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Fe and Al Behaviors in Precipitates and Pollution Characteristics of Acid Mine Drainage from the Donghae Abandoned Coal Mine, Taebaek, Korea

태백시 동해폐탄광 산성광산배수의 오염현황과 하상퇴적물 내 철, 알루미늄의 거동특성

Chang Oh Choo1
,
Jung-Won Park2
,
Jin Kook Lee1*
추 창오1
,
박 정원2
,
이 진국1*
1Adjunct Professor, Department of Geology, Kyungpook National University
2Principal Researcher, Korea National Park Research Institute, Korea National Park Service
1경북대학교 자연과학대학 지질학과 강의교수
2국립공원공단 국립공원연구원 책임연구원
*Corresponding Author
31 December 2019. pp. 579-598
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Abstract

We investigated geochemical contaminants and Fe, Al behavior in precipitates of acid mine drainage (AMD) from the Donghae abandoned coal mine, Taebaek, Gangwon Province using aqueous chemical analyses, XRD, IR, and 27Al NMR, Our results showed that water chemistry changed with pH and Eh, and saturation indices of chemical species in the AMD. According to saturation calculated by visual MINTEQ, the AMD was saturated with various Fe-, Al-oxyhydroxide minerals. Reddish brown precipitates are composed of schwertmannite, ferrihydrite, and goethite, whereas whitish precipitates are composed mostly of alumimous minerals such as poorly crystallized basaluminite with trace Al13-Tridecamer. It is important to apply active treatment methods rather than simple storage pond and to control the precipitation and solubility of iron species and aluminous species for ensuring remediation and control for the AMD discharged from the Donghae abandoned coal mine.

Keywords
Donghae abandoned coal mine
AMD
precipitates
schwertmannite
ferrihydrite
goethite
basaluminite
Al13-Tridecamer

강원도 태백산국립공원 구역에 인접한 동해폐탄광으로부터 발생하는 산성광산배수(AMD)에 대하여 수질오염과 하상퇴적물 내 Fe, Al의 거동특성을 화학분석, XRD, 적외선분광분석(IR), 핵자기공명분석(27Al NMR)을 이용하여 연구하였다. 산성광산배수의 수질은 pH와 용존이온의 침전에 따라서 변화하며, 포화지수 계산에 따르면 대부분 다양한 철, 알루미늄 수산화광물종에 과포화되어 있다. 하상의 적갈색 침전물은 슈베르트마나이트, 페리하이드라이트와 침철석으로 구성된다. 백색침전물은 대부분 알루미늄광물인 배스알루미나이트로 구성되는데, 이것의 결정도는 매우 낮다. 배스알루미나이트에서는 Al-중합체 Al13-Tridecamer가 소량으로 함유되어 있다. 동해폐탄광의 산성광산배수를 저감하기 위해서는 단순한 저류조 운영보다는 적극적인 제거법을 적용하여 철, 알루미늄 광물의 침전과 용해도를 조절할 필요가 있다.

키워드
동해폐탄광
산성광산배수
하상퇴적물
슈베르트마나이트
페리하이드라이트
침철석
배스알루미나이트
Al13-Tridecamer
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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Engineering Geology
  • Publisher(Ko) :대한지질공학회
  • Journal Title :The Journal of Engineering Geology
  • Journal Title(Ko) :지질공학
  • Volume : 29
  • No :4
  • Pages :579-598
  • Received Date : 2019-12-16
  • Revised Date : 2019-12-23
  • Accepted Date : 2019-12-23
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.9720/kseg.2019.4.579
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