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JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 173, Issue -, Pages 24-30Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.01.008
Keywords
Bioleaching; Waste printed circuit boards; Metal recovery; Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; H+ consumption
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [21177101, 41103077]
- Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education [211165]
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In this paper, H+ consumption and metal recovery, during the process of bioleaching waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (A. ferrooxidans), were discussed in detail. When the WPCBs concentration was 15 g/L, Cu (96.8%), Zn (83.8%), and Al (75.4%) were recovered after 72 h by A. ferrooxidans. Experimental results indicated that metal recovery rate was significantly influenced by acid. Based on experimental results, the kinetics of the H+ consumption and metal recovery on bioleaching WPCBs were represented by reaction kinetic equations. The kinetic of H+ consumption could be described by the second-order kinetic model. The metal recovery belongs to the second-order model with adding acid, which was changed to the shrinking core model with precipitate production. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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