How Minetek’s evaporation technology can replace water treatment systems
Water treatment systems have been a cornerstone of any industry needing to manage and treat water resources, but what if there was an alternative? With ever-tightening regulations and the pressing need for sustainable solutions, Minetek’s innovative evaporation technology offers a transformative shift in industrial water management.
Many standard systems aren’t built to handle the unique challenges of different sites. Some are too inflexible to be moved where they’re needed, while others lack features like real-time monitoring capabilities, leading to inefficiencies and compliance risks.
Minetek’s customizable water evaporation systems provide a smarter solution. Designed for flexibility and efficiency, they adapt to changing conditions, making water management simpler and more effective.
Our evaporation systems offer a simpler, more flexible approach to wastewater management.
Typical waste sistemas de tratamiento de agua often come with high infrastructure costs, complex chemical treatments and ongoing sludge management. Minetek’s evaporation technology takes a different approach—one that can reduce or even eliminate the need for chemical treatment and minimizes operational complexity by directly reducing water volumes.
With a low-infrastructure, high-mobility design, our evaporators can be deployed quickly and relocated as needed across multiple ponds or sites. This flexibility makes it easier for operators to scale their wastewater management efforts without the expense or rigidity of traditional systems.
Our land-based water evaporator efficiently handles large-scale water reduction.
Designed for heavy-duty industrial applications, our land-based evaporador de agua is built to process high volumes of water efficiently, even in harsh environments. Whether handling Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) or Total Suspended Solids (TSS), it delivers reliable performance with minimal maintenance.
It’s constructed with durable materials to ensure long-term performance and includes features like low-fouling nozzles to reduce clogging and skid-mounted mobility for easy relocation. Its compact and efficient design keeps operational overhead to a minimum, making it a cost-effective choice for large-scale water reduction.
The floating water evaporator offers an adaptable, on-site water reduction solution.
For industries managing water directly on-site, our floating water evaporator provides an efficient, mechanically enhanced evaporation process. Mounted on a durable pontoon structure, it’s ideal for tailings ponds, reservoirs and water storage facilities.
The evaporator adapts to fluctuating water levels and provides continuous operation through a submersible pump. Its low-maintenance, modular design makes scaling the system to meet site needs easy, while its flexibility allows for either single or multiple evaporator configurations to maximize performance.
At Minetek, our evaporation solutions offer a smarter, more adaptable way to put an end to industrial water mismanagement across diverse site conditions than the typical industrial sistemas de tratamiento de agua.
Minetek helps solve complex wastewater challenges.
Our evaporation technology is trusted across multiple industries, offering practical solutions to wastewater management challenges. With over 600 projects around the world, Minetek provides high-performance evaporation solutions for process water, tailings and pit dewatering. Plus, for businesses involved in power generation, our technology can efficiently process significant volumes of brine wastewater, even in limited timeframes.
Additionally, our solutions provide a viable alternative to traditional water treatment systems, but they can also be used to supplement an existing water treatment process where needed.
We help companies meet regulations while optimizing operations.
Environmental regulations continue to tighten restrictions on wastewater disposal, so environmental water compliance is a top priority for many industries. Minetek’s mechanical water evaporation systems help eliminate the risks of traditional liquid waste disposal by reducing water volumes on-site and simplifying regulatory challenges.
To support environmental stewardship and compliance, our Environmental Management System (EMS) provides real-time monitoring, and automated adjustments can be configured based on operators’ predefined environmental and operational criteria to ensure optimal efficiency.
The EMS features autonomous functionality and real-time monitoring and response as well as customizable, scalable configurations to meet specific site needs.
Our evaporation technology delivers cost-effective water management.
Minetek’s evaporation technology offers a cost-effective approach to industrial gestión del agua by reducing the volumes that need to be treated before treatment. This means an overall decrease in costs associated with chemical treatment, sludge disposal and high-maintenance filtration types of sistemas de tratamiento de agua.
Also, unlike conventional treatment methods, our solution eliminates the need for chemical additives or sludge treatment, keeping operational expenses low. With rapid deployment in just 6 to 8 weeks, our systems are designed for minimal maintenance and low-labor operation.
They’re adaptable to high-volume industrial water reduction needs, ensuring long-term savings and sustainability.
Preguntas más frecuentes (FAQ)
How does Minetek’s technology handle high-TDS and TSS water?
Minetek’s evaporators are largely unaffected by water quality. So, before high-TDS water treatment, you can still use our solutions to reduce the volume of the water. Our evaporators are designed to process water with high levels of TDS and TSS across various industrial applications. In addition, it can also manage water ranging from pH 1.0 to pH 14+ as well as acid and caustic water.
Our technology has been proven effective in some of the most challenging environments across the globe.
What are the cost benefits of using evaporation over traditional wastewater disposal?
Before implementing any solutions in the field of water utilities management, companies often seek versatile systems that aid compliance and optimize efficiency
Traditional sistemas de tratamiento de agua often involve chemicals, large-scale infrastructure, transport and ongoing oversight—all of which contribute to high costs. By reducing or even eliminating water volumes that need to be treated before disposal, businesses can manage their wastewater efficiently while cutting costs.
How does Minetek’s land-based evaporator differ from the floating model?
Our land-based evaporador de aguas residuales is ideal for sites with available land, offering high-volume processing with customized configurations. It provides reliable performance in fixed locations and can be optimized based on specific site conditions.
Meanwhile, our floating evaporators, mounted on a heavy-duty pontoon, are designed for water bodies like tailings ponds and reservoirs, adapting to changing water levels while ensuring efficient volume reduction, so you no longer have to wonder how to manage tailings water.
To determine the best fit for your operation, Minetek conducts a thorough site assessment to understand your specific needs and recommend the most effective wastewater evaporation system.
Revolutionizing industrial water management
Minetek challenges conventional sistemas de tratamiento de agua with innovative solutions. Focusing on evaporative water management, Minetek provides oil and gas, power generator and mining wastewater solutions that conquer excess water challenges effectively.
With over 150 years of combined engineering expertise, we deliver results with our cutting-edge water evaporation technology. We have done projects in more than 30 countries, underscoring our commitment to sustainability and operational efficiency.
Choose Minetek to redefine your approach to industrial water management. Book a call today!
Máximo eficacia de evaporación
Minetek puede predecir la eficiencia de nuestros evaporadores en su clima operativo específico mediante un análisis específico del emplazamiento. Nuestros modelos se basan en datos específicos como la humedad, las precipitaciones, la altitud, la evaporación de la bandeja, el total de sólidos disueltos (TDS) y la temperatura. Esto nos permite conocer las tasas de evaporación que podemos alcanzar durante 12 meses en cualquier condición climática específica en todo el mundo.
Sistema de Gestión Medioambiental (SGMA)
Controle y responda a los cambios de las condiciones ambientales, como la humedad, la lluvia y el viento, en tiempo real con el EMS de Minetek. Nuestro sistema EMS adaptable, que se comunica de forma inalámbrica a través de un mando a distancia, se rige por una estación meteorológica que optimiza el funcionamiento en función de una amplia gama de parámetros ajustables, como las horas óptimas de salida y entrada del sol, la velocidad y dirección relativas del viento, la humedad y la temperatura, el caudal de agua del sistema y la presión.
Versátil aplicaciones del evaporador
Explore una multitud de usos para la tecnología de evaporadores de Minetek, desde la deshidratación de pozos hasta soluciones de vertido cero de líquidos. Nuestros innovadores sistemas abordan las necesidades de gestión del agua en diversos sectores, como presas de relaves, cierre de minas, respuesta a emergencias, gestión de aguas ácidas, etc. Con diseños adaptables, mitigan los riesgos de las presas y se adaptan a cualquier organización industrial que gestione aguas residuales.
Éxito probado en los paisajes más difíciles
From the cold of Alaska to the burning heat of the Sahara, Minetek’s water evaporation technology is utilised by regulatory authorities, governments and the world’s leading mining, oil & gas and industrial companies.
Nuestros sistemas cuentan con una amplia gama de capacidades volumétricas, que superan los 2.160 m3/hora, con un bajo mantenimiento y un funcionamiento automatizado las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la semana. Nuestras soluciones, sostenibles desde el punto de vista medioambiental, ofrecen un rápido despliegue y un rendimiento probado en todos los climas, con ajustadores de ángulo de la unidad, boquillas de acero inoxidable de bajo flujo, sistemas de filtrado de acero inoxidable y la capacidad de procesar agua con altos niveles de TDS y TSS. Nuestros sistemas móviles y modulares, que se suministran e instalan en todo el mundo, ocupan un espacio y consumen energía mínimos, y disponen de un sistema de gestión medioambiental (EMS) totalmente integrado que supervisa los cambios en las condiciones medioambientales y responde a ellos en tiempo real.
Boquillas de acero inoxidable atomizadoras de alta presión
Boquillas de fracturación hidráulica en espiral de bajo ensuciamiento diseñadas para evaporar agua con alto contenido en TDS y TSS.
Amplia gama de capacidad de volumen
Los sistemas de evaporación de Mintek funcionan y procesan más de 2.160 m3/hora y no son sensibles a los cambios en la calidad del agua de alimentación.
Funcionamiento automatizado del sistema 24 horas al día, 7 días a la semana
Supervisar y responder a los cambios en las condiciones ambientales en tiempo real mediante la solución de gestión ambiental (EMS) de Minetek permite a los operadores mantenerse a la vanguardia con un funcionamiento totalmente automatizado.
Llave en mano installation & commissioning
Minetek offer a total turnkey package solution for customers who prefer to have the entire project, designed, engineered and managed from start to finish. This includes an initial site assessment, through to a fully energised and automated evaporation system. Minetek is also able to provide commissioning & training.
Cómo funciona
Los evaporadores de Mintek mejoran la evaporación natural para procesar eficazmente el agua producida. Nuestros evaporadores de diseño patentado fracturan el líquido en gotas atomizadas, elevándolas a la atmósfera.
Los evaporadores de Mintek son 10 veces más rentables que las soluciones tradicionales de gestión del agua
Teniendo en cuenta los costes de CAPEX y OPEX de la evaporación mecánica en comparación con el tratamiento del agua, los aspersores de riego, la construcción de nuevas presas, el transporte de agua y el bombeo de agua, las soluciones de evaporación mecánica de Minetek son 10 veces más rentables.
Sistema de filtrado reduce requisitos de mantenimiento
El sistema de filtros de acero inoxidable de Minetek se adapta a cualquier configuración y evita las obstrucciones del anillo de boquillas. Diseñado para un funcionamiento sin problemas, permite la limpieza sin parada del sistema, complementada con alertas automatizadas para el mantenimiento, integradas en el sistema EMS.
Aplicaciones de gestión del agua
Los evaporadores de Minetek se adaptan a una amplia gama de industrias relacionadas con la gestión del agua, como la minería, el petróleo y el gas, los sectores municipales, la gestión de residuos y los entornos industriales. Nuestras versátiles soluciones de gestión del agua pueden integrarse a la perfección en diversos sectores y aplicaciones para abordar eficazmente los retos de la gestión del agua.