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Hydroflow remove existing scale prevent new scale in Australian mining camps

(04/03/2008)

Scale is so severe in the mining area of Mt Newman in Australia that the 150ltr hot water systems on some mine sites regularly ‘explode’ with the force caused from pressure relief valves being heavily blocked with lime scale. The result is a build up of pressure 100 times its capacity and inevitably the permanent damage of the hot water system. Magnets and wire wind principles, supplied by other companies have been trialled to elevate this ongoing problem, but with very limited success. Mining is an important industry in Western Australia, contributing to over a third of its Gross State Product and the main resources extracted are nickel, iron ore, and gold. However due to the extreme climate, mining poses many problems; temperatures can reach in excess of 50 degrees and the area ha... [read full article]

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