Kinetic modeling of copper bioleaching from low-grade ore from the Shahrbabak Copper Complex |
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Authors: | Saman Beikzadeh Noei Saeed Sheibani Fereshteh Rashchi Seyed Mohammad Javad Mirazimi |
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Affiliation: | School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering,College of Engineering,University of Tehran,Tehran 13145-1318,Iran |
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Abstract: | The copper recovery from low-grade copper sulfide ore was investigated using microbial leaching. Several parameters substan-tially affect the bioleaching of copper; among them, pulp density and nutrient media were selected for investigation. The optimum conditions for copper recovery were a pulp density of 5 g/mL, a mixed-mineral salt medium ofAcidithiobacillus thiooxidans (70vol%) andAcidithioba-cillus ferrooxidans (30vol%), and 10vol% of inoculum. Under these conditions, the maximum bioleaching capacity of the medium for copper recovery was determined to be approximately 99%. The effect of pulp density on the kinetics of the bioleaching process was surveyed using both da Silva's method and constrained multilinear regression analysis. The kinetics of copper dissolution followed the shrinking core model, and the process was diffusion controlled at a pulp density of 5 g/mL. Nevertheless, at higher pulp densities, the process was controlled by chemi-cal reaction. |
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Keywords: | bioleaching kinetics modeling copper mesophilic bacteria |
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