Gera Techane, G. Sahilu, Lena Alakangas, W. Mulat, H. Kloos
{"title":"Assessment of heavy metal pollution associated with tailing dam in gold mining area, southern ethiopia","authors":"Gera Techane, G. Sahilu, Lena Alakangas, W. Mulat, H. Kloos","doi":"10.1080/12269328.2022.2160833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12269328.2022.2160833","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Tailings dam is the main heavy metal pollution source in mining areas. In this study, the concentration of heavy metals in soil and water from upstream and downstream of the tailings dam was analyzed. The concentration of As, Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, and W in tailings soil exceeded the standard value but Hg and Zn in the tailings soil were far below the standard. Average concentrations of As, Pb, and W in soil samples were above the upstream reference soil. The level of As and Pb decreases, downstream as the distance from the tailings dam increases. The mean concentrations of the heavy metals in water for Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cd were 106.3, 57.3, 21.8, 14.5, and 8.0 µg/L, respectively. The Ni contents in all studied water samples had concentrations higher than Awata River and WHO guidelines for drinking water. Both geo-accumulation and ecological risk indices have indicated significant heavy metal pollution in the study area. The overall results of this study showed that the soil and water downstream of the tailings dam were not safe and must be protected against access to humans and domestic animals.","PeriodicalId":12714,"journal":{"name":"Geosystem Engineering","volume":"26 1","pages":"1 - 11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42562421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using the electrokinetic remediation (EKR) technique for the soil remediation from the contaminants","authors":"Faraz Biabanaki, J. Neshati, M. Ehteshami","doi":"10.1080/12269328.2022.2159884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12269328.2022.2159884","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Nowadays, soil pollution caused by petroleum extraction has received much attention due to its negative environmental impact. Hence, the present study aims to propose the optimal solution to confront the environmental damage of contaminated soil. The major novelty of this work lies in the accuracy of the electrokinetic technique used in the study. The electrokinetic remediation (EKR) technique is considered for soil remediation, and seven tests are conducted, among which only four tests present efficient results. Notably, Kaolinite is the soil considered in this study, and the soil is contaminated with diesel fuel. The experiments are performed in 3 and 10 days with 20 and 30 V. The initial pollutant contents are 10% and 20%, based on which the results are analyzed. The obtained results represent the remarkable capability of the EKR method for soil remediation and highlight the most optimal condition for each test. The contributions of this study are considered beneficial for those environmental managers aiming to tackle soil pollution with the best approach.","PeriodicalId":12714,"journal":{"name":"Geosystem Engineering","volume":"26 1","pages":"30 - 38"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42239256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yoo Seong Lim, Jaehyuk Choi, Kyoungkeun Yoo, Sang-hun Lee
{"title":"Feasibility study on the use of magnetic susceptibility for recovery of vanadium component in magnetite","authors":"Yoo Seong Lim, Jaehyuk Choi, Kyoungkeun Yoo, Sang-hun Lee","doi":"10.1080/12269328.2022.2161074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12269328.2022.2161074","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Vanadium in the vanadium-bearing titanomagnetite (VTM) exist by replacing iron in the magnetite crystal, and magnetite should be recovered separately from titanium components in the vanadium-bearing titanomagnetite. In the present study, a sensing system was proposed by measuring magnetic susceptibility of magnetite because the magnetic susceptibility can be easily and quickly measured. The effects of mixing ratio of magnetite and ilmenite with silica and the distance between the magnetic susceptibility meter and the sample bed on the magnetic susceptibility were investigated. The magnetic susceptibility of the mixture of magnetite and ilmenite with 0.1 g or 0.2 g of silica decreased with increasing the ratio of ilmenite in the mixture, but the effect of silica addition was not significant. When the distance between the magnetic susceptibility meter and the sample bed increased, the magnetic susceptibility of magnetite decreased, but the magnetic susceptibility decreased with increasing the thickness of magnetite sample bed of magnetite. Because the magnetic susceptibility depended strongly on the content of magnetite, the sensing system using the magnetic susceptibility measurement could be successfully applied to detect magnetite.","PeriodicalId":12714,"journal":{"name":"Geosystem Engineering","volume":"25 1","pages":"280 - 284"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45895976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raphael Belinga Essama Boum, Francois Mvondo Owono, C. R. Kaze, Juste Constant Essomba Essomba, Bakary Souleymanou, J. G. Deutou Nemaleu, M. Ntamak-Nida
{"title":"Thermal behavior of acidic and alkali activated laterite based geopolymer: a comparative study","authors":"Raphael Belinga Essama Boum, Francois Mvondo Owono, C. R. Kaze, Juste Constant Essomba Essomba, Bakary Souleymanou, J. G. Deutou Nemaleu, M. Ntamak-Nida","doi":"10.1080/12269328.2022.2157895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12269328.2022.2157895","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Laterite soils account for 70% of Cameroon territory. The present study aims to investigate the thermal behavior of geopolymer from both thermally activated lateritic clay and indurated laterite at 700°C. The resulting calcined powder was consolidated with phosphoric acid (PA) and alkaline solution (AS), and after 28 days of cure, the geopolymer then was heated at 200°C, 400°C, 600°C, 800°C and 1000°C. At room temperature (25°C), applying an acidic medium developed best mechanical performance (85.6 MPa) using highly indurated laterite (CUPA) than clayey-rich laterite (EMPA) that gave 44.86 MPa. Increasing the heating temperature up to 1000°C greatly affected the samples consolidated with an acid solution than with alkaline medium. This suggests the best stability of N-A-S-H than phosphate binder at high temperature. The high performance of acid-activated samples is related to the alteration of iron minerals in acid medium allowing the formation of Fe-O-P bonds, while the decrease in compressive strength with the increase of heating temperature up to 1000°C is related to the dehydroxylation of formed binder phases that weakened the structure.","PeriodicalId":12714,"journal":{"name":"Geosystem Engineering","volume":"25 1","pages":"225 - 238"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43198800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Jeon, Ana Belen Cueva Sola, G. Park, Jin-Young Lee, H. Kim, R. Jyothi
{"title":"Development of a recovery process of thorium and possible separation of rare earths from Korean monazite","authors":"J. Jeon, Ana Belen Cueva Sola, G. Park, Jin-Young Lee, H. Kim, R. Jyothi","doi":"10.1080/12269328.2022.2158496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12269328.2022.2158496","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Systematic studies were carried out to leach out rare earths and recover thorium from Korean monazite. Monazite was processed with acid baking process (sulfation) where rare earth elements (REEs) and thorium phosphates were transformed to water-soluble sulfates. Various experimental factors such as temperature, H2SO4/monazite concentrate ratio and time were studied to get optimized sulfation system. Near to 88% of leaching of REEs and Th was performed after sulfation followed by water leaching. Moreover, by using 0.1 mol/L of primary amine Primene JM-T (tri-alkyl-methylamine), thorium was separated (more than 95%) from the light rare earth elements present in the leach liquor. Subsequently, rare earth elements were separated by solvent extraction technique using Cyanex 572 as an extractant at different pH conditions. High separation coefficients for different rare earths were obtained with Cyanex 572, while Primene JM-T resulted in the complete separation of the thorium from the leach liquor.","PeriodicalId":12714,"journal":{"name":"Geosystem Engineering","volume":"25 1","pages":"239 - 245"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46165806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Archita Mohanty, Lala Behari Sukla, S. Nayak, N. Devi
{"title":"Selective recovery and intensification of Mn from spent LiMn2O4 using sulfuric acid as lixiviant and Na-D2EHPA as extractant","authors":"Archita Mohanty, Lala Behari Sukla, S. Nayak, N. Devi","doi":"10.1080/12269328.2022.2127426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12269328.2022.2127426","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite the rising demand for lithium-ion batteries and their widespread acceptance, recycling and repurposing end-of-life lithium-ion battery materials is still a work in progress. This will help mitigate the dependence on raw materials and risks of shortage while promoting a circular economy. The present work addresses a hydrometallurgical process to recover Mn from spent LiMn2O4 using sulphuric acid as a lixiviant and Na-D2EHPA as extractant. Effects of various leaching parameters have been studied and the pregnant leach solution has been generated using 1 mol/L H2SO4 with 6% H2O2 at a pulp density of 10 g/L, maintaining the temperature at 30°C at 450 rpm for 1 hour which contained 2.52 g/L Mn and 0.545 g/L of Li. The PLS was subjected to separation using solvent extraction method taking 70% saponified di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) as extractant. The McCabe-Thiele plot suggested two theoretical stages at O:A ratio of 1:1 using 0.3 mol/L Na-D2EHPA with 99.94% extraction of Mn and 10.2% co-extraction of Li. The co-extracted lithium was removed by scrubbing with MnSO4 solution. The loaded organic containing 2.574 g/L Mn was stripped using 10% H2SO4 at two stages at O: A ratio of 1.5:1 and enriched the concentration of manganese 1.5 times in the stripped solution.","PeriodicalId":12714,"journal":{"name":"Geosystem Engineering","volume":"25 1","pages":"246 - 255"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44235008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of Debye–Huckel and Bronsted-Bjerrum theory to mass transfer rate in supported liquid membrane; effect of ionic strength on separation factor, an analysis through case studies","authors":"B. Swain, K. Sarangi, Jay Ryang Park, C. Lee","doi":"10.1080/12269328.2022.2127425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12269328.2022.2127425","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Debye–Huckel and Bronsted-Bjerrum theory has been applied to supported liquid membrane process to understand the effect of ionic strength on separation factor. The effect of ionic strength due to different salts and their concentration on the separation factor of Cu(II) and Zn(II) by supported liquid membrane using Di-2 ethyl-hexyl phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) as a mobile carrier has been studied. For those studies, different salts, i.e., NaCl, NaNO3, NaClO3, Na2SO4, and CH3COONa, have been used. A mathematical model for the dependency of separation factor of Cu(II) and Zn(II) on ionic strength considering Debye–Huckel theory and Bronsted–Bjerrum theory has been developed. Experiments were carried out using a batch-type permeator of micro-porous polypropylene thin sheet as the solid support for the liquid membrane in the presence of different ionic strength of anions. The calculated separation factor is well agreed with the obtained results within 95% confidence interval.","PeriodicalId":12714,"journal":{"name":"Geosystem Engineering","volume":"25 1","pages":"256 - 272"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48584752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of calcined medium grade clay on the properties of Portland cement pastes","authors":"N. Rakhimova, V. Morozov, A. Eskin","doi":"10.1080/12269328.2022.2127001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12269328.2022.2127001","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In the recent decades, the composition of Portland cements has undergone significant changes related to an increase in the range and content of supplementary cementitious materials following development of composite and multicomposite cements. The development of these binders that meet the requirements of sustainability requires the expansion and adaptation of the mineral resource base of cement industry to the production of low-emission binders with a gradual decrease of resource and energy intensities. Efforts to find the widespread sources of pozzolans providing high reactivity and physical–chemical stability have led to intensive studies on thermally treated clays of various chemical–mineralogical composition and their industrial adoption. Due to scarcity and high cost of kaolin clays, great attention is given to medium- and low-grade clays. This article reports on a study to evaluate the effect of calcined clay with 52% of clay minerals on the properties of fresh and hardened pastes, in particular on the resistance to sodium sulfate and nitric acid attacks. The reaction products assemblage of the blended Portland cement pastes was investigated by XRD and thermal analyses. The hardened Portland cement pastes incorporated with thermally treated clay demonstrated better durability performance compared to reference ones.","PeriodicalId":12714,"journal":{"name":"Geosystem Engineering","volume":"45 1","pages":"273 - 279"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41276969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The contribution of the Chilean mining industry to the achievement of the 17 sustainable development goals","authors":"M. N. Herrera","doi":"10.1080/12269328.2022.2147588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12269328.2022.2147588","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Chile is a world leader in copper production and is expected to reach production of around 6,237,000 tons of fine copper by 2022. On the other hand, in 2021 the production of copper by the hydrometallurgical route reached 1,509,000 tons and that of the smelting and refining route was 4,606,000 tons. Considering this production scenario, this article describes in a general way the contributions that the Chilean mining industry has made to the fulfillment of the 17 sustainable development goals, SDGs. The main advances are highlighted, besides discussing the main pending tasks to comply with the commitments made by Chile towards the international community.","PeriodicalId":12714,"journal":{"name":"Geosystem Engineering","volume":"25 1","pages":"64 - 82"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46877236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of in-situ electro-generated chlorine leaching and its application to the leaching of platinum","authors":"Min-seuk Kim, R. Kim, K. Chung, Jae-chun Lee","doi":"10.1080/12269328.2022.2148758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12269328.2022.2148758","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT An in-situ electro-generated chlorine leaching with a closed recycling unit of unconsumed gas was developed for precious metal dissolution and applied to the leaching of platinum from a spent automotive catalyst containing 0.13 wt% Pt. Cathodic current in a cathodic compartment of the chlorine generation cell reduces the unconsumed chlorine gas into chloride ions for further chlorine generation. The electro-reduction efficiency was 99.4% in alkaline 2 M NaCl solution, whereas 80.8% in 35% HCl solution at 0.62 mmol min−1 supply rate of unconsumed chlorine gas. The 98.3% platinum from the spent automotive catalyst leached without discharging the unconsumed chlorine gas into the air at 100 g L−1 solid/liquid ratio and 80°C in a 7 M HCl solution. Increasing the solid/liquid ratio to 400 g L−1 drastically decreased the leaching percentage to 16.5% in 90 minutes by possible adsorption of leached Pt to the porous surface of the automotive catalyst carrier.","PeriodicalId":12714,"journal":{"name":"Geosystem Engineering","volume":"25 1","pages":"185 - 193"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42505096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}