Treatment of AMD using a combination of saw dust, bentonite clay and phosphate in the removal of turbid materials and toxic metals

Acid mine drainage collected from the western decant in South Africa was treated in a series of small-scale laboratory experiments. 200 mL of the sample was poured into five 500 mL glass beakers using flocculants formed by mixing size-optimized 1.5 g of bentonite clay with 3.5 g saw dust and 1.0 g o...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4c2cb9420e414fe19d8bd57808c1d9152021-11-05T21:09:31ZTreatment of AMD using a combination of saw dust, bentonite clay and phosphate in the removal of turbid materials and toxic metals1751-231X10.2166/wpt.2021.014https://doaj.org/article/4c2cb9420e414fe19d8bd57808c1d9152021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://wpt.iwaponline.com/content/16/2/541https://doaj.org/toc/1751-231XAcid mine drainage collected from the western decant in South Africa was treated in a series of small-scale laboratory experiments. 200 mL of the sample was poured into five 500 mL glass beakers using flocculants formed by mixing size-optimized 1.5 g of bentonite clay with 3.5 g saw dust and 1.0 g of Na3PO4 in triplicates (experiment A). Four similar sets of control experiments were conducted using the same amount of bentonite clay and saw dust with varying Na3PO4, contents in AMD treatment; the rationale being to determine the efficiency of Na3PO4 (experiments B, C and D). The results show that conductivity has an influence in the removal of the turbid materials. The removal efficiency of toxic metals using a flocculant containing 220 μm bentonite clay particle size and 0.012 or 0.25 M of Na3PO4 is higher than 96% when compared to that of the samples dosed with a flocculant containing 0.05 M Na3PO4, which is less than 91%. The flocculant also showed optimal removal efficiency of both turbid materials and toxic metals, i.e. removal efficiency within a range 96.5–99.3%. The flocculants containing 0.025 M Na3PO4 showed optimal removal efficiency of turbidity, colour, toxic metals and natural organic compounds. Highlights Effect of Na3PO4 in a flocculant.; Adsorption efficiency of clay.; Turbidity removal using synthetic flocculant.; Removal of toxic metal using synthetic flocculant.; Effect of saw dust in the removal of pollutants.;I. O. NtwampeIWA Publishingarticleamdclayflocculantsmixingtoxic metalsEnvironmental technology. Sanitary engineeringTD1-1066ENWater Practice and Technology, Vol 16, Iss 2, Pp 541-556 (2021)
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topic amd
clay
flocculants
mixing
toxic metals
Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TD1-1066
spellingShingle amd
clay
flocculants
mixing
toxic metals
Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TD1-1066
I. O. Ntwampe
Treatment of AMD using a combination of saw dust, bentonite clay and phosphate in the removal of turbid materials and toxic metals
description Acid mine drainage collected from the western decant in South Africa was treated in a series of small-scale laboratory experiments. 200 mL of the sample was poured into five 500 mL glass beakers using flocculants formed by mixing size-optimized 1.5 g of bentonite clay with 3.5 g saw dust and 1.0 g of Na3PO4 in triplicates (experiment A). Four similar sets of control experiments were conducted using the same amount of bentonite clay and saw dust with varying Na3PO4, contents in AMD treatment; the rationale being to determine the efficiency of Na3PO4 (experiments B, C and D). The results show that conductivity has an influence in the removal of the turbid materials. The removal efficiency of toxic metals using a flocculant containing 220 μm bentonite clay particle size and 0.012 or 0.25 M of Na3PO4 is higher than 96% when compared to that of the samples dosed with a flocculant containing 0.05 M Na3PO4, which is less than 91%. The flocculant also showed optimal removal efficiency of both turbid materials and toxic metals, i.e. removal efficiency within a range 96.5–99.3%. The flocculants containing 0.025 M Na3PO4 showed optimal removal efficiency of turbidity, colour, toxic metals and natural organic compounds. Highlights Effect of Na3PO4 in a flocculant.; Adsorption efficiency of clay.; Turbidity removal using synthetic flocculant.; Removal of toxic metal using synthetic flocculant.; Effect of saw dust in the removal of pollutants.;
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author I. O. Ntwampe
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title Treatment of AMD using a combination of saw dust, bentonite clay and phosphate in the removal of turbid materials and toxic metals
title_short Treatment of AMD using a combination of saw dust, bentonite clay and phosphate in the removal of turbid materials and toxic metals
title_full Treatment of AMD using a combination of saw dust, bentonite clay and phosphate in the removal of turbid materials and toxic metals
title_fullStr Treatment of AMD using a combination of saw dust, bentonite clay and phosphate in the removal of turbid materials and toxic metals
title_full_unstemmed Treatment of AMD using a combination of saw dust, bentonite clay and phosphate in the removal of turbid materials and toxic metals
title_sort treatment of amd using a combination of saw dust, bentonite clay and phosphate in the removal of turbid materials and toxic metals
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