Passive treatment of arsenic and heavy metals contaminated circumneutral mine drainage using granular polyurethane impregnated by coal mine drainage sludge

Gooyong Lee; Mingcan Cui; Yeomin Yoon; Jeehyeong Khim; Min Jang

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.03.156

Passive treatment of arsenic and heavy metals contaminated circumneutral mine drainage using granular polyurethane impregnated by coal mine drainage sludge

Gooyong Lee, Mingcan Cui, Yeomin Yoon, Jeehyeong Khim, Min Jang

Department of Environmental Science & Engineering

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Abstract

A one-step and facile process was used to incorporate coal mine drainage sludge (CMDS) into granular polyurethane (PU), designated as PU_CMDS, to remediate circumneutral mine drainages simultaneously contaminated by arsenic and heavy-metals. PU_CMDS was characterized through physiochemical analyses. Several batch and column tests were carried out. CMDS was homogeneously stuck on the large-sized pore surface of PU. Based on the kinetic modeling, the low-range Biot number (B_N, 0.86–2.63) indicated that external diffusion is a main rate-limiting step. Rapid small-scale column tests (RSSCTs) also showed this phenomenon, in which the empty bed contact time (EBCT) influenced the arsenic removal efficiency more than did the PU_CMDS size. PU_CMDS had 8190–14,330 bed volumes (BVs) of breakthrough (BT, 50 μg L⁻¹) for As(V), while it did not have BTs for other heavy metals, except for Fe(III). Two pilot-scale columns were conducted to observe their outlets till 7644 and 3800 BVs. As a result, PU_CMDS did not have any BTs for all regulations of As (total) and heavy metals. All results in this study demonstrated not only that PU_CMDS can effectively remove arsenic and other heavy metals in circumneutral mine drainages, but also that it shows an example of sustainable development concept in mine sector.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	282-292
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Cleaner Production
Volume	186
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.03.156
State	Published - 10 Jun 2018

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Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Geo-Advanced Innovative Action Project ( 2012000550002 and 2015000540009 ) funded by the Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE) , the National Research Foundation ( NRF-2017R1D1A1B03029441 ) and Seoul Green Environment Center ( SGEC, 17-01-04-02-01 ) for the financial support.

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Geo-Advanced Innovative Action Project (2012000550002 and 2015000540009) funded by the Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE), the National Research Foundation (NRF-2017R1D1A1B03029441) and Seoul Green Environment Center (SGEC, 17-01-04-02-01) for the financial support.

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Keywords

Arsenic
Coal mine drainage sludge
Gold mine water
Heavy metals
Neutral mine drainage
Polyurethane

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Passive treatment of arsenic and heavy metals contaminated circumneutral mine drainage using granular polyurethane impregnated by coal mine drainage sludge

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