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What treatment?. Neutralization and partial desalination - essential for protection of the environment and human health and, Complete desalination - drinking water needed during the next four years. Limestone handling and dosing system. Full-scale neutralization plants .
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What treatment? Neutralization and partial desalination - essential for protection of the environment and human health and, Complete desalination - drinking water needed during the next four years
Full-scale neutralization plants • Iluka Resources, Hamilton • Namakwa Sands, Lutzville
Treatment at Grootvlei water (108 Ml/d) Grootvlei Mine where contains 100 mg/l iron(II) and 350 mg/l alkalinity. Currently this water is treated at a cost of R3.7 million/month, using lime and oxygen. 100mg/l need to be oxidised in a more cost-effective way.
Need 400 Ml/d by 2014 in Gauteng Coal mining sector already produce 35 Ml/d drinking water from mine water in Mpumalanga Desalination
CSIR ABC Desalination process(Alkali-Barium-Calcium) • Lime and/or CaS pre-treatment • Barium treatment for SO4 removal • Sludge processing
Western Utilities Corporation pilot plantto evaluate ABC process
TUT MBO process (magnesium-barium-oxide) • Metal removal with Mg(OH)2 • SO4 and Mg removal with Ba(OH)2 • Sludge processing
Soshanguve pilot plant for freeze desalination Ice filter Heat exchangers Refrigeration unit
Ice production Official launch – 25 October 2011 at 13:00 as Soshanguve Campus of TUT