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Acid Plant Database July 10, 2014
| Owner | Anglo Platinum |
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| Location | Rustenburg South Africa |
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| Background | 1967 - Development
of Waterval smelter site began 1969 - Electric furnace commissioned
Formerly |
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| Website | www.angloplatinum.com | |||
| Plant | - | Tower Plant | Contact Acid Plant | |
| Coordinates* | - | - | 25° 40' 36" S, 27° 19' 53" E | |
| Type of Plant | Metallurgical | Metallurgical Petersen-Fattinger Tower Process | Metallurgical | |
| Gas Source | Pierce-Smith Converters |
Nickel and copper matte containing platinum group metals (PGM) Electric Furnace (6) |
Nickel and copper
matte containing platinum group metals (PGM) Electric Furnace (6) and Anglo Platinum Converter (ACP) |
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| Gas Cleaning | - | - | Quench Tower (2) - Jet Scurbber - 1st Stage WESP - Gas Cooling Tower - 2nd Stage WESP | |
| Contact | - | - | Pre-Drying Tower - Post Drying Tower - Blower - Cold HX - Hot HX - Bed 1 - Hot HX - Bed 2 - Hot Interpass HX - Bed 3 - Cold Interpass HX - Interpass Absorber - Cold Interpass HX - Hot Interpass HX - Bed 4 - Cold HX - SO3 Cooler - Final Absorber - Stack | |
| Plant Capacity | - | - | 70,700 Nm3/h 10% SO2, 11% O2 |
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| SA/DA | SA SO2: 4-6% |
SO2: 0.5 to 1.9% | 3/1 DA Conversion: 99.91% |
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| Emissions | - | SO2:
< 10 ppm NOx: < 100 ppm |
SO2: < 100 ppm | |
| Status | - | Operating | Operating | |
| Year Built | - | 2003 | 2005 | |
| Technology | - | Lockwood-Greene-Petersen (LGP) |
Lockwood-Greene-Petersen (LGP) MECS |
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| Contractors | - | - | - | |
| Remarks | 1976 - Contact sulphuric acid plant commissioned | 2003 - ACP Converter and new acid plant commissioned |
2005 - Acid plant rectification project started including modification to
Tower and Contact plants |
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| General | The ACP replaced six (6) Pierce-Smith Converters | |||
| Reference | Jacobs, M., Process
Description and Abbreviated History of Anglo Platinum's Waterval Smelter,
Southern Africa Pyrometallurgy 2006, Johannesburg, March 5-8, 2006, pp.
17-28. Sichone, M.K., Optimization of Anglo Platinum's ACP Acid Plant Catalytic Converter, The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid Conference 2009, Johannesburg, May 4-6, 2009, pp. 137-146. |
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MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day
STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per
Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption
* Coordinates can be used to
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