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Bioleaching of electronic waste using acidophilic sulfur oxidising bacteria

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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
卷 65, 期 -, 页码 465-472

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.08.043

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Copper; e-waste; Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans; Passivation; Galvanic coupling

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  1. Australian Research Council [DP1096342]
  2. Australian Research Council [DP1096342] Funding Source: Australian Research Council

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Bioleaching of copper-rich electronic waste material was carried out using mesophillic Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans. The leaching behaviour of copper was investigated using three methods: abiotic chemical leaching using inorganic sulphuric acid, indirect leaching using bacterially generated sulphuric acid and by direct leaching using the acidophilic bacteria. The yield of bacterially generated sulphuric acid used for both indirect and direct leaching was 14.9 g/dm(3) grown in a medium containing 25 g/dm(3) of elemental sulphur and basalt salts for 14 days at 30 degrees C. This acid was diluted to achieve various pHs for the leaching tests. The variables tested were solution pH, temperature, time, pulp density and copper concentration in the waste. The results indicated that copper dissolution is influenced by passivation and galvanic coupling, both of which reduced the Cu yield and resulted in slower leaching. Increasing the acid concentration, copper concentration in the waste, higher temperature and prolonged leaching favoured higher yields and higher copper selectivity. e-waste toxicity had little effect on direct bioleaching at the pulp density used (10 g/dm(3)). However the growth medium containing partially oxidised sulphide compounds promoted copper surface passivation resulting in lower Cu recovery (60%) relative to abiotic leaching (98%). (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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