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Biosorption of Heavy Metals from Acid Mine Drainage by Modified Sericite and Microalgae Hybrid System

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This study investigates the use of sericite beads and microalgae for the removal of heavy metals from acid mine drainage (AMD) and the simultaneous enhancement of biomass productivity. The experiment was conducted over a period of 6 days in a hybrid system containing sericite beads and microalgae Chlorella sp. The results show that the biomass production increased to ~8.04 times its initial concentration of 0.367 g/L as measured by an optical panel photobioreactor (OPPBR) and had a light transmittance of 95 % at a 305-mm depth. Simultaneous percent removal of Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, As, and Cd from the AMD effluent was found to be 97.78 to 99.26 %. Biomass production was significantly enhanced by removal of heavy metal ions. We thus found that our hybrid system of sericite beads and microalgae was highly effective in removing heavy metal and in enhancing biomass production and could be a useful alternative treatment of AMD.

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This study was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2013006899).

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Choi, HJ. Biosorption of Heavy Metals from Acid Mine Drainage by Modified Sericite and Microalgae Hybrid System. Water Air Soil Pollut 226, 185 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-015-2433-3

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