Semi-pilot Scale Biological Removal of Metals and Sulfate from Industrial AMD in Fluidized-bed Reactor

Anthropogenic Pollution

دوره 6، شماره 2، اسفند 2022، صفحه 80-89   

نوع مقاله: ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22034/ap.2023.1975156.1140

نویسندگان

Enayat Afsar¹؛ Arezoo Nejaei^{* 2}؛ Mohammad Mosaferi³

¹Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Environment, University of Islamic Azad University West Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

²Department of Environment, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad, Tabriz, Iran

³Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, University of Tabriz Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

چکیده

Acidic mine drainage (AMD) contains large amounts of heavy metal ions and SO42, which can pose serious risks to human and environmental health. Anaerobic bioreactors are considered to be suitable methods for the treatment of acidic effluents due to some advantages such as the need for a small area, easy control, and simultaneous removal of sulfate and metals even in low concentrations. In this study, sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) performance was investigated in a semi-pilot scale down-flow fluidized-bed (DFFB) anaerobic reactor for SO42- and metals removal from the Sungun copper tailings AMD. The results indicated that utilizing SRB in the DFFB anaerobic bioreactor was an efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly method for the treatment of effluents containing large amounts of SO42- and metals. All contaminants except Cr showed more than 70% removal after 24 h. The SO42- and Cu which had the highest initial concentrations showed removal efficiencies of 98.64% and 98.75%, respectively. Besides the removal of hazardous contaminants, the alkalinity of effluent increased remarkably. Also, the SRB had acceptable stability even after six consecutive cycles due to using AC granules as a support in the reactor which is an important parameter in industrial applications.

کلیدواژه‌ها

anaerobic bioreactor؛ fluidized-bed؛ metal ions, sulfate-reducing bacteria

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