SpinTek Filtration's Aqualescer® Proven to be Effective in Capturing Molecules as a Stand-Alone Coalescer
Los Alamitos, Calif. – SpinTek Filtration, a leading manufacturer in the filtration industry, continues its success with their innovative Aqualescer® technology. The Aqualescer is a pre-treatment of organic in Solvent Extraction plants for hydrometallurgy applications.
This exciting new technology from SpinTek can be used in new mining filter installations, as a pre-treatment to SpinTek's CoMatrix filters, or as a stand-alone coalescer to reduce overall production costs.
The Aqualescer is an aqueous coalescer for electrolyte and raffinate streams, and it can also offer improved performance of dual-media filters.
The Aqualescer can also be used be used as a pre-treatment or stand-alone solution, and it reduces backwash frequency while minimizing costs.
The Aqualescer is a new technology that allows companies to control the rate of in-flow, so that very small molecules can be coalesced. This system can be used to augment an existing dual- media system, or it can be a standalone on other parts of the plant.
The Aqualescer can be used in more than just mining; it can be used in refineries and oil fields.
There are many benefits to the Aqualescer in the mining industry, besides its ability capture and separate tiny molecules.
The Aqualescer system was tested and shown to operate perfectly under pressures of 140kPa, and it obtained entrained organic removal of up to 95 percent for both electrolyte and raffinate streams.
The cost effective solution SpinTek developed was designed to provide improved coalescence by adding pressurized air in the inlet feed line, increasing efficiencies.
Tests conducted in South America at the Gaby Copper Mine's Solvent Extraction plant showed results for the Aqualescer;Â the results showed low levels of organic in the total effluent, with the vast majority of organic removed by the Aqualescer. Efficiency removals rose to 88 percent when the organic present in the feed was greater than 20 ppm. Additionally, the system was never out of service during the five-day test run.
For more information on the Aqualescer as well as other SpinTek technologies please visit www.SpinTek.com or contact SpinTek Filtration at 10863 Portal Drive, Los Alamitos, CA, (714) 236-9190.
Sales inquiries may be sent to sales@spintek.com.
ABOUT US:
SpinTek specializes in engineered filtration solutions for industrial, commercial and oily water applications. With hundreds of HydroMet installations worldwide, the company designs/manufactures solvent extraction (SX) dual media filters and proprietary CoMatrix® filters for copper, nickel, zinc, cobalt and uranium mining operations.
The unique Aqualescer® coalescing filters are ideal for hydrometallurgy applications and petroleum or oil field applications as an add-on or as a stand-alone system for high volume organic removal or oily water applications.
The ST-II rotating filter using stainless steel membranes is suitable for extremely harsh wastewater or nuclear environments; for high solids or viscous applications where conventional filters typically fail.
