EM - Escola de Minas
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A Escola de Minas de Ouro Preto foi fundada pelo cientista Claude Henri Gorceix e inaugurada em 12 de outubro de 1876.
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Item Caracterização tecnológica de uma zeólita exaurida, para remoção de íons Mn2+.(2017) Gonzaga, Flávia Donária Reis; Leão, Versiane Albis; Cunha, Emmanoelle Cintra daAs zeólitas apresentam importante propriedades fisico-químicas que aliadas a sua disponibilidade e seu baixo custo viabilizam sua aplicação em vários processos industriais. Atualmente tem-se dado enfoque para utilização de zeólitas na adsorção de metais no tratamento de água e de efluentes industriais. Assim, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo a caracterização tecnológica de uma zeólita, visando atestar a viabilidade de sua utilização na remoção de íons Mn2+(aq) em diferentes condições experimentais. O material utilizado neste trabalho era uma zeólita sintética exaurida utilizada como catalisador no craqueamento de petróleo. Inicialmente, realizou-se a ativação da zeólita com solução de NaOH, 1 mol.L-1. Em seguida, foi feita a caracterização da mesma e sua aplicação nos ensaios de adsorção com solução sintética de Mn2+ a 50 mg.L-1, realizados em batelada. Foram investigados valores de pH entre 4 e 8, e temperatura entre 25°C e 70°C. Observou-se que a zeólita foi identificada, por difração de raios-X, como Faujasita. O pH ótimo de adsorção sem risco de remoção por precipitação foi de 6,5 e a melhor temperatura, 25°C. O tempo de equilíbrio da adsorção do Mn2+(aq) por adsorção foi de 4 horas. Nessas condições, obteve-se um carregamento de 10,8 mg Mn2+-g zeólita. Os resultados mostraram o potencial de aplicação deste material para processos de remoção de íons manganês presentes em soluções aquosas.Item Manganese (ii) removal from aqueous solutions by Bacillus cereus: an optimization study using experimental design and response surface methodology.(2017) Gonzaga, Flávia Donária Reis; Candido, Giselle Cristina; Oliveira, Ludmila Fagundes de; Dias, Sandra de Cássia; Leão, Versiane AlbisThe present study was carried out in order to investigate the removal of soluble Mn2+ from an aqueous solution using Bacillus cereus. A manganese aqueous solution at 50 mg L−1 was treated, and the product was less than 1 mg L−1 of residual concentration, which complied with environmental regulations. Before the optimization, B. cereus was able to remove Mn2+ ions from an aqueous solution; however, the residual content was around 2.5 mg L−1. Screening experiments aiming at defining the effects of the growth medium composition indicated that both casamino acid-peptone and yeast extract contributed to manganese removal. These experiments also showed the interaction between these two components of the culture media, nevertheless the use of glucose did not prove significant. Considering these observations, the Doehlert design was used to generate a response surface. The model was significant with the p value lower than 0.05 and the lack-of-fit not significant (p > 0.05). The optimized composition of the growth medium was defined as 0.5 g L−1 of casamino acid-peptone and 0.25 g L−1 of yeast extract, whereas glucose could be removed from the original growth medium. When the optimized condition of the growth medium was used, the time required for manganese removal was reduced from 21 to 8 days. After optimization, B. cereus was capable of producing high manganese removal, reducing the residual concentration to levels below 1.0 mg L−1.Item Assessing metal recovery from low-grade copper ores containing fluoride.(2011) Sicupira, Lazaro Chaves; Veloso, Tácia Costa; Gonzaga, Flávia Donária Reis; Leão, Versiane AlbisLow-grade ores are becoming increasingly important to metal production due to increasing metal prices and depletion of high-grade, low-impurity sources. Bioleaching can be an option to recover the metallic content present in these tailings. In this work, the bioleaching potential of a low-grade copper ore, containing chalcocite, bornite and chalcopyrite, was demonstrated with a Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans strain, at 50 °C. Batch experiments were performed in shake flasks as well as a bioreactor (BioFlo 110), and the effects of pH, metal concentration and air flow rate on copper extraction were determined. The presence of fluoride in the gangue minerals resulted in up to 270 mg/L total fluoride in solution, which affected bioleaching. Fluoride toxicity was overcome with aluminium additions and resulted in high copper extraction (up to 100%) at pH 1.9. Speciation calculations were performed with on the aluminium-fluoride systems and indicated AlF2+ as the main complex in the system, whereas HF concentration was reduced to values below 10−4 mol/L, which seems to be the threshold for bacterial growth inhibition.Item Application of sodium - and biogenic sulfide to the precipitation of nickel in a continuous reactor.(2013) Gonzaga, Flávia Donária Reis; Silva, Adarlêne Moreira; Cunha, Emmanoelle Cintra da; Leão, Versiane AlbisAttention has been focused in recent decades upon the precipitation of metal sulfides from acid mine drainage (AMD) and pregnant leach solutions, due to the advantages of the sulfide precipitation process over traditional methods employing hydroxides. The aim of this work was thus to explore Technologies for the precipitation of valuable metals, such as nickel using such sulfides (as either Na2S or biogenic sulfide). The recovery of nickel sulfide was improved when the initial pH of the solution containing each metal was set to 7. In such a condition the removal efficiency of nickel was 99.9%, corresponding to a residual level of 0.13 mg /L for nickel in solution. Kinetic parameters for precipitation were determined from the particle size distributions (produced in an MSMPR reactor) using the method of moments, where the growth and nucleation rates, as well the agglomeration kernel, were calculated. The precipitation of nickel at an initial pH of 7 showed a nucleation rate value of 8.16 x 1018#m^-3 s^-1, the highest volumetric growth rate (1.03 x 10^1 um^-3 s^-1) and agglomeration kernel of 9.71 x 10^-23m3 #^-1 s^-1. The biogenic sulfide was a suitable alternative to sodium sulfide for nickel removal. Both sodium sulfide and biogenic sulfide can be utilized to precipitate nickel as millerite (NiS), allowing the effluent compliant with environmental legislation.Item Treatment of high-manganese mine water with limestone and sodium carbonate.(2012) Silva, Adarlêne Moreira; Cunha, Emmanoelle Cintra da; Gonzaga, Flávia Donária Reis; Leão, Versiane AlbisManganese is one of the most difficult elements to remove from mine waters, due to its high solubility in both acid and neutral conditions; thus it can be found in quite high concentrations, depending on the rock’s mineralogy. Metal carbonate precipitation can be an effective way for its removal, as manganese carbonate has been detected in net alkaline mine waters. However, limestone is effective in removing manganese only if the metal content is low. This research sought to study manganese precipitation from high-manganese (140 mL) content mine waters applying sodium carbonate and limestone mixtures. It was observed that besides the total carbonate concentration, pH plays a key role on manganese carbonate formation. Provided the pH solution is above 8.5, 99.9% manganese removal can be achieved with carbonate ions. Although not required for manganese precipitation, limestone acts as a solid substrate for the nucleation of fine manganese carbonate grains. Infrared spectroscopy showed manganese carbonate precipitation on the limestone surface. Magnesium was also removed from the mine water but magnesium carbonate formation was not observed.