Metal Removal and Recovery From Mining Wastewater and E-Waste Leachate

List of contents

1. General Introduction
2. Metal Rich Waste Stream and Feasibility of Recovery
3. Adsorption Technology for Metal Contaminated Wastewater Treatment
4. The Performance of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria Biotechnology in an Inverse Fluidized Bed SRB Bioreactor
5. Inversed Fluidized Bed SRB Bioreactor for Metal Contaminated Wastewater Treatment
6. Effects of Process Parameter on Metal Yield in E-waste Leachate
7. General Discussion

Summary

Metal contamination in the environment is a persisting global issue. The metal reservoirs in the earth have declined due to society’s needs and due to uncontrolled mining activities. Therefore, the idea to recover metals from waste streams has emerged.
In this thesis, cost competitive technologies such as adsorption using agro-wastes and precipitation using an inverse fluidized bed (IFB) reactor were investigated, with special emphasis on the recovery of base metals. Groundnut shell showed good potential for metal (Cu, Pb and Zn) removal. From artificial neural network modeling, the performance of the sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) was found to be strongly pH dependent; the removal efficiency of Cu and Zn in the IFB at pH 5.0 was >97%. Electronic waste is a good candidate as secondary metal resource. The recovery of Cu from computer printed circuited boards (PCBs) using biogenic sulfide precipitation was investigated as well. Using this technology, Cu could be recovered at ~0.48 g Cu/g PCBs.

Product details

• Authors: Suthee Janyasuthiwong, Suthee (Unesco-Ihe Institute for W Janyasuthiwong, Janyasuthiwong Suthee
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781138381711
• ISBN: 978-1-138-38171-1
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: IHE Delft PhD Thesis Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Metallurgy, Applied ecology, Life sciences: general issues, Metals technology / metallurgy, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Materials science, Mathematics and science, Geology & The Lithosphere