Transcript iMineWa
LABORATORY OF GREEN CHEMISTRY INTELLIGENT MINE WATER MANAGEMENT IMINEWA Christian WOLKERSDORFER Mika SILLANPÄÄ CONTENT OF PRESENTATION What is iMineWa? Main Goals The key contents The main stages Main tasks Your participation Path forward Laboratory of Green Chemistry • • • • • • • WHAT IS IMINEWA? INTELLIGENT MINE WATER MANAGEMEMT Laboratory of Green Chemistry • iMineWa aims to improve current mine water management technologies by • Improving existing technologies e.g. • Internet of mine water • Technological age of mining • Implementing existing technologies e.g. • Electrocoagulation • Integrated Membrane technologies • Researching new technologies e.g. • Valorisation of mine water • New materials • New sensors MAIN GOALS Enhance the technology age of mining Bring mine water management to next stage Instead of purifying a waste produce a resource Getting rid of old habits (e.g. liming) Enable the mining industry to produce at lower costs and environmentally friendly • Contribute to valorisation of mine water • Understand the hydrodynamics of flooded mines Laboratory of Green Chemistry • • • • • MINE WATER – PAST AND CURRENT SITUATION Mine Water Past and Current iMineWa – The Future Polluted Water Disposal iMineWa – The Future Pumping Sludge Treatment Brine Receiving Water Course Laboratory of Green Chemistry Past and Current Collection INTELLIGENT MINE WATER – THE FUTURE Mine Water Past and Current iMineWa – The Future Polluted Water on-line Monitoring Sampling Transmission | RFID Collection „Internet of Water“ Analyses Disposal Sludge iMineWa – The Future Clean Water Enriched Water Selective Collection Selective Collection Pumping Pumping Pumping Treatment Geothermal Plant Winning Operation Brine Metals Semimetals Energy Fertilizers Receiving Water Course Laboratory of Green Chemistry Past and Current Data Processing MAIN CONTENTS Laboratory of Green Chemistry • Extract valuables in the mine water • convert them into commodities using • available and to be developed concepts and techniques • Use smart technology to manage mine water • underground • during transportation • in the winning process • Improve tracer techniques • understand the hydrodynamics of mine water • Improve sensor technology for mine water winning • Use of geothermal energy in the mine water MAIN STAGES Laboratory of Green Chemistry • Identify gaps in current and past mine water technology • Identify techniques that can be used to extract (semi-)metals from liquid solutions • Improve mine water tracer techniques • Use various elements of existing technology to extract (semi-)metals from mine water in the lab and the pilot scale • Implement technique into an operating or abandoned mine in Finland • Improve nano-technology as a means to extract (semi-)metals from enriched water • Use biotechnology to concentrate the valuables in the mine water • Identify the potential of geothermally using the mine water within the winning process • Develop improved sensor technologies to control, fine-tune and communicate the winning process MAIN TASKS Laboratory of Green Chemistry • Providing a technological concept for managing mine water • “smart technology” • Installing a pilot plant • winning of valuables in polluted mine water • Co-operation with international and national partners • Dissemination of knowledge • short courses • conferences • Spreading of results • conferences • magazines relevant for the mining industry • SCI listed journals PATH FORWARD • Fill the gaps in current mine water management • From “mine water treatment” to “mine water winning” • Lets start a paradigm shift • Let’s initiate a paradigm change • Together! Laboratory of Green Chemistry or even