In-Line Aeration and Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage: Performance and Preliminary Design Criteria

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• Personal Author:
  Ackman, Terry E. ; Kleinmann, Robert L. P.
• Description:
  This report describes a Bureau of Mines-designed treatment system that has been tested at mine sites in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The in-line aeration and treatment system (ILS) functions in existing AMD pipelines, using energy provided by existing mine water discharge pumps. It appears to be a low-cost alternative to conventional treatment plants and, in fact, appears to accelerate iron oxidation rates. The system has no moving parts and thus has the advantages of low maintenance and operating costs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Acid Mine Drainage Mining Industry Waste Abatement Waste Treatment
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  53-61
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10003060
• Citation:
  Control of acid mine drainage: proceedings of a technology transfer seminar. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9027, 1985 Jan; :53-61
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Control of acid mine drainage: proceedings of a technology transfer seminar
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eb0a87286534545477bb4be33aa8355c070a13851f0d8f86bd30dbce0d82c4f9e71ce28c27cfaf3664e56cb85d9a4310d0b7c62d0d4f969b768abb1aea7cb550
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219440/cdc_219440_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.54 MB ]