Genmine – improved membrane performance for mine wastewater clean-up and precious metal recovery

Genmine – 改善了矿山废水净化和贵金属回收的膜性能

• 批准号: 103634
• 金额: $ 28.24万
• 依托单位: GENESYS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=103634
• 关键词: Genmine; improved; membrane; performance; mine

Water management is the preeminent sustainability issue within the Mining sector. It is a critical input across all mining activities, making this sector one of the most water intensive. Despite the importance of treating waste waters (which contain many different contaminants including Acid mine drain water, iron sulphide, cyanide, arsenic and other heavy metals), current practices are far from sustainable with increasing Regulatory and Financial pressures around water use/discharge now facing the sector. With the potential for >90% of mine water to be reused as well as enhanced valuable metal recovery, significant attention has recently been placed on the use of Membrane Technologies within the sector. However with very high concentrations of complex suspended and dissolved solids in feed waters which are far outside of the parameters of normal membrane plant operation, issues around rapid fouling and scalling are significantly exacerbated in mining applications with membrane performance impaired in a much shorter time. Techniques that therefore offer the potential to prevent scale formation and to clean fouled membranes extending lifespan therefore represent a significant commercial opportunity in an emerging market where current commodity cleaning and antiscalant solutions are proving ineffective. Through the development of a range of products aimed specifically at the mining sector that address the significant challenge of mine feed waters, Gensys aim to exploit this opportunity helping to establish this UK SME at the forefront of a market poised for significant growth.

水管理是采矿业中最重要的可持续发展问题。它是所有采矿活动的关键投入，使该部门成为用水最密集的部门之一。尽管处理废水（其中含有许多不同的污染物，包括酸性矿井排水、硫化铁、氰化物、砷和其他重金属）很重要，但目前的做法远非可持续，因为该行业目前面临着用水/排放方面日益增加的监管和财务压力。由于超过 90% 的矿井水有可能得到再利用，并且有价金属回收率得到提高，最近该行业内膜技术的使用受到了极大的关注。然而，由于给水中复杂悬浮和溶解固体的浓度非常高，远远超出正常膜工厂运行的参数，因此在采矿应用中，快速结垢和结垢问题会显着加剧，膜性能会在更短的时间内受损。因此，具有防止水垢形成和清洁污染膜以延长使用寿命的潜力的技术代表了新兴市场中的重大商业机会，在新兴市场中，当前的商品清洁和阻垢剂解决方案被证明是无效的。通过开发一系列专门针对采矿业的产品来解决矿山给水的重大挑战，Gensys 旨在利用这一机会，帮助这家英国中小企业站在市场的前沿，以实现显着增长。