Ahmad Jamshidi Zanjani

Tarbiat Modares University | TMU · Department of Mining Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering

There have been increasing interests m finding new and innovative solution tor removal of contaminants from soils recently. In the present investigation, electro kinetic (EK) process coupled wim activated carbon barrier to remove Nickel from kaolinite clayey soil is investigated. Laboratory tests were performed by applying a constant voltage to nom...

Anzali international wetland located in southwestern Caspian Sea coast is one of the most important wetlands of Iran from environmental and ecological points of view. Metal concentrations (Cu, Zn, Cr, Fe, Mn, Pb, Ni, Cd, and Li) in 41 surface sediment samples from Anzali wetland were determined. Assessment of ecological risk of sediment samples as...

A new bioavailability/bioaccessibility risk assessment index (BRAI) was used to assess heavy metals’ (Cu, Cr, Zn, Pb, Ni, Cd) bioavailability/bioaccessibility of the aquatic sediments of Anzali International Wetland. This wetland, registered under the Ramsar Convention, is located along the southwestern part of the Caspian Sea coast. Heavy metal co...

The hydrophobic, hard-to-naturally-decompose compounds, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and pesticides, are categorized as persistent organic pollutants (POPs). POPs are toxic/hazardous and present serious risks to human health. Electrokinetic (EK) remediation is highly flexible and cost-effectiv...

One emerging approach for eliminating organic and inorganic pollutants from wastewater is electrocoagulation, often coupled with traditional methods to enhance efficacy. This study investigates the simultaneous elimination of nickel (Ni), cyanide (CN), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) from the natural wastewater of a gold processing plant using the photo...

Cyanide and heavy metals pose significant risks as contaminants in certain industrial effluents. This study aims to concurrently eliminate cyanide and specific heavy metals from synthetic wastewater resembling gold processing effluent, employing an improved electrocoagulation method incorporating ozone and UV-LED. The investigation delves into the...

Sulfidic mine tailings are one of the massive hazardous solid wastes, containing large amounts of toxic heavy metals. Poor management of tailings can lead to the production of acid mine drainage and the heavy metal transfer emissions into the environment. Thus, in this study, mechanical activation was used to reuse a combination of carbonate tailin...

One of the challenges of the twenty-first century is related to the discharge and disposal of mine effluents and wastewater resulting from mine dewatering, precipitation, and surface runoff in mines, especially acidic effluents that contain a variety of toxic and heavy metals and are the main sources of surface and groundwater pollution. Various ph...

Proper management of mine tailings containing high amount of sulfide is a crucial issue in order to reduce their environmental hazards including generation of acid mine drainage and release of heavy metals. This study was conducted targeting to understand the effects of using lead-zinc sulfide tailings (LZSTs) as cement substitution on the hydratio...

One of the new methods used to remove the contaminants from effluent is the electrocoagulation method, which is sometimes combined with other methods to increase the removal efficiency of contaminants. To simultaneously remove nickel, cyanide, zinc, and copper, the combined method of photo-electrocoagulation was used along with an oxidizing agent,...

Use of mine tailings as a replacement for cement in concrete construction is a highly efficient method to reduce the environmental pollution of tailings’ accumulation including toxic elements, acid mine drainage, and dust emission. Thus, safe management and accurate reuse of tailings is necessary. In this research, lead–zinc mine tailings (LZTs) we...

This study was aimed to investigate the effectiveness of compounds containing iron and manganese to reduce the mobility of arsenic and its effective adsorption and optimize the arsenic adsorption process by CCD. In this study, MnFe2O4 nanoparticles (MFO-n) were synthesized using the co-precipitation method to remove arsenic and reduce its toxicity...

Production of acid mine drainage and emission of heavy metals from tailings, especially sulfide tailings, to the environment is one of the serious challenges in the management of mine tailings. The use of cementation process and replacement of cement with mine tailings in the manufacture of concrete is one of the practical approaches to the managem...

In this study, copper mine tailings were used as a replacement for Portland cement in concrete construction using sintering process. The applicability of the concrete samples was evaluated through TG, DTA, SEM, FTIR, XRD, and TCLP. The 28-day compressive strength of the concrete sample made of cement-substituted copper tailings was 42 MPa, which wa...

Mine tailings generated during mineral processing activities are one of the major global environmental problems. In addition to accumulating in the environment and disrupting the environmental aesthetics, these tailings cause heavy metal pollution in the surrounding areas. In this research, Sungun copper mine tailings from Iran were used as a parti...

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Hazardous effluents containing heavy metals and toxic compounds such as cyanide are among the contaminants produced annually by mining activities. In this study, the electrocoagulation method was used to simultaneously remove cyanide and lead from the synthetic and natural effluents of a gold mine processing plant. The effect of four parameters inc...

A large amount of mine wastes is generated every year through mining and mineral processing operation. The management of mine tailings is an attractive topic for researchers from both environmental and economic aspects. Mine tailings have shown a capacity as a raw material for the construction industry or a substitution for previous materials to pr...

The large amount of residues and pollutants left over from the drilling industry could cause irreparable damage by entering the human and animal food chain. Therefore, drilling waste management is of particular importance. Electrokinetic (EK) remediation is one of the methods used to remediate all types of soils contaminated with metal and organic...

Electrokinetic (EK) by coupling surfactants is an enhanced promising remediation technology to eliminate hy-drophobic organic contaminants (HOC s) from low-permeable soils. It is also applied to remediate kerosene-contaminated soils using anionic (SDS) and non-ionic (Tween 80) surfactants at different concentrations. There was negligible removal ef...

Remediation of soils contaminated with hydrocarbon materials is of particular importance due to their association with food chain. One of the remediation methods, which has been taken into account in recent years by researchers, is the electrokinetic technique. In this study, the electrokinetic method was used in combination with the Fenton techniq...

In this work, the manganese ferrite was synthesized, and its effect on arsenite immobilization in soil was studied. The results of characterization using various experiments, including field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) coupled with an energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer, X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunaue...

Over the past few decades, as demand for minerals and metals has increased, the amount and volume of wastes and tailings has also increased dramatically. The management and reuse of mineral wastes and tailings not only help protect the environment but also are properly associated with economic benefits. As a result, mineral processing wastes dispos...

The contaminated soil by mining activities could be transported through the erosive effect of wind. In this study, human health risk was assessed for exposure to heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb) present in surface soil of Irankouh zinc–lead mine, (the nearest mine to Isfahan, Iran) as one of the main dust storm sources. The effect of improper mining w...

Enhanced electrokinetic (EK) technique was employed to remediate Cr-contaminated soil using a permeable reactive barrier (PRB) and chelating agents. Synthesized nanomagnetic Fe3O4 was used as a reactive material in PRB. Moreover, EDTA and citric acid (CA) were used as chelating agents. Sequential extraction method (SEM) was employed to determine Cr...

Every year, a large amount of wastewater is discharged from various industries into the environment, and various methods are used to treat wastewater in order to reduce the amount of pollutants. Electrocoagulation (EC) is an electrochemically-based technique that generates coagulant species in situ from the electro dissolution of sacrificial anodes...

The co-precipitation method was used to synthesize nano-magnetic adsorbent MnFe2O4 (nMFO), characterized through XRD, SEM, EDS, and BET techniques. The synthesized nMFO was used for hexavalent and trivalent chromium ions elimination from the aqueous phase. The optimum pH for the adsorption of Cr (VI) and Cr (III) was determined as 2 and 5, respecti...

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Nano-magnetic MnFe2O4 was prepared and examined to immobilize Cr(VI) in the soil. According to the results of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) the formation of nano-magnetic MnFe2O4 with the particle size of less than 200 nm was demonstrated. Compared with the untreated soil, the leachability of Cr(VI) was reduced from...

Magnetite nanoparticles were produced from iron ore tailings and used to remove arsenate ions from water. The produced spherical nanoparticles were 25±3 nm in diameter and had ferromagnetic properties as discovered by XRD, FTIR, TEM, and VSM analyses. The kinetic and equilibrium of the arsenate (As5+) adsorption by the magnetite nanoparticles was i...

Vertical distribution of metals (Cu, Zn, Cr, Fe, Mn, Pb, Ni, Cd, and Li) in four sediment core samples (C1, C2, C3, and C4) from Anzali international wetland located southwest of the Caspian Sea was examined. Background concentration of each metal was calculated according to different statistical approaches. The results of multivariate statistical...

During the last decades, growth of urbanization and industrialization led to an increase in solid waste generation. Landfilling is the most prevalent ultimate disposal method for the municipal solid wastes in developing countries. The rapid municipal solid waste generation in Markazi province (central part of Iran) causes the need for precision in...

During the last decade, the expansion of urbanization and industrial activities caused serious environmental problems such as soil pollution. Novel technologies are required to remediate soil contamination with toxic contaminants, including heavy metals and organic pollutants. In recent years, there have been increasing attempts to improve soil rem...

Background and Objective: Nowadays, increasing growth of population, lack of right paradigm of consumption and schedule for waste reduction from source and lack of suitable plan for waste sorting, lead to the production of massive amount of waste. Disposal of such waste has always been a major issue for authorities. So far, Sanitary landfill has be...

Fractionation of metals in natural sediment and suspended particulate matter (SPM) of Tadjan River is investigated. Competitive sorption, sorption capacities of sediment and SPM as well as fractionation of metal-loaded sediment and SPM are also examined. A risk assessment code (RAC) is applied to estimate the risk of heavy metals release into the e...

Electrokinetic (EK) remediation coupled with activated carbon barrier was evaluated to remove nickel (500 mg/kg) from kaolinite. Laboratory experiments were performed by applying a constant voltage to create electric field strength of 1 or 1.25 V/cm for 3 days. Findings showed that the barrier filled with activated carbon could prevent the formatio...

Fractionation of metals in natural sediment and suspended particulate matter (SPM) of Tadjan River is investigated. Competitive sorption, sorption capacities of sediment and SPM as well as fractionation of metal-loaded sediment and SPM are also examined. A risk assessment code (RAC) is applied to estimate the risk of heavy metals release into the e...

Electrokinetic (EK) remediation coupled with activated carbon barrier was evaluated to remove nickel (500 mg/kg) from kaolinite. Laboratory experiments were performed by applying a constant voltage to create electric field strength of 1 or 1.25 V/cm for 3 days. Findings showed that the barrier filled with activated carbon could prevent the formatio...

Aims: In the present study, Vensim was used to simulate waste management system of Tehran, the capital of Iran, with the system dynamic approach. Materials and Methods: The environmental system dynamic modeling is one of the comprehensive simulation tools capable of simulating and analyzing complex systems. In this approach, the model is developed...

As the largest lake, the Caspian Sea is one of the most important lakes in the world from ecological, political and natural resources points of view. The Caspian Sea is increasingly being under environmental threats and pressures because of residential, industrial and agricultural areas, oil exploitation and production activities within and in the...

Twenty seven topsoil samples were collected under stable weather conditions from the northern and southern sides of Tehran-Karaj Highway, Iran. Samples were analyzed for heavy metal (Pb, V, Zn, Ni, Co, Cr, Cd, and Mn) contents and leaching characteristics. The results showed that all heavy metal contents except Cr, Mn and Co are higher than accepta...