Bench-scale study of the effect of phosphate on an aerobic iron oxidation plant for mine water treatment
At the opencast pit Nochten acidic iron- and sulfate-rich mine waters are treated biotechnologically in a mine-water treatment plant by microbial iron oxidation. Due to the low phosphate concentration in such waters the treatment plant was simulated in bench-scale to investigate the influence of add...
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| Vydané v: | Water research (Oxford) Ročník 48; s. 345 - 353 |
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| Hlavní autori: | , , , |
| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | English |
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Kidlington
Elsevier Ltd
01.01.2014
Elsevier |
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| ISSN: | 0043-1354, 1879-2448, 1879-2448 |
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| Shrnutí: | At the opencast pit Nochten acidic iron- and sulfate-rich mine waters are treated biotechnologically in a mine-water treatment plant by microbial iron oxidation. Due to the low phosphate concentration in such waters the treatment plant was simulated in bench-scale to investigate the influence of addition of potassium dihydrogen phosphate on chemical and biological parameters of the mine-water treatment. As a result of the phosphate addition the number of cells increased, which resulted in an increase of the iron oxidation rate in the reactor with phosphate addition by a factor of 1.7 compared to a reference approach without phosphate addition. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis during the cultivation revealed a shift of the microbial community depending on the phosphate addition. While almost exclusively iron-oxidizing bacteria related to “Ferrovum” sp. were detected with phosphate addition, the microbial community was more diverse without phosphate addition. In the latter case, iron-oxidizing bacteria (“Ferrovum” sp., Acidithiobacillus spp.) as well as non-iron-oxidizing bacteria (Acidiphilium sp.) were identified.
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•Simulation of biological remediation of acid mine waters in bench-scale.•Optimization of bioremediation of acid mine waters by phosphate addition.•Limitation of “Ferrovum” spp. by phosphate in acid mine waters. |
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| Bibliografia: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0043-1354 1879-2448 1879-2448 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.watres.2013.09.049 |