Report of Investigations 8680: Operation of a Mineral Recovery Unit on Brine from the Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bauer, Donald J. ; Schultze, Lawrence E.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  The Bureau of Mines operated a mineral recovery unit to recover metal values from post-flash geothermal brines from the Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area as part of its research into the use of plentiful resources. The brine was available for metals recovery after its heat content had been used to generate electricity. The brine source was treated with lime to precipitate the contained iron, manganese, lead, and zinc before injection of the heat- depleted brine into the underground reservoir. Data are presented on the effects of process variables, such as rate and method of lime addition and air oxidation versus air exclusion. Variations in precipitation of metal values, composition of precipitates, effectiveness of slurry thickeners, and methods of treating the precipitates to recover metal values are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Minerals Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• ISSN:
  1066-5552 (print)
• Publisher:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Case Report
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RERC - Reno Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  20 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10006376
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6e29b5641c024830541b5372e365b130f1577bfcde7a604e8b568776b153a0788e9f9a9e7017148b5347d1c165aceaaaa7cfd1fd38ccc724ad317051a25b3aaf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201790/cdc_201790_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 946.46 KB ]