Review of high recovery concentrate management options

Current methods of inland concentrate disposal include surface water discharge, deep-well injection and evaporation ponds. These methods are unsustainable and are limited by high capital cost and non-ubiquitous applications. This paper gives an overview of potential alternatives and technologies ava...

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Main Authors: Leong, J., Tan, Jace, Charrois, Jeffrey, Ladewig, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd. 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47500
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author Leong, J.
Tan, Jace
Charrois, Jeffrey
Ladewig, B.
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Tan, Jace
Charrois, Jeffrey
Ladewig, B.
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description Current methods of inland concentrate disposal include surface water discharge, deep-well injection and evaporation ponds. These methods are unsustainable and are limited by high capital cost and non-ubiquitous applications. This paper gives an overview of potential alternatives and technologies available that can reduce the concentrate formed via reducing its volume or recycling. Potential alternatives explored have been electrodialysis, mechanical evaporation, vibratory shear-enhanced process (VSEP) and wind-aided intensification of evaporation. All technologies have potential for use in areas distant from the coast and have better performance than currents management techniques. This paper reviews multiple studies that have explored alternate technologies for concentrate disposal in terms of economics and feasibility. Of the five case studies presented, VSEP shows promise as a secondary system of treatment via enhancing percentage recovery; higher permeate flux and lower operational costs.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-475002018-05-07T02:00:35Z Review of high recovery concentrate management options Leong, J. Tan, Jace Charrois, Jeffrey Ladewig, B. VSEP WAIV Zero liquid discharge Volume reduction Concentrate disposal Current methods of inland concentrate disposal include surface water discharge, deep-well injection and evaporation ponds. These methods are unsustainable and are limited by high capital cost and non-ubiquitous applications. This paper gives an overview of potential alternatives and technologies available that can reduce the concentrate formed via reducing its volume or recycling. Potential alternatives explored have been electrodialysis, mechanical evaporation, vibratory shear-enhanced process (VSEP) and wind-aided intensification of evaporation. All technologies have potential for use in areas distant from the coast and have better performance than currents management techniques. This paper reviews multiple studies that have explored alternate technologies for concentrate disposal in terms of economics and feasibility. Of the five case studies presented, VSEP shows promise as a secondary system of treatment via enhancing percentage recovery; higher permeate flux and lower operational costs. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47500 10.1080/19443994.2013.834273 Taylor & Francis Ltd. restricted
spellingShingle VSEP
WAIV
Zero liquid discharge
Volume reduction
Concentrate disposal
Leong, J.
Tan, Jace
Charrois, Jeffrey
Ladewig, B.
Review of high recovery concentrate management options
title Review of high recovery concentrate management options
title_full Review of high recovery concentrate management options
title_fullStr Review of high recovery concentrate management options
title_full_unstemmed Review of high recovery concentrate management options
title_short Review of high recovery concentrate management options
title_sort review of high recovery concentrate management options
topic VSEP
WAIV
Zero liquid discharge
Volume reduction
Concentrate disposal
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47500