Sunfloc Anionic Polyelectrolyte for Steel and Magnesite Fines in Salem
Steel making and magnesite mining west of Salem produce water heavy with mineral fines. Anionic polyacrylamide (PAM) settles them in thickeners and ponds.
Mineral fines and iron particles
Water from steel making and magnesite mining is thick with mineral fines and iron particles. In thickeners and settling ponds those fines take far longer to settle than the plant can wait.
An anionic grade such as Anionic HQ settles them quickly, so the water can be reused instead of discharged.
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Thickener economics
A thickener that returns clear water saves fresh water drawn from the Mettur supply and keeps pumps and heat exchangers cleaner. The dose is usually modest and stable, because mineral slurry changes slowly.
Rough numbers for a 4,000 m³/day plant: 1 mg/L means 4 kg a day, or about 4,000 litres of 0.1% solution run over 24 hours. Your own dose comes from a jar test.
Next-day supply
Salem is about 340 km from our Chennai stock via Vellore and Krishnagiri, and goods usually arrive the following day. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board regulates units. For the sago factories in the same district, see cationic polyelectrolyte for Salem.
A worked example for a steel-works settling thickener
Take a steel-works settling thickener: 1,200 m³ a day at 0.4 mg/L is 0.48 kg of Sunfloc Anionic a day, about 14.4 kg a month. Made up at 0.1%, that is 480 litres of solution a day. These figures are illustrative; a jar test on your own effluent sets the real dose.
Thickener feed varies by shift. Record the overflow clarity at each shift change and trim the dose by small steps.
Anionic Sunfloc questions from Salem
Is Anionic HQ the right grade for magnesite?
Mineral fines suit anionic grades. Jar-test on your slurry to set the dose.
Can I buy it in smaller bags?
Anionic MQ comes in 10 kg bags.
Does it replace the thickener?
No. It makes the thickener work faster and clearer.
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Steel and magnesite works near Salem: send a litre of slurry or pond water for a free jar test.