Microbial Recovery and Kinetic Study of Vanadium Dissolution from Pure Vanadium Oxide in Order to Extract it from Uranium Ore Residues

Safdari, S. J; Roostaazad, R; Firouzzare, M. A; Rashidi, A

Microbial Recovery and Kinetic Study of Vanadium Dissolution from Pure Vanadium Oxide in Order to Extract it from Uranium Ore Residues

Document Type : Scientific Note

Authors

S. J Safdari

R Roostaazad

M. A Firouzzare

A Rashidi

Abstract

Vanadium is an expensive and practical metal in different industries, and in Iran, in particular uranium ore residues contain a considerable amount of this metal. In this investigation reductive dissolution of vanadium using two strains, acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and acidithiobacillus thiooxidans, in two pulp densities, of 0.5 and 1g/l, were surveyed at 30˚C, and 180 rpm. Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans adapted to the medium sooner than the acidithiobacillus thiooxidans and had a better result in dissolution of vanadium. In 0.5 and 1g/l, more than 90% of vanadium was disolved by acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans during 6 and 12 days, respectively and by acidithiobacillus thiooxidans in a period of 9 and 20 days, respectively. The experimental data were fitted to first and second order kinetic models, and it was observed that vanadium dissolution followed the second order kinetic model correctly.

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Keywords

Microbial Recovery

Vanadium

Kinetic

D. Pradhan, J.G. Ahn, D.J. Kim, S.W. Lee, Effect of Ni²⁺, V⁴⁺ and Mo⁶⁺ concentration on iron oxidationby Acidithiobacillus ferro-oxidans, Korean, J. Chem. Eng., 26(3) (2009) 736-741.