Aquaterre Fed ti at coal washery way EDwe Conventional methods fr the emoval of water from concentrated fe suspensions oF Sedmented materials are not ont iefeen they can Mera take up te yeas for completion Commonly employed methods are unsatisfactory because they re 09 Iara ow, a bulk propery tht fal ff dramatically wth decreasing particle and pore siz In comparison, wth EDW (Glectradawatering) technology, ‘Sal patcle and pore sels not negative facie Experimentation and fd was have shown that he use of EDW ‘ean and does produce many Benefits s vel as commeresal ‘and operauonal advantages, These incl! (Reduction in operating costs (© Greater optimization and Integration of operations © Help in dispose and rehebitation © Recovery of usable water where supples are searce or expensive Excoiton ater EDW (© Assistance in mesting ‘enronmental needs Freeing up valuable real estate ‘owing removal of dar tallngs deposts that curently sterile esting underving (© Ging greater retums de to lower moisture in products (© Providing additonal revenve when dewatered sludge or tangs are saleable or ia Saleable component can be wscracted WHATS EDW AND HOW DOES ITWoRK? Electo- dewatering ¢ not new, but "application to date has been limited and ts potental not ‘ealzed, ts process that allows the efficient removel a water from suspensions, sludges or dures Containing fin, ulterine oe oloidal solid partes It Incorporates ineliget se of sedimentation and drainage processes and judclous ppiiation of size classification {nd surface chemical Todicatons to ensure the most Ccosteffectve result Spied dorm of EDW process Posie nstranspor water molecles toca, Exematlonshoxing stably the egntvalychatged poces mone to anode (oles canbe rere raga) EDW dewatering faster and more ‘completely than present methods. EDW is basically simple process which combines the ‘established prinples of ‘ectrophoresis and ‘dectro-osmosis as well as ‘Sectolysis and her mechanisms such a structural rearrangement. DW invaes the transport of charged particles and ther ‘ssocieted fons ovarde tectodes of opooste polar. ‘The process is easly controlled, lenble in operation and versatile nits many ‘ppliations EDW comprises technologies for impoundments tanks and machines Elecvode separations tange rom centimetres to several ‘metre with devatering tines from minutes toyears EDW techncogies canbe adapted to ‘ost stone and on Complement esing procedures ven providing aspera sheet WHO CAN BENEFTT FROM EDWw? Many industies generate suspensions of tne or ultafine Solis, ether as products or as. ‘ste To devater and Consolidate such surpensions is ‘ten dificult and expensive Current mechanical devices do not alnays produce satisfactory results, EDW can provide an effective and economical ematve t ‘ommenly employed dewatering methods or ean asst in Processing herd to dewoter res, Indust processes that can benefit rom EDW technology include Coal preparation 1 Sewage sludge dewatering Sand washing “Treatment of water purfcaion residues Mineral processing Clay production Radioave hazardous wastes Ceri forming Manufacutng, Food & Chemicals production Geotechnical engineering, eg sol dewotering ‘evatered ean tang HOW WAS EDW DEVELOPED? Asnoted herein, electro osmotic dewatering i not new but there have been relatively few industia ‘applications Following novel basic research, Dr N© Lockhart @F CSIRO (Commonwealth ‘Scientific and Industrial Research (Organization started applied research In 1980 on ‘ecto dewatering of fine “suspensions from mineral and Coal processing operation. This ‘work was pay sponsored by ‘member companies of AMIRA (estat Miner! indunties Research Associaton, (ver the ensuing years much tperence was gained of Important parameters such as "Properties of colledal systems (eq she dstibution 2a Potential, mechanical horace) Intuence of pH and salinity Sedimentation and drainage ‘characteristics Eectial potential gradients wotages Currents, Electrode materials and ‘georeties Mechanical design and scale-up fom test ests Aquaterre “Typical sand snes dar sil wet years afer abandonment Fld tls nvaing in-situ ‘Sevatering of impoundments ‘tere carted ott in tangs ponds ata coal washery, using Foriaontalelectoge arrangements. Some 570 tonnes ‘ttalings were dewatering in 2 weeks toa spadeable ‘Consistency at an electrical ‘eneray consumption of 9 kh per tone, oF 20 Wht on a dry basa Had EDW not been employed, the talings would have required a ‘consolidation time of several! ‘eneraly have lead toa spadesble Eonsistency ‘larger field til was conducted ‘ta sand washery, using ‘erical anodes nd cathode Gans. About 4500 tonnes of Sand talings were deuatering toa Spadeable consisteny in ony te months at an energy consumption of approximately 0.7 reh/ton a ty base Without EDW, dewatering and ‘consolidation to spadesble ‘consistency would require Several yeasAquaterre ~AQUATERRE EDW DEWATERING TECHNOLOGY “Type pete of snd algs afer desiring by EDW LET Us HELP You! sgaere is backed by CSIRO wih test facies, research and technology development and ty Dany Pacie Py Lid with its exensive work vige engineering experise Aquatre offers assistance and ‘tic help You achieve mesimum perormance in fe dewatering of our parc susprsons « Efficient Although we specialize in EDW, our expertise extends beyond EDW to all elated aspects of dewatering problems, eveluation of current systems and assistance with new technology. « Fast ‘Give Aquaterre a cal, we could have the answer to your dewatering problem! « Cost-effective e. | AQUATERRE PTY. LTD. | Irsorget igor)