Fractionation of critical metals from authentic acid mine drainage using a multi-bed immobilized amine sorbent setup: A field site study

Wilfong, Walter C.; Wang, Qiuming; Howard, Bret; Tinker, Phillip; Johnson, Karen; Garber, William; Shi, Fan; Gray, McMahan L.

doi:10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.104788

Title: Fractionation of critical metals from authentic acid mine drainage using a multi-bed immobilized amine sorbent setup: A field site study

Journal Article · 12 January 2024 · Journal of Water Process Engineering

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.104788 · OSTI ID:2305454

Wilfong, Walter C. ^[1]; Wang, Qiuming ^[1]; Howard, Bret ^[1]; Tinker, Phillip ^[1]; Johnson, Karen ^[1]; Garber, William ^[1]; Shi, Fan ^[2]; Gray, McMahan L. ^[2]

National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States). NETL Support Contractor
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Here for the first time reported, a flow-through multi-fixed bed immobilized amine/silica sorbent strategy was employed to fractionate purified critical metals from authentic acid mine drainage (AMD). The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) patent-pending Multi-functional Sorbent Technology (MUST) sorbents were used to recover critical metals from AMD at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden (Pittsburgh, PA USA). By adjusting the AMD/sorbent ratio, we recovered > 80% of pure adsorbed Mn (by adsorbed metal weight) and >90% pure adsorbed Al at lab-scale. Further optimizing the weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) enhanced the rate of adsorbed Al recovery by over five times, justifying a field site test. After treating >100 L of AMD at the field site, the optimized polyamine/epoxysilane/aminosilane sorbent recovered approximately 0.7 wt% adsorbed Al at > 90% purity. A tangible amount of purified aluminum hydroxide [Al(OH)₃] and aluminum sulfate [Al₂(SO₄)₃] solids were then recovered after eluting and precipitating the previously adsorbed metals.

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Research Organization:: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

OSTI ID:: 2305454

Journal Information:: Journal of Water Process Engineering, Journal Name: Journal of Water Process Engineering Journal Issue: N/A Vol. 58; ISSN 2214-7144

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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