Hydrogeochemical Assessment on Physico-chemical Treatment Process of Coal Mine Drainage

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Hydrogeochemical Assessment on Physico-chemical Treatment Process of Coal Mine Drainage 석탄광산 배수의 물리화학적 정화공정에 대한 수리지구화학적 평가: 김성희·이우춘·이병태·이상호·김경웅·심연식·박현성·김순오
Seong-Hee Kim, Woo-Chun Lee, Byung-Tae Lee, Sang-Ho Lee,Kyoung-Woong Kim, Yon-Sik Shim, Hyun-Sung Park and Soon-Oh Kim

28 February 2013. pp. 21-34

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Abstract

This study was undertaken to assess the physico-chemical treatment process for purifying the coal mine drainage. For the sake of accomplishing the goals, the properties of mine drainage between before and after treatment were compared and the effects of discharge after treatment on the water quality of nearby stream were elucidated by a variety of physico-chemical methods. The results indicate that the dissolved iron in the mine drainage was effectively removed by the treatment process as a result of oxidative precipitation into iron oxides (goethite), manganese oxide (cryptomelane) and iron-manganese oxides (jakobsite). During the rainy season, most of pollutant concentrations were investigated to be decreased, but turbidity, TSS, total iron, and total pollutant loading were increased by refloatation of precipitates. Consequently, the appropriate measures should be taken into account because the treatment process responds very sensitively to change in flow rate and accordingly the aesthetic pollution can give rise to the nearby stream.

Keywords

Hamtae treatment plant

Coal mine drainage

Physico-chemical treatment process

Aesthetic pollution

본 연구는 석탄 광산배수 정화를 위한 물리·화학적정화시설을 수리지구화학적으로 평가하기 위하여 수행되어졌다. 처리 전후의 광산배수의 수질 특성을 비교하고 처리수가 인근 하천 수계에 방류된 후 하천 수질에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위하여 다양한 수리지구화학적 방법을 이용하였다. 광산배수 내 존재하는 용존 철과 망간은 처리공정에 의해 철산화물(침철석, 클리토멜라인)과 철․망간산화물(자콥사이트)형태로 침전되어 대부분 제거되는 것으로 확인되었다. 이러한 침전물들은 강우로 발생한 와류현상으로 재부상하여 탁도, TSS, Total iron 및 오염부하량을 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다. 연구결과, 처리시설의 오염물질 제거 능력은 매우 우수하나, 강우에 의한 유량 변화에 매우 민감하게 반응하여 하천의 심미적 오염을 초래할 수 있기 때문에 이를 고려한 추가적인 운영 방안이 모색되어야할 것으로 판단된다.

키워드

함태 처리장

석탄 광산배수

물리화학적 처리공정

심미적 오염

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Publisher :The Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Publisher(Ko) :한국자원공학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원공학회지
Volume : 50
No :1
Pages :21-34
DOI :https://doi.org/10.12972/ksmer.2013.50.1.021

[1] Bae, W., Cheong, Y.W. and Shim, Y. 2003, “The study on effective management system in passive treatment facilities of abandoned mine,” Journal of Korean Society for Geosystem Engineering, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 284-290.

[2] Boyle, E.A., Edmond, J.M. and Sholkovitz E.R., 1977, “The mechanisms of iron removal in estuaries,” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 41, No 9, pp. 1313-1324.

[3] Broshears, Robert E., Runkel, Robert L., Kimball, Briant A., McKnight, Diane M. and Bencala, Kenneth E., 1996, “Reactive solute transport in an acidic stream: Experimental pH increase and Simulation of controls on pH, aluminum, and iron,” Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 30, No.10, pp.3016-3024.

[4] Bullen, T.D., Krabbenhoft, D.P. and Kendall, C., 1996, “Kinetic and mineralogic controls on the evolution of groundwater chemistry and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr in a sandy silicate aquifer, northern Wisconsin, USA,” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta., Vol. 60, No. 10, pp. 1807-1821.

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[6] Claassen, HC., 1985, “Sources and mechanisms of recharge for ground water in the west-central Amargosa Desert, Nevada-A Geochemical interpretation,” U.S. Geolsur. Prof., pp. 712-F

[7] Drever, J.I., 1988, “Geochemistry of Natural water, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs,” New Jersey, pp .437

[8] Hans, C.C., 1983, “Sources and mechanisms of recharge for ground water in the west-central Amargosa desert, Nevada-a geochemical interpretation,” U.S. Geological Survey, pp. 83-542.

[9] Jeong, G.Y. and Lee, B.Y., 2003, “Secondary mineralogy and microtextures of weathered sulfides and manganoan carbonates in mine waste-rock dumps, with implications for heavy-metal fixation,” American Mineralogist, Vol. 88, pp. 1933-1942.

[10] Jung, G.B., Lee, J.S., Kim, W.I., Ryu, J.S. and Yun, S.G., 2008, “Monitoring of seasonal water quality vairations and environmental contamination in the Sambo mine creek, Korea,” Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 328-336.

[11] Jung, M.C. and Jung, M.Y., 2006, “Evaluation and management method of environmental contamination from abandoned metal mines in Korea,” Journal of Korean Society for Geosystem Engineering, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 383-394.

[12] Jung, M.C., 2007, “Investigation and evaluation of contamination levels of soil and water in the abandoned mine areas in Korea,” Mine Reclamation Technology (MIRECO), Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 26-34.

[13] Kim, H.S., Jo, Y. D., Ahn, J.W. and Han, C., 2007, “Flotation of metal precipitates in coal mine drainage,” Journal of Korean Society for Geosystem Engineering, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 314-323.

[14] Kimball, Briant A. and Runkel, Robert L., 2010, “Evaluating remediation alternatives for mine drainage, Little Cottonwood Creek, Utah, USA,” Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol. 60, pp. 1021-1036.

[15] Maurice, R.J., 1981, “Discussion of trace metals in the waters of a partially-mixed estuary,” Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 251-266.

[16] Morin, G. and Calas, G., 2006, “Arsenic in soils, mine tailings, and former industrial sites,” Elements, Vol. 2, 97-101.

[17] Rattray, M. and Officer, C.B., 1981, “Discussion of trace metals in the water of a partially-mixed estuary,” Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci., Vol. 12, pp. 251-266.

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[19] Runkel, Robert L., Kimball, Briant A., Walton-Day, Katherine., Verplanck, Philip L. and Broshears, Robert E., 2012, “Evaluating remedial alternatives for an acid mine drainage stream: Amodel post audit,” Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 46, pp. 1093-1101.

[20] Smedley, P.L. and Kinniburgh, D.G., 2002, “A review of the source, behaviour and distribution of arsenic in natural waters,” Applied Geochemistry, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 517-568.

[21] Wang, S. and Mulligan, C.N., 2006, “Occurrence of arsenic contamination in Canada: Sources, behavior and distribution,” The Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 366, pp. 701-721.

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