Bioleaching of heavy metals from mine tailings by indigenous sulfur-oxidizing bacteria: Effects of substrate concentration

被引:124
作者
Liu, Yun-Guo [1 ]
Zhou, Ming [1 ]
Zeng, Guang-Ming [1 ]
Wang, Xin [1 ]
Li, Xin [1 ]
Fan, Ting [1 ]
Xu, Wei-Hua [1 ]
机构
[1] Hunan Univ, Coll Environm Sci & Engn, Changsha 410082, Hunan, Peoples R China
关键词
bioleaching; mine tailings; heavy metal; substrate concentration; partitioning;
D O I
10.1016/j.biortech.2007.08.064
中图分类号
S2 [农业工程];
学科分类号
0828 ;
摘要
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of substrate concentration (elemental sulfur) on remobilization of heavy metals from mine tailings by indigenous sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Also, the variation in the binding forms of heavy metals before and after bioleaching was explored. This work showed the laboratory results of bioleaching experiments on Pb-Zn-Cu mine tailings. The results showed that 97.54% Zn, 97.12% Cu, and 44.34% Pb could be removed from mine tailings by the bioleaching experiment after 13 days at 2% w/v substrate concentration. The results also indicated that substrate concentration 2% was found to be best to bacterial activity and metal solubilization of the five substrate concentration tested (0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3%, and 5%) under the chosen experimental conditions. The bioleaching had a significant impact on changes in partitioning of heavy metals. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:4124 / 4129
页数:6
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