At the beginning of October 2011, Aker Wirth received an order from Saudi Arabia to supply 11 piston-diaphragm pumps. The contracting body is Ma’aden Bauxite & Alumina Company. After delivery and installation in 2012, the pumps will be used for the Ma’aden mine refinery project.
At the beginning of October 2011, Aker Wirth received an order from Saudi Arabia to supply 11 piston-diaphragm pumps. The contracting body is Ma’aden Bauxite & Alumina Company. After delivery and installation in 2012, the pumps will be used for the Ma’aden mine refinery project.
Eight pumps will be used as tube digester pumps in the so-called Bayer process, and will pump the bauxite ore at a temperature of around 100°C. The aluminium produced will be shipped all over world via the affiliated ports.
Three pumps will pump red mud to the disposal site, again at a temperature of around 100°C. Red mud is a waste product generated during digestion of bauxite.
Each individual pump is driven by a 1500-kW motor and has a total weight of approx. 105000 kg. There is a delivery period of 11-16 months for the pumps.
Within the framework of their joint venture, WorleyParsons Fluor from Brisbane, Australia is responsible for the entire project engineering, along with the construction of the facility in Saudi Arabia.
Reference for this job is the Rio Tinto Yarwun Alumina plant in Gladstone Yarwun/Australia, which is operated also in the Bayer process. At Yarwun 1, eight Aker Wirth pumps of identical type have been used for years with much success. Aker Wirth has delivered ten further pumps of this type to Yarwun 2, and these will shortly be put into operation.
Rio Tinto Yarwun Alumina plant in Gladstone Yarwun/Australia
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