; and 0.1-1聽mg/L As, Pb, Cr, Cd, Co, and Ni. The oxidation induced in the NFOL enhanced ferric iron concentration, showing an average of 65%oxidation and 38%retention during the monitoring period. The whole system removed a mean of 1350聽mg/L net acidity as CaCO₃ equivalents (71%of inflow); corresponding to 100%of Fe, Al, Cu, Pb and As, and 6%of Zn.