改进普通金属矿山尾矿的管理,堆积和接收环境硫的风险:基于自然的解决方案
Lauren E Twible1, James L S Arrey1, Yunyun Yan1
1Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A4, Canada.
Journal of environmental management
|February 22, 2026
概括
硫氧化中间体 (SOI) 存在于矿山废水中. 菌细菌显示出生物处理的潜力,为矿山环境中管理硫相关风险提供可持续的解决方案.
科学领域:
- 环境微生物学 环境微生物学
- 地质化学 地质化学
- 采矿工程 采矿工程 采矿工程
背景情况:
- 硫氧化中间体 (SOI) 化合物在采矿接收环境中存在风险,原因是报告不足和处理不有效.
- 目前用于酸性矿井排水 (AMD) 的废水管理可以促进氧化硫细菌 (SOB),增加SOI的持久性.
研究的目的:
- 建立来自加拿大普通金属矿山尾矿 (TIs) 和接收环境 (RE) 的SOB丰富.
- 调查酸度,硫特异性和SOB社区组成之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 从TI和RE水样中丰富SOB.
- 分析硫的特异性 (例如,硫酸盐,硫酸盐).
- 使用相对丰度数据对SOB社区组成的描述.
主要成果:
- 哈洛西奥细菌 spp. 的种类. 从所有含有硫酸盐 (S2O32−) 的母水中进行了丰富.
- 哈洛西奥细菌 spp. 的种类. 在8种SOB缩中的6种中占主导地位.
- 在Halothiobacillus占主导地位的丰富剂中,完全氧化到硫酸盐 (SO42−) 的S2O32−发生,而混合社区导致不完全的氧化或SOI再生.
结论:
- 哈洛西奥细菌 spp. 的种类. 作为矿山废水中硫风险的生物处理候选人,显示出前景.
- 整合SOB的基于自然的解决方案可以提高废水处理效率和矿业的可持续性.
- 解决SOI持久性需要改进监测和治疗策略,可能通过生物方法.
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