MICROBE-METAL-INTERACTIONS FOR THE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF METAL-CONTAINING SOLID WASTE

In nature, microbes are involved in weathering of rocks, in mobilization of metals from minerals, and in metal precipitation and deposition. These microbiological principles and processes can be adapted to treat particulate solid wastes. Especially the microbiological solubilization of metals from solid minerals （termed bioleaching） to obtain metal values is a well-known technique in the mining industry. We focus here on non-mining minerai wastes to demonstrate the applicability of mining-based technologies for the treatment of metal-containing solid wastes. In the case study presented, microbial metal mobilization from particulate fly ash （originating from municipal solid waste incineration） by Acidithiobacilli resulted in cadmium, copper, and zinc mobilization of 〉80%, whereas lead, chromium, and nickel were mobilized by 2, 11 and 32%, respectively. In addition, the potential of HCN-forming bacteria （Chromobacterium violaceum, Pseudornonas fluorescens） was investigated to mobilize metals when grown in the presence of solid materials （e.g.,copper-containing ores, electronic scrap, spent automobile catalytic converters）. C. violaceum was found capable of mobilizina nickel as tetracyanonickelate from fine-grained nickel powder. Gold was microbially solubJlized as dicyanoaurate from electronic waste. Additionally, cyanide-complexed copper was detected during biological treatment of shredded printed circuit-board scraps. Water-soluble copper and platinum cyanide were also detected during the treatment of spent automobile catalytic converters.     

Bioreactor development with respect to process constraints imposed by bio-oxidation and waste remediation

Bioreactors serve a central role in biotechnological processes by providing the link between starting materials and final products. In most biological systems, there are complex series of reactions that must be optimized and coordinated in a very specific environment. Despite the complexity of biocatalytic processes, there is usually a rate-limiting step controlling the reaction, as well as a few secondary limitations. These limitations provide the basis for process design and bioprocess equipment specifications. The EIMCO Slurry Bioreactor has been designed to overcome these limitations encountered during the bio-oxidation of refractory gold ores and concentrates and hazardous waste bioremediation.     

细菌堆浸中流动反应传热耦合过程数值模拟分析

针对辉铜矿微生物浸出过程进行数学建模,利用ComsolMultiphysics软件对浸堆中热量传递、氧气流动、目的金属离子分布以及氧化转化率等进行数值模拟分析．结果表明:沿堆体斜坡边界处氧的浓度较大,而在堆的中央部分,氧气的浓度非常小,导致这部分区域浸出反应缓慢;沿浸堆边坡处的温度偏低,温度最高的部分在底部区域附近靠近边坡位置处,且温度升高值超过6℃;矿堆底部靠近边坡区域目的金属离子浓度最高;靠近底部和斜坡部分,浸出反应速率快、氧化转化率高．矿堆的其余部分,因氧浓度低,导致浸出反应速率缓慢、氧化转化率低．     

Nonlinear analyses for the postbuckling behaviors of annular and circular thin plates

In this paper we apply the modified method of multiple scales to study the postbuckling behaviors of annular and circular thin plates. The asymptotic solutions have been constructed, the ultimate loads have been determined, and the relations between the length of twisted waves formed by buckling and the flexural rigidity of plates have been discovered.Projects Supported by the Sciences Fund of the Chinese Academy of Sciences     

邻菲啰啉计算光度法同时测定生物浸出样品中Fe（Ⅱ）和Fe（Ⅲ）

邻菲哕啉光度法常用于Fe（Ⅱ）测定,但受到试样中Fe（Ⅲ）对测定的影响,因此不能直接用于生物浸出样品中Fe（Ⅱ）和Fe（Ⅲ）的同时测定．为此,基于Fe（Ⅱ）邻菲哕啉特征吸收曲线以及混合铁中Fe（Ⅲ）对Fe（Ⅱ）测定的线性影响关系,建立了基于Fe（Ⅱ）和全铁同时测定Fe（Ⅱ）和Fe（Ⅲ）的计算光度法,并研究了生物浸出样品中典型金属离子（Cu^2＋、Ni^2＋、Cd^2＋、Co^2＋）以及试样溶解与储放对测定的影响．方法可准确地测定含铁次生矿物和生物浸出液中铁价态组成,应用于生物浸出矿渣、细胞表面中常量或微量的Fe（Ⅱ）和Fe（Ⅲ）组成分析,具有简便快速的特点．     

Analysis of coupled flow-reaction with heat transfer in heap bioleaching processes

A mathematical model for heap bioleaching is developed to analyze heat transfer, oxygen flow, target ion distribution and oxidation leaching rate in the heap. The model equations are solved with Comsol Multiphysics software. Numerical simulation results show the following facts： Concentration of oxygen is relatively high along the boundary of the slope, and low in the center part where leaching rate is slow. Temper- ature is relatively low along the slope and reaches the highest along the bottom region near the slope, with difference being more than 6℃. Concentration of target mental ions is the highest in the bottom region near the slope. Oxidation leaching rate is relatively large in the bottom and slope part with a fast reaction rate, and small in the other part with low oxygen concentration.