Prospects for pressure-driven membrane technologies in mining

The article discusses accumulation of mine water as a result of drainage of mineral deposits. The chemistry of this voluminous impoundment is governed by the geology and hydrogeology of a deposit, by climate and by the type of mining activity. According to geohydrodynamic zonality, surface water penetrates various aquifers and undergoes alteration in chemical composition from hydrocarbonate to hydrocarbonate-and-sulfate and to sulfate, then to chloride water with increased mineralization. Then, passing through underground excavations to catchment areas, the water gets contaminated with suspended materials, heavy metal ions and organic impurities. Pumping-out of mine water generates large cones of influence, which violates hydrodynamics and results in disappearance of surface springs. Consequently, mineral mining induces depletion and contamination of aquifers. Large volumes of mine water are insufficiently utilized in production and economic activities due to imperfect treatment. Such mine water is later on discharged to surface water sources and contaminates them. To use mine water without pollution of surface water sources nearby, as well as to eliminate depletion of aquifers, it is required to implement integrated treatment of mine water. A promising way to do this is using membrane technologies. The membrane technologies are applied at the final stage of water treatment and allow effective purification of mine water. The authors describe various membrane technologies, their operation, as well as application areas and capabilities, and substantiate their essentiality in mining practices.

Keywords: mine water, aquifer, geohydrodynamic zonality, membrane technologies, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, membrane, desalination.
For citation:

Kulikova A. A., Khabarova E. I., Sergeeva Yu.A. Prospects for pressure-driven membrane technologies in mining. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2021;(2):22-32. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236-1493-2021-2-0-22-32.

Acknowledgements:
Issue number: 2
Year: 2021
Page number: 22-32
ISBN: 0236-1493
UDK: 66.067.38:668
DOI: 10.25018/0236-1493-2021-2-0-22-32
Article receipt date: 13.08.2020
Date of review receipt: 21.10.2020
Date of the editorial board′s decision on the article′s publishing: 10.01.2021
About authors:

A.A. Kulikova, Senior Lecturer, e-mail: alexaza_@mail.ru, Mining Institute, National University of Science and Technology «MISiS», 119049, Moscow, Russia,
E.I. Khabarova, Cand. Sci. (Chem.), Assistant Professor, Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies, MIREA — Russian Technological University, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: khabarova@mitht.ru, Russia,
Yu.A. Sergeeva, Deputy Head of Department of Industrial Control, Industrial Safety, Labor Protection and Environmental Protection; Head of Department of Environmental Protection, JSC «SUEK», Moscow, Russia, e-mail: sergeevaya@suek.ru.

 

For contacts:

A.A. Kulikova, e-mail: alexaza_@mail.ru.

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