Bioleaching of metals from tannery sludge in two stages: effect of pH - DOI: 10.4025/actascitechnol.v31i2.449

The present work assessed the effect of the pH in the bioleaching of Cr and other metals from tannery sludge with stage separation of biologic oxidation of elemental sulfur and leaching of solid waste. The concentration of elemental sulfur was 5 g L-1. The final bioleaching pH ranged from 3.0 to 1.0...

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Autores: Silva, Fábio Moreira da, Ramos, Fabrícia Maribondo da Silva, Costa, Antonio Carlos Augusto da, Tavares, Célia Regina Granhen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repositorio:Acta scientiarum. Technology (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/449
Acceso en línea:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciTechnol/article/view/449
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:bioleaching
elemental sulfur
Chromium
tannery sludge
biolixiviação
enxofre elementar
Cromo
lodo de curtume
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Sumario:The present work assessed the effect of the pH in the bioleaching of Cr and other metals from tannery sludge with stage separation of biologic oxidation of elemental sulfur and leaching of solid waste. The concentration of elemental sulfur was 5 g L-1. The final bioleaching pH ranged from 3.0 to 1.0. The concentration of sludge solids was 100 g L-1 and the temperatures were 298.15 and 308.15 K. The leaching extractions of Al, Cr and Zn increased at lower final pH and the leaching extraction of Ca decreased in this condition. The maximum extraction of Cr was 70.11% at sludge solids concentration of 100 g L-1, final pH 1.0 and temperature of 298.15 K. The fraction of Cr bound to Fe and Mn oxides was more affected by changes at final pH than others fractions. The mass ratio of metals and Cr decreased at lower final pH. The concentration of Cr leached from the tannery sludge after the bioleaching at final pH of 1.0 was reduced to satisfactory values.