Cost-effective process to reduce water costs for slurry handling and mine dewatering

-Adiabatic cooling solutions for a global mine dewatering and slurry handling manufacturer
Slurry handling and mine dewatering solutions require top quality, superior abrasion resistant materials and large volumes of water for their processes. A UK-based solutions provider of slurry and mining equipment providing solutions to Europe and the Middle East has recently found a cost-effective process to reduce spiralling water costs: an adiabatic solution for its temperature control processes.

Manufacturing and supplying Europe and the Middle East with centrifugal pumps, hydrocyclones and mine dewatering systems, the solutions provider is driven by a desire to consistently meet clients’ requirements in the most efficient way possible, providing outright cost-effectiveness to their customers and saving water as part and parcel of its day-to-day operational processes.
The adiabatic cooler has been supplied by ICS Cool Energy as a practical, energy-efficient alternative to the company’s previously employed cooling towers. The innovative system is capable of extracting 1036kW with a wet bulb temperature of 18°C at the manufacturer’s conditions, with the unit functioning at optimal efficiency by relying on the system’s fans for the majority of the year; with the water/spray functionality only activating in high ambient conditions. The adiabatic system also features an anti-legionella UV filter to totally eliminate any possible legionella bacteria growth, a hazardous risk synonymous with traditional cooling tower technologies.
Richard Metcalfe, Sales Director at ICS Cool Energy explains: “Our engineers assessed the site before installing any equipment and recommended that we placed the new adiabatic cooler to the rear of the facility, connecting the system pipework along the plant’s boundary wall. The return from the process is now routed into a new 500 litre buffer tank before finally re-entering the cooler via standby process circulation pumps. The whole adiabatic system lowers the process water temperature from 40°C to 25°C and dramatically increases efficiencies throughout via reduced water usage.”