1 Unit - Partially UNUSED SXEW - Solvent Extraction Plant, consisting of the following:
• New and Used stainless steel components for solvent extraction plant
• (1) stainless steel extraction mixer/settler (New)
• (2) stainless steel stripping mixer/settler (Used)
• New mixer/settler designed by Bechtel and built by CAID in Tucson in 2008
• Used mixer/settlers from 1995 Kennecott pilot plant
• Plant designed for copper PLS flow rate of 4900 liters/minute (1300 gpm)
• Includes (8) stainless steel tanks and a Jameson cell (New)
• Optional, also includes (4) new polycrete EW cells and parts from 1995 pilot plant with plating capacity of 1.5 tpd copper
DETAILS
• (1) Extraction Mixer/Settler
• (2) Stripping Mixer/Settlers
• (2) Loaded Organic Surge Tanks - 9' Dia. X 10' Tall
• Diluent Storage Tank - 8' Dia. X 10' Tall
• Lean Recycle Electrolyte Tank - 8' Dia. X 5' Tall
• Unfiltered Rich Electrolyte Tank - 5'-6" Dia. X 11'
• Lean Electrolyte Tank - 6' Dia. X 9' Tall
• Electrowinning Cell Feed Tank - 6' Dia. X 9' Tall
• Jameson Column Cell - 4' Dia. X 6' Tall
• Crud Tank -5'-6" Dia. X 7' Tall
• Water Tank (Poly) 8’ Dia. X 10’ Tall
• Stainless Steel Pipe, 6” Dia. X various lengths total 270’
• Assorted Stainless Steel Valves, 2" to 6" Dia.
• Assorted supports, platforms & steel
NOTES
• This is a Pilot Plant size that is designed for test purposes for copper concentrators or for recovery of copper from printed circuit boards based on the 1.5 tpd EW plating capacity
• Capacity – 5 million pounds copper per year
• Settler tanks are older – 1990’s vintage
• 2008 vintage for tanks and mixers
• To make this plant run a higher capacity - addition of 8 more electrowinning cells
• Bigger Spin Tech Filter
• The system is missing a couple of the mixers
• Plant can do SX or zinc
Preserved & Stored in Idaho, USA