Bioleaching of valuable metals from electronic scrap using fungi(Aspergillus niger) as a microorganism

곰팡이균(Aspergillus niger)을 이용(利用)한 전자스크랩중 유가금속(有價金屬)의 미생물(微生物) 침출(浸出) 연구(硏究)

  • Ahn, Jae-Woo (Dept. of Advanced Materials Sci. & Eng., Daejin University) ;
  • Jeong, Jin-Ki (Minerals and Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Chun (Minerals and Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Gin (Minerals and Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
  • 안재우 (대진대학교 신소재공학과) ;
  • 정진기 (한국지질자원연구원 자원활용소재연구부) ;
  • 이재춘 (한국지질자원연구원 자원활용소재연구부) ;
  • 김동진 (한국지질자원연구원 자원활용소재연구부)
  • Published : 2005.10.30

Abstract

In order to recover valuable metals from fine-grained electronic waste, bioleaching of Cu, Zn, Al, Co, Ni, Fe, Sn and Pb were carried out using Aspergillus niger as a leaching microorganism in a shaking flask. Aspergillus niger was able to grow in the presence of electronic scrap. The formation of organic acids(citric and oxalic acid) from Aspergillus niger caused the mobilization of metals from waste electronic scrap. In a preliminary study, in order to obtain the data on the leaching of Cu, Zn, Al, Fe, Co and Ni from electronic scrap, chemical leaching using organic acid(Citric acid and Oxalic acid) was accomplished. At the electronic scrap concentration of 50 g/L, Aspergillus niger were able to leach more than 95% of the available Cu, Co. But Al, Zn, Pb and Sn were leached about 15-35%. Ni and Fe were detected in the leachate less than 10%.

폐전자스크랩에서 유가금속을 회수하기 위하여 곰팡이균으로 Aspergillus niger를 이용한 Cu, Zn, Al, Co, Ni, Fe, Sn, Pb의 침출 거동을 조사하였다. Aspergillus niger는 전자스크랩의 존재 하에 배양이 가능하였고 신진대사 작용에 의해 유기산(구연산 및 옥살산)을 생성함으로써 폐전자스크랩에서 각 금속들을 침출시키는 것을 알 수 있었다. 예비실험으로 먼저 구연산 및 옥살산을 이용한 화학침출 실험으로부터 Cu, Zn, Al, Co, Fe, Sn, Pb의 침출거동을 조사하였다. Aspergillus niger를 이용한 미생물 침출 실험의 결과 전자스크랩의 농도가 50g/L인 경우 Cu 및 Co의 침출율은 95%이상이었고, Al, Zn, Pb 및 Sn의 경우는 15-35%의 침출율을 나타냈으며 Ni 및 Fe의 경우는 10%이하의 침출율을 보였다.

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