Innovative Water Treatment Technologies for Metallurgical Plants

Water is one of the most important components of any metallurgical production process, which is why the overwhelming majority of metallurgical plants are built near natural sources of water. In Russia, 200–220 m³ tons of water is consumed in the production of one ton of steel. To save money and resources, most metallurgical plants use circulation-type water supply systems that need to be equipped with modern systems to clean the water. The selection of an efficient, high-quality water treatment system is not a simple problem, since its successful solution is necessary for reliable and efficient operation of the main equipment used in production processes at the plant. Otherwise, scale and deposits of iron oxides are formed, corrosion takes place, and other undesirable events ensue. The modern water-treatment industry offers many different ways of solving this problem. This article describes innovative water-treatment technologies that have been developed by Amiad Water Systems in Israel based on automated filtration systems.