饱和尾矿粉土动力特性试验研究

通过动三轴试验研究某尾矿粉土的动强度特性与孔压特性,试验在围压100、200和300kPa与固结比1.0和2.0条件下进行。结果表明:(1)在循环荷载作用下,等压固结时饱和尾矿粉土全部液化;偏压固结时饱和尾矿粉土未发生液化;(2)各向等压固结时,选取双幅动应变达到5%作为破坏标准;偏压固结时,选取总应变达到5%作为破坏标准;(3)围压越大,τd/σ′0-Nf曲线越高,动剪应力比τd/σ′0与破坏振次Nf在对数坐标图上表现出良好的线性关系,可以采用对数函数来拟合τd/σ′0-Nf关系曲线;(4)固结应力条件相同时,动应力σd变化对尾中砂的孔压增长ud/σ0-N/Nf关系曲线基本上没有影响;固结应力比Kc一定时,固结围压σ3越大,ud/σ′0-N/Nf关系曲线越高;(5)尾矿粉土孔压发展模式在等压固结和偏压固结时不同,固结比Kc=1.0时,可采用幂函数表达式来描述尾粉土孔压发展;固结比Kc=2.0时,可用对数函数来模拟其发展。     

尾矿库边坡时变分析模型及其应用

尾矿库边坡稳定性多以单一安全系数为评价指标,难以反映外界条件变化的过程中尾矿库边坡稳定性演化的全过程特征。针对这一问题,提出尾矿库稳定性的时变分析方法,以安全系数时程曲线分析尾矿库边坡稳定性。以尾矿库工程实例为研究对象,建立时变分析模型进行数值模拟。研究在不同降雨入渗、库水位变动以及二者耦合条件下边坡安全系数随时间变化的规律。研究结果表明,不同强度的均匀降雨影响下,6 h以后安全系数下降速率大致相当,6 h以内雨强越大,安全系数下降越快。降雨雨型将影响安全系数变化轨迹,研究较为广泛的均匀雨型并不是最危险雨型。边坡安全系数变化滞后于库水位变动,滞后效应随水位上涨速度的减慢、下降速度的加快和涨幅的减少而减弱。耦合条件下尾矿库边坡安全系数减小将加剧。研究成果对尾矿库设计和运营具有重要意义。     

Catastrophe revisited – disastrous flow failures of mine and municipal solid waste

Catastrophic flow failures have occurred with alarming frequency in mine tailings dams and dumps of discards and other mine waste. In recent years, catastrophic flow failures have also occurred in dumps of municipal solid waste and even in what were intended to be carefully controlled and well-engineered landfills. Apart from the environmental devastation caused by these flows, they are also dangerous to human life and society. Examples include the Buffalo Creek disaster in the USA in 1972 (Vick, Planning, Design and Analysis of Tailings Dams, Wiley, 1983) that killed 118 people, made 4000 homeless and destroyed 50 million US dollars worth of property and facilities. The flow slide that occurred in the Umraniye– Hekimbasi refuse dump in Turkey in 1993 (Kocasoy and Curi, Waste Management and Research, 13, 1995, 305) killed 39 people, destroying their homes in the process. This paper will briefly review some of the more notable flow slides in waste materials, analyzing conditions necessary for a flow failure to occur and pointing to ways of preventing this type of failure by a combination of sound design and operating procedures.     

金川铜镍矿山尾矿砂酸溶性实验研究

为研究金川铜镍矿山酸性废水溶解尾矿砂实现综合治理废液与废固的可能性,进行了尾矿砂在硫酸中的溶解实验。结果表明,尾矿砂在硫酸浓度大于3mol/L、温度保持90℃以上并在液固比6.0下强力搅拌,能够较好地溶解于硫酸中,生成无定形二氧化硅;300℃的马弗炉焙烧4h有助于尾矿砂中绿泥石的溶解,对透闪石的溶解影响不大。尾矿砂中橄榄石、蛇纹石和透辉石较容易被硫酸溶解,透闪石、斜长石则比较难溶解,这与尾矿砂中矿物性质有密切关系。     

不同固结条件下尾矿动孔压演化规律

地震作用下尾矿坝有液化失稳的危险,尾矿动孔压的演化规律可以间接体现其液化过程。为研究尾矿动孔压的演化规律,开展了一系列的动三轴试验。结果表明：尾矿动孔压演化具有明显的阶段性,在等压固结时可用S形反正弦函数曲线描述,在偏压固结时可用J形指数函数曲线描述;尾矿材料在等压固结条件下临界孔压接近于围压,在偏压固结条件下临界孔压小于围压,且随围压及固结应力比的增大而减小,随尾矿平均粒径的增大而增大。基于极限平衡理论推导了等压固结和偏压固结条件下的临界孔隙水压力方程,从理论上阐释了试验结果所揭示的动孔压演化规律,可以为地震区上游式尾矿坝的抗震设计提供参考。     

超细尾砂胶结充填体强度计算模型及应用

超细尾砂已成为充填材料的主要来源。为了便于充填料浆配合比设计与强度预测,基于超细料浆微观结构,提出用固体填充率表征充填料浆结构密实程度。选用某矿山超细尾砂进行了63组配合比强度试验。研究结果表明：固体填充率和水灰比与充填体无侧限强度分别呈指数函数和负幂函数关系。采用Pearson理论对试验样本进行相关性分析,结果表明：固体填充率与水灰比相互独立。在此基础上,建立了超细尾砂胶结充填体双变量强度计算模型,模型计算值与试验值的误差在7%以内。进行了超细尾砂胶结体强度随养护时间增长的试验,基于试验数据拟合规律,提出了强度龄期数学模型,建立了三变量强度计算公式。模型能准确预测矿山充填体强度,且能有效指导矿山充填料浆设计。     

尾矿酸浸液制备氢氧化铁过程中施威特曼石的形成与转变

尾矿酸浸液在制备氢氧化铁的过程中,由于逐渐滴加碱液正好形成了pH值为2.8～3.8的高SO2-4、高Fe环境,因而生成了施威特曼石.施威特曼石是一种亚稳定矿物,随着时间的延长和体系状态改变,它可以转变为更稳定的针铁矿(氢氧化铁).考查了pH值、温度及时间对施威特曼石相转变的影响.结果表明,在60℃条件下,在pH值为12的碱溶液中转化36 h,施威特曼石可完全转变为Fe(OH)3.     

矿山尾矿矿物学研究进展

矿山尾矿由于产生大量酸性排水和释放重金属，污染地下水和地表水，破坏生态环境而成为人们关注的焦点。尾矿引起的环境问题是地表条件下，水一气一矿物复杂反应的综合结果。近年来尾矿矿物学的研究已经揭示出尾矿中矿物分解和形成的规律，水一气一矿物反应的机制和影响因素，酸性排水和重金属迁移规律，为尾矿环境危险性评价和尾矿污染防治提供了基础资料和新的思路。     

A laboratory study of covers made of low-sulphide tailings to prevent acid mine drainage

Covers with capillary barrier effects (CCBE) are considered to be one of the most effective ways to control acid mine drainage (AMD) production from mine wastes. The use of low-sulphide tailings in CCBE has been proposed recently for cases where other types of material may be unavailable near the mining site. This paper presents leaching column test results showing that CCBEs with a moisture-retaining layer made of slightly reactive tailings, with three different sulphide contents, can effectively limit the production of AMD from the acid-generating tailings placed underneath. With these layered covers, the leachate pH was maintained near neutrality throughout the testing period. When compared to uncovered tailings, the efficiency of the cover systems for reducing the amount of contaminants in the percolated water was determined to be greater than 99% for zinc, copper and iron. This study shows that the use of low-sulphide tailings can improve the ability of a CCBE to limit gas diffusion by consuming a fraction of the migrating oxygen.     

Heavy metals speciation analysis as a tool for studying mine tailings weathering

A sequential extraction procedure derived from Tessier et al. (1979) was applied in the area west of Montevecchio to abandoned mine tailings which give rise to a neutralised drainage highly contaminated by heavy metals. The results were compared with mineralogical studies of the weathering processes. The proposed sequential extraction procedure confirms the general alteration modalities observed in the area through mineralogical studies: i.e., a relatively easy dissolution of Zn and Cd and strong immobilisation of Fe, Mn, Cu and Ni. The behaviour of Pb and Co is intermediate.A generalization of a chemical approach to the comprehension of the weathering process is outlined, though an improvement of the methodology should include a more appropriate sequential extraction procedure capable of distinguishing siderite from iron oxyhydroxides, of leaching anglesite in a single step and of including calcium and magnesium among the analysed elements because of the role of their carbonates in buffering the drainage.