Acid Mine Drainage(AMD)from coal mining is a serious environmental issue which affects water quality,ecology,and the overall landscape of the basin.A large number of coal mine tailings in the mountainous regions of Gu...Acid Mine Drainage(AMD)from coal mining is a serious environmental issue which affects water quality,ecology,and the overall landscape of the basin.A large number of coal mine tailings in the mountainous regions of Guizhou Province,China were unattended and iron-rich AMD was directly discharged to the rivers.This discharge leaves the river―yellow‖and heavily polluted.This study tries to find an efficient and economical method for treating iron-rich AMD.We sampled AMD water in two sites:Yangliujie town of Duyun city(hereafter,called Yangliujie),and Xinglong Coal Mine,Duliu town of Guiding county(hereafter,called Xinglong).We performed iron removal laboratory experiment with Cement-Bentonite Agent(CBA,80%cement and 20%bentonite)in 500 mL AMD water from Yangliujie,scale-up experiment in 15 L AMD water from both Yangliujie and Xinglong,and engineering application in Xinglong respectively.Laboratory experiment results showed the iron removal rate can reach 99.8%and the removal rate depends on the CBA dosage and the treatment time.In the scale-up experiment,we found that Fe concentration could be reduced from 587.0 to 0.2 mg/L when adding 20 g/L CBA to the AMD water and aerating for 3 hours.As sampled water in Xinglong has a very high Fe concentration(Fe 1019.8 mg/L)and the concentration varies with seasons,it is not economical to add the CBA directly to the AMD water.Considering the abundant and cheap limestone resources in Guizhou,we used a twostep treatment method,first we added CaCO3 to raise the pH,and then we took the supernatant liquor and added CBA to the liquor.It was shown that 15 g/L of CBA was a good dosage for iron removal with Fe concentration being reduced from 1019.8 to 0.3 mg/L when CaCO3 was used to raise the pH.The best treatment realized over 99.9%iron removal,99.2%NH3-N removal,98.9%CODMn removal,and heavy metals in the treated water were reduced to under the limit stipulated in the―Environmental Quality Standards of Surface Water in China‖.Thus in the engineering application,we used this two-step treatment method.After the treatment,the pH of the iron-rich AMD(pH 2.86,Fe 2624.6 mg/L)increased to 8.53,the concentration of Fe was reduced to 59.5 mg/L,NH3-N decreased from 16.15 to less than 0.05 mg/L,CODMn decreased from 323.33 to 24.57 mg/L,heavy metals except Fe and Mn were reduced to under the limit of surface water.In conclusion,the use of CBA can effectively remove Fe and other heavy metals from the iron-rich AMD and adjust the pH value to the range of a natural water body.展开更多
Rapid economic growth in China has brought about great economic-social changes in rural areas, having considerable impact on the society in economy and environment. With a per capita possession of about 0.08 ha of cro...Rapid economic growth in China has brought about great economic-social changes in rural areas, having considerable impact on the society in economy and environment. With a per capita possession of about 0.08 ha of cropland, Chinese farmers in rural areas adopt various ways in response to these changes in a bit to maintain their livelihood, wherein the agricultural system is facing one more options possible. To understand how rural communities have used different mechanisms to adapt to the economic and natural changes, we joined a survey in dry valleys of the Min upriver area under Maoxian county of western Sichuan province, southwestern China and visited the local people. Changes in the main crop cultivation have shown up an important means to keep up their household income. Farm households start seeking economic growth through diversified cultivating of cereal and economic crops in five lines, namely cereal, apple monoculture, apple and vegetables, plum and vegetables, mixed fruits and vegetables. These new lines mirror farmers' flexibility to cope with today's economic-social and climatic changes. The farming operation has changed all the more from a subsistence on grain to special agricultural products. Economic reforms in the early 1980 s motivated theprogress first in conversion of production from grain to fruits, and the desire to increase family income turned out to be an impetus for the subsequent events. At present, more farmers moving out of the rural areas, uneasy availability of labor force, increased opportunity cost of labors and their wages, increased farm size, and the urgent demand for the agricultural labor force, all these combine into the trend of the agricultural system of China on facing further economic-social reforms and reconstruction of the countryside across China.展开更多
基金supported by"Guizhou Coal Mine Water Control Technology Research and Development"projectthe Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province(20GJHZ0296)。
文摘Acid Mine Drainage(AMD)from coal mining is a serious environmental issue which affects water quality,ecology,and the overall landscape of the basin.A large number of coal mine tailings in the mountainous regions of Guizhou Province,China were unattended and iron-rich AMD was directly discharged to the rivers.This discharge leaves the river―yellow‖and heavily polluted.This study tries to find an efficient and economical method for treating iron-rich AMD.We sampled AMD water in two sites:Yangliujie town of Duyun city(hereafter,called Yangliujie),and Xinglong Coal Mine,Duliu town of Guiding county(hereafter,called Xinglong).We performed iron removal laboratory experiment with Cement-Bentonite Agent(CBA,80%cement and 20%bentonite)in 500 mL AMD water from Yangliujie,scale-up experiment in 15 L AMD water from both Yangliujie and Xinglong,and engineering application in Xinglong respectively.Laboratory experiment results showed the iron removal rate can reach 99.8%and the removal rate depends on the CBA dosage and the treatment time.In the scale-up experiment,we found that Fe concentration could be reduced from 587.0 to 0.2 mg/L when adding 20 g/L CBA to the AMD water and aerating for 3 hours.As sampled water in Xinglong has a very high Fe concentration(Fe 1019.8 mg/L)and the concentration varies with seasons,it is not economical to add the CBA directly to the AMD water.Considering the abundant and cheap limestone resources in Guizhou,we used a twostep treatment method,first we added CaCO3 to raise the pH,and then we took the supernatant liquor and added CBA to the liquor.It was shown that 15 g/L of CBA was a good dosage for iron removal with Fe concentration being reduced from 1019.8 to 0.3 mg/L when CaCO3 was used to raise the pH.The best treatment realized over 99.9%iron removal,99.2%NH3-N removal,98.9%CODMn removal,and heavy metals in the treated water were reduced to under the limit stipulated in the―Environmental Quality Standards of Surface Water in China‖.Thus in the engineering application,we used this two-step treatment method.After the treatment,the pH of the iron-rich AMD(pH 2.86,Fe 2624.6 mg/L)increased to 8.53,the concentration of Fe was reduced to 59.5 mg/L,NH3-N decreased from 16.15 to less than 0.05 mg/L,CODMn decreased from 323.33 to 24.57 mg/L,heavy metals except Fe and Mn were reduced to under the limit of surface water.In conclusion,the use of CBA can effectively remove Fe and other heavy metals from the iron-rich AMD and adjust the pH value to the range of a natural water body.
基金financially supported by the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities or "111 Project" of China (B08037)
文摘Rapid economic growth in China has brought about great economic-social changes in rural areas, having considerable impact on the society in economy and environment. With a per capita possession of about 0.08 ha of cropland, Chinese farmers in rural areas adopt various ways in response to these changes in a bit to maintain their livelihood, wherein the agricultural system is facing one more options possible. To understand how rural communities have used different mechanisms to adapt to the economic and natural changes, we joined a survey in dry valleys of the Min upriver area under Maoxian county of western Sichuan province, southwestern China and visited the local people. Changes in the main crop cultivation have shown up an important means to keep up their household income. Farm households start seeking economic growth through diversified cultivating of cereal and economic crops in five lines, namely cereal, apple monoculture, apple and vegetables, plum and vegetables, mixed fruits and vegetables. These new lines mirror farmers' flexibility to cope with today's economic-social and climatic changes. The farming operation has changed all the more from a subsistence on grain to special agricultural products. Economic reforms in the early 1980 s motivated theprogress first in conversion of production from grain to fruits, and the desire to increase family income turned out to be an impetus for the subsequent events. At present, more farmers moving out of the rural areas, uneasy availability of labor force, increased opportunity cost of labors and their wages, increased farm size, and the urgent demand for the agricultural labor force, all these combine into the trend of the agricultural system of China on facing further economic-social reforms and reconstruction of the countryside across China.