Development of a brine treatment protocol using Eutectic Freeze Crystallization

Hypersaline inorganic brines are generated from many global mining operations and the volume of these brines is increasing at an exponential rate. The environment and water resources in the vicinity of these mining operations are at a risk of being polluted as a result of this increase in brine volume. These are the key reasons why these brines need treatment...This thesis ultimately showed that EFC could be used to treat multi-component streams and that pure salts could be sequentially produced along with potable water.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Chemical Engineering

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Randall, Dyllon G

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Lewis, Alison Emslie

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12225

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12225