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AUTHOR
N. Cancilla
Development of a pilot plant for the recovery of magnesium hydroxide from waste brines
Waste brines from various industrial processes, mainly from saltworks, are an important source of minerals, such as magnesium, table salt and potable water.
SELECTIVE CRYSTALLISATION OF MAGNESIUM AND CALCIUM HYDROXIDES FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTE BRINES: A PILOT STUDY
In the last years, a rising interest has been focused on the valorization of waste brines from industrial processes, such as desalination plants. In most current scenarios, waste brines are disposed directly, or after being treated, into a receiving water bodies, often causing environmental concerns and, more importantly, renouncing to the possibility of using such a waste as source of valuable raw materials. In fact, these brines are typically rich in useful salts and minerals, whose recovery can increase the environmental and economical sustainability of the industrial process [1-2]. The ZERO BRINE EU-H2020 project aims at the development of technologies for the recovery of salts, mineral…
Influence of bundle porosity on shell-side hydrodynamics and mass transfer in regular fiber arrays: A computational study
CFD predictions of the effects of a fiber bundle porosity on shell-side hydrodynamics and mass transfer under conditions of steady laminar flow were obtained. Fluid was assumed to flow around regular hexag-onal or square arrays of cylindrical fibers of different pitch to diameter ratios, yielding bundle porosities ranging from the theoretical minimum up to similar to 1. A large number of axial, transverse and mixed flow combinations were simulated by letting the axial and transverse flow Reynolds numbers and the trans-verse flow attack angle vary. Both fully developed and developing conditions (entrance effects) were con-sidered. The continuity and momentum equations, along with a transport…