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    Operation of a concentrated mode dual-alkali scrubber plant at the Lonmin smelter

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    Authors
    Bezuidenhoudt, G.
    Davis, J.
    van Beek, B.
    Eksteen, Jacques
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Bezuidenhoudt, G.A. and Davis, J. and van Beek, B. and Eksteen, J.J. 2012. Operation of a concentrated mode dual-alkali scrubber plant at the Lonmin smelter. Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 112: pp. 657-665.
    Source Title
    Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
    Additional URLs
    http://www.saimm.co.za/Journal/v112n07p657.pdf
    ISSN
    0038-223X
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7812
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Lonmin Platinum installed a concentrated mode dual-alkali scrubber at the smelter in Marikana in 2002. The dual-alkali scrubber was the technology of choice at that time as a sulphur fixation plant, due to the perceived benefits of handling both the high SO2 concentrations of converter off-gas and the swings in SO2 concentration that are linked to Peirce-Smith operation. Owing to current and impending legislative requirements for air quality and waste, Lonmin is currently considering additions to the dual-alkali plant, but is also evaluating alternative technologies for sulphur fixation. This paper reviews the decision of Lonmin to install a concentrated mode dual-alkali scrubber and presents plant performance achieved. It also describes the important control variables and sensitivities of the plant, and the final product that is produced by the operation of the plant. The legislative requirement that drives the Lonmin technology evaluation is also discussed.

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