EFFLUENTREDUCTIONPROJECTSSULPHURICACID.pptVIP

EFFLUENT REDUCTION PROJECTS SULPHURIC ACID PLANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION Sulphuric acid plant in Umbogintwini . Double absorption plant, capacity of 550MTPD. Built by Simon Carves in 1973. Side stream plants such as: Liquid SO2 Plant, Liquid SO3 and Oleum plant. PRESENTATION OVERVIEW SECTION A Water consumption in acid plant. SECTION B Effluent generation from the acid plant. SECTION C Effluent reduction projects. OBJECTIVES Conduct a total water balance to identify: Projects on sustainable development of water resource, Projects on minimizing water consumption and Projects on minimizing environmentally pollution loading. Reduce the effluent volume hence costs. WATER IS A LIMITED RESOURCE Water of “good quality” is becoming a scarce resource. Water costs are rising faster than inflation. Discharge standards are becoming increasingly stringent. Treatment costs are rising faster than water costs. Industrial water reuse/recycling is neccessary WATER CONSUMPTION Demin Plant 55% Waste heat boilers Cooling towers 36% Acid dilution 5.7% Other 3.3% Durban Metro Water R6.64/m3 59 650m3/month Sand filter no.1 2 Safety showers Washing EFFLUENT GENERATION SOURCES Primary effluent plant (9 500m3/month) Demin Plant 49% Heat boilers 20% Cooling system 25% Other 3% Rain Separation tank Storm water Secondary effluent plant EFFLUENT REDUCTION PROJECTS (Implemented) Replacing co-current with counter current demin plant (2007), Automating boiler blowdown system (2007), Optimizing sandfilter backflush system (2005), Re-using the cooling tower blowdown (2006) and Recycling the condensate(2007). ……………………………………………………………………………………………. Total expenditure: R3,5m Payback period: 17 months IRR (Nominal): 70% (Real): 61% NPV: R7.96m 1. REPLACING CO-CURRENT WITH COUNTER CURRENT DEMIN PSHORT COMINGS OF CO-CURRENT DEMIN PLANT(i.e. As water quality deteriorates, it underperforms) MORE REGENS HIGH EFFLUENT MORE CHEMICALS CO-CURRENT SYSTEM V/S COUNTER CURRENT SY