Acid mine drainage treatment assisted by lignite-derived humic substances: Metal removal and speciation modelling

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Olds, William E ^a,b   Tsang, Daniel C W ^a,c   Weber, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Solid Energy New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Equilibrium speciation; Humic substances; Metal complexation; Mine drainage

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL MINES; COPPER; DRAINAGE; HYDRATED LIME; IRON COMPOUNDS; LIGNITE; METAL COMPLEXES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINE REAGENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROXIDE PRECIPITATION; INSOLUBLE HYDROXIDES; METAL COMPLEXATION; MINE DRAINAGE; RECEIVING WATER BODIES;

LEAD;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; COPPER; HUMIC ACID; LEAD; LIGNITE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ADSORPTION; COAL MINE; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LIGNITE; MODELING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACE METAL;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRECIPITATION; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84874938060     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1521-5     Document Type: Article

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