A Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage Using the Rice Stalk and Cow Manure

볏짚 및 우분을 이용한 산성광산배수 정화

Pilot wetland reactor systems to test acid mine drainage treatment efficiencies for metals were designed and operated at the Dalsung mine and surveyed the operating problems. pH and Eh (redox potential) were measured in situ and anayses of Cd, Pb, As, Zn, Cu, Fe, Al and Mn were carried out in the laboratory. Maximum metal removal efficiencies of the reactor containing the rice stalks, the cow manure and limestones were that Cu, Zn, Fe, Cd, Al, Mn and Pb were lowered by 98%, 100%, 99%, 100%, 97%, 61% and 100%, respectively and at that time the pH and Eh of the effluents from the reactor were 6 and about -300 mV. However, the redox potential was raised and removal of metal elements except aluminium was decreased with operation time. It suggests that the reduced condition is very important for the metal removal. During the operation, problems such as scaling in pipes and volume change of the substrate within the reactor occurred, which were preventing the flow of main drainage in pipes and reactor.

정화 효율과 운영상의 문제점을 파악하였다. 반응조 유입수 및 방류수에 대하여 현장에서 pH 및 Eh(산화환원전위)를 측정하였고 Cd, Pb, As, Zn, Cu, Fe, Al 및 Mn 등을 실험실에서 분석 하였다. 반응조 방류수에 대한 수질분석 결과 우분 및 석회석이 섞인 볏짚 반응조의 Cu, Zn, Fe, Cd, Al, Mn및 Pb의 정화효율(최대)은 98%, 100%, 99%, 100%, 97%, 61% 및 100%였고 이때 반응조의 수질환경은 pH 6 그리고 Eh 값이 -300 mV부근의 환원환경이었다. 그러나 시간이 경과함에 따라 Eh 값은 상승하였고 Al을 제외한 금속성분의 정화효율도 낮아져 반응조의 혐기환경유지는 금속성분의 정화에 매우 중요하였다. 반응조 시설을 운영한 결과 배관내의 산화물 Scale 및 기질물질의 부피 변화는 광산배수의 흐름을 방해하는 요소로 나타났다.