General

Renman Ruan

Ph.D.  Professor

Email: rmruan@ipe.ac.cn
Telephone: +8610-8254 4972
Address: No.1 North 2nd St.Zhongguancun,Beijing,PRC.
Postcode: 100190

Research Areas

(1) Coupling of physical, chemical and biological factors during copper sulfide bio-heapleaching, and its industrial technology development.

(2) Fundamental researches and new technology development of microbiology based method on inhibition of acid mine drainage from sulfide waste.

(3) Research and development of high rate ferrous oxidation technology and optimization of the bio-assist pre-oxidation of refractory gold mine.

(4) Surface chemistry and new regent development for flotation of sulfide and oxidized minerals.

(5) Mineralogy, surface chemistry and new technology development of secondary minerals.

Education

1978-1982, Bachelor Degree, Department of Mineral processing engineering, Northeastern University, China

2005-2010, Ph.D., Department of , Central South University, China

Honors & Distinctions

2001, National Award of Scientific and Technological Progress 2nd Prize

2009, Fujian Award of Science and Technology 1st Prize

2010, Beijing Award of Technological Invention 1st Prize

2000, Ministerial and Provincial-Level Awards of Science and Technology 1st Prize

2006, Qinghai Award of Science and Technology 1st Prize

2006, Ministerial and Provincial-Level Awards of Science and Technology 1st Prize

2004, State Class Person of National Talents Project”

2005,  special allowances from the State Council

Publications

   
Papers

1.       Correlation of Surface Adsorption and Oxidation with a Floatability Difference of Galena and Pyrite in High-Alkaline Lime Systems[J]. Langmuir, Volume,34, 2018, Pages 2716-2724.

2.       Linking leach chemistry and microbiology of low-grade copper ore bioleaching at different temperatures[J]. International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, Volume 25, Number 3, March 2018, Page 271.

3.       Limited role of sessile acidophiles in pyrite oxidation below redox potential of 650 mV[J]. Scitific Reports ,Volume7, 2017,10 July 2017.

4.       Pyrite oxidation in column at controlled redox potential of 900 mV with and without bacteria[J]. Rare Metals ,p1-10, February 8, 2017.

5.       Characterization of microbial community in industrial bioleaching heap of copper sulfide ore at Monywa mine, Myanmar. Hydrometallurgy, Volume 164, September 2016, Pages 355–361.

6.       Study on the kinetics of pyrite oxidation under controlled redox potential[J]. Hydrometallurgy,155(2015)13-19. 

7.       Study on the second leaching stage of chalcocite in column with redox potential control and its implications[J]. Hydrometallurgy,1552015141-152.

8.       Why Zijinshan copper bioheapleaching plant works efficiently at low microbial activity – Study on leaching kinetics of copper sulfides and its implications : Minerals Engineering, 2013,(48):36-43  

9.       Industrial practice of a distinct bioleaching system operated at low pH, high ferric concentration, elevated temperature and low redox potential for secondary copper sulphide. Hydrometallurgy, 2011, (108): 130-135 

10.    Comparison on the leaching kinetics of chalcocite and pyrite with or without Bacteria. Rare MetalVol. 29, No. 6, Dec 2010, p. 552-556

11.    Leptospirillum forms a minor portion of the population in Zijinshan commercial non-aeration copper bioleaching heap identified by 16S rRNA clone libraries and real-time PCR. Hydrometallurgy,2010(104): 399–403

12.    Bacterial heap-leaching: Practice in Zijinshan copper mine [J]. Hydrometallurgy, 2006, 83,77—82 

Conferences

Why Zijinshan copper bioheapleaching plant works efficiently at low microbial activity - study on leaching kinetics of copper sulfide and its implication,Biohydrometallurgy ‘12

Collaboration

WANBAO MINING LTD.

MYANMAR WANBAO MINING COPPER LTD. 

MYANMAR YANG TSE COPPER LTD.

ZIJIN MINING GROUP CO.,LTD

CHINA NONFEROUS METAL INDUSTRY'S FOREIGN ENGINEERING AND CONSTUCTION CO.,LTD

 

 

Students

已指导学生

刘畅  硕士研究生  085216-化学工程  

牛晓鹏  硕士研究生  085216-化学工程  

现指导学生

牛晓鹏  博士研究生  081701-化学工程  

董丙旭  博士研究生  081701-化学工程  

赵海平  博士研究生  081701-化学工程