SmartDiver® Revolutionises Alumina Industry: Tracking Key Parameters for Enhanced Settler Control

The continuous measurement of clarity, interface, mud, heavy mud, and tank profiles are key parameters for efficient CCD and settler control.   The use of SmartDiver® has proven to be critical for process optimisation, especially in the global metals minerals, and mining industries.

For the first time in the history of the alumina industry, a single SmartDiver® was used to accurately and reliably track these key measurements during the startup of a newly modified settler in a USA refinery. The trends below reflect a tank flare and the subsequent variations during the upset. The ability to track and monitor these parameters proved indispensable in stabilizing the flaring vessel while optimizing flocculants addition. There were no flow or density measurements, resulting in operators relying exclusively on SmartDiver® to control underflow solids based on compact bed level measurements.

The ability of the SmartDiver® to distinguish mud from the significantly more densely compact mud bed and track mud levels was critical for optimizing thickener control during this operation.

Tracking Key Parameters for Enhanced Settler Control in Alumina with the SmartDiver®:

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