Acid mine drainage treatment using chicken eggshell waste
Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental(2022)
Abstract
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a source of soil and water resources pollution. Cal-cite is a mineral constituted of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). The AMD interaction with calcite drives their natural neutralization. Calcite is the main component of the chicken eggshell (ES). This work aimed to evaluate the use of ES waste as a material to treat raw AMD. Five treatments (T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5) were carried out with concentrations of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 ES g/L AMD, respectively. Each treatment was performed for 3 h at room temperature without agitation. The response variables analyzed were pH, redox potential (Eh), electrical conductivity (sigma), chlorides (Cl-), alkalinity, sulfates (SO42-), nitrates (NO3-, and potentially toxic heavy metals and metalloids (PTHMM). Also, the removal efficiencies of SO42-, NO3-, and PTHMM were analyzed. Additionally, the chemical and mineralogical composition of ES and precipitates were determined. The initial pH for AMD was 2.50 and it reached a final value of 5.50, 5.60, 5.80, 5.93, and 6.12 in T1, T2, T3, T4 and, T5, respectively. Moreover, the different treatments granted alkalinity to the treated effluents, reaching a maximum value of 124 CaCO3 mg/L in T5. Finally, Al and Fe were completely removed from AMD, whereas Cu reached > 95 % removal, especially in T3, T4, and T5. Ba, Cr, and Pb showed an average removal of similar to 65 %. The ES concentration that showed the best results of neutralization and PTHMM removal efficiency was 5 ES g/L. The results showed that ES is a biocompatible waste material with an added value because it can be used as a sustainable material to treat raw AMD.
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Key words
acid mine drainage,chicken eggshell valorization,heavy metal removal,limestone,water pollution
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