Samancor Installs a BATEMAN-ELEX Precipitator
A BATEMAN-ELEX electrostatic precipitator has been installed on Samancor’s
Mamatwan site by Bateman Engineered Technologies, a division of BATEMAN.
The new unit enables Samancor to increase manganese production from
the plant’s existings inter-strand to 1M t/yr of sintered product.
The plant produces two grades of sinter, a standard grade with a manganese
content of 34,5 % and a high grade with 48,0 %.
Samancor’s BATEMAN-ELEX electrostatic precipitator at Mamatwan
about three months after commissioning. No fumes can be seen emerging
from the stack.
The precipitator is a three-field unit, custom designed to handle 157,56
Am³/sec of dust and gas emerging from the sinter plant at 240°C,
with a contractual guarantee that emissions from the stack will be no
more than 100mg/Nm³. It has performed well within specification
from the outset and under operating conditions the level of emissions
has been measured at less than 50mg/Nm³.
The project grew out of a model study on the existing installation
and design in accordance with Samancor’s specifications. BATEMAN
undertook the entire turnkey installation, from design to commissioning
the precipitator and its programmable logic control (PLC) system, ducting,
drives and dust conveying systems.
The BATEMAN team allocated to the project has extensive experience
in the application of this technology, from design to detailed engineering,
fabrication, delivery to site, erection and commissioning. The Mamatwan
site is in North West Province, RSA, north-west of Kimberley. The fabricated
parts were transported some 1 000 km by road from the factory in Johannesburg.
The project commenced in January 1997 and was completed in July 1999.
For more information, please contact Ron Cridlan, Manager, Elex Electrostatic
Precipitators, on +27-11-201-2300 or email environmental@batemanengineering.com.
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