I roto i te maina o ēnei rā, centrifuge he tino maha ngā mahi a ēnei taputapu. Ko tā rātou mahi matua he wehewehe tere i ngā mea totoka mai i ngā mea wai, ā, he mea nui ēnei i roto i ngā wāhanga matua e toru: te whakahaere i ngā paru, te whakaora i ngā kohuke, me te maimoatanga wai.
Anei te wehewehenga o ā rātou tono matua:
♻️ 1. Te Whakahaere i ngā Para (Te Whakamaroke me te Whakatakoto Maroke)
He wero nui te whakahaere i ngā para o te maina (ngā para paru). Ka āwhina ngā mīhini whakapūmau i te whakarerekētanga o tēnei rauemi uaua ki te whakahaere mā te tango i te wai, te whakaiti i te mōrearea ki te taiao, me te whakahohe i te whakaora rauemi.
Te Whakaiti i te Mōrearea Taiao: Mā te whakamaroke i ngā para ki roto i tētahi keke maroke ka taea te whakamahi i te hāpara (neke atu i te 80% o ngā totoka-12), ka whakaitihia e ngā mīhini centrifuge te hiahia mō ngā tāke para nui, mōrearea, he mea tino whai hua tēnei i ngā wāhi e pāngia ana e te rū whenua-1. He māmā ake te kawe i tēnei rauemi maroke, ā, he haumaru hoki te penapena mā te tāpae maroke.
Te Whakaora i te Wai: He rauemi nui te wai kua ora mai, he tino ma i ētahi wā. Ka taea te whakamahi anō i roto i te ara tukatuka kohuke, ka tino whakaiti i te whakamahinga wai māori me ngā utu whakahaere-1-38. Hei tauira, i ora mai i tētahi maina waro te 80–90% o tana wai tukatuka i tēnei ara-20.
Te Whakamahinga Kua Whakamātauhia: Hei tauira, i roto i te keri waro, kua tāutahia ngā mīhini whakapūtā Alfa Laval ki te maina Rix's Creek o Ahitereiria hei huri i ngā para hei keke maroke (tata ki te 67% ngā totoka maroke) mō te whakaora i te maina-20. E whakamahia whānuitia ana hoki tēnei hangarau mō te whakamaroke i te rino, te parahi, me ngā onepu kohuke–12.
⚙️ 2. Te Tukatuka me te Whakaora i ngā Kohuke
He mea nui ngā mīhini whakapūtā mō te wehewehe i ngā kohuke nui mai i te gangue (toka para) i runga i ngā rerekētanga kiato.
Te Whakaora Matūriki Pai: He tino pai ki te hopu i ngā matūriki tino pai (hei tauira, -0.037mm-5) e uaua ana ki ngā tikanga ā-papa tuku iho, pērā i ngā matūriki koura pai, ka panaia ki te pakitara o te pahu i te wā e tukuna ana ngā kohuke para mama ake–5.
Whakaora Whakarei: Ka taea e ngā miihini whakapūmau aunoa matatau te whakatutuki i ngā hua tino pai, pērā i te >90% o ngā reiti whakaora mō ngā konganuku koura kua horapa pai-5. He mea nui ēnei mō te whakaora i ngā kohuke matotoru-teitei pērā i te monazite, te wolframite, te tine, me te tungsten, ā, ka taea hoki te tukatuka anō i ngā toenga paru tawhito hei tango i te uara-5 e toe ana.
Tukatuka Matatau: Mō ngā ara iahiko wai-whakarewa kei reira ngā wai e rua e kore e taea te whakaranu i roto i ngā para (pēnei i ngā whakarewa waro), ka whakamahia ngā miihini whakapūtā motuhake mō ngā wāhanga e toru hei wehe i ngā wāhanga e toru (totoka, hinu, wai) i te wā kotahi-23.
💧 3. Te Whakahaere me te Whakamaoritanga o te Wai
He nui ngā wero wai e pā ana ki ngā maina, mai i te rongoā i te rerenga waikawa ki te tiaki wai i ngā rohe maroke.
Maimoatanga Waikawa Maina (AMD): He wai tino waikawa te AMD, he nui ngā konganuku taumaha-1. Ka whakaratohia e ngā centrifuge he otinga kiato, whai hua mā te wehewehe tonu i te paru kua whakakorengia mai i te wai kua tukatukahia, i roto i ngā pokapū maimoatanga nekeneke, e mau ana i runga i te taraka, ka taea te mahi ki ngā wāhi maha-1.
Te Tiaki me te Whakaora Wai: Ka taea e te hangarau te whakaiti nui i te hiahia mō te wai māori. Hei tauira, ka taea e te ipu Flottweg te wehewehe i ngā totoka pai ki te 10µm me te kore he flocculants-1. I roto i te tukanga tango lithium tika (DLE) mō te hanga pākahiko, he mea nui ngā centrifuges mō te purenga o te tote-1 whai rawa i te lithium.
Te Whakamārama i te Wai: I te nuinga o te wā, ka whakaputahia e ngā centrifuge he wai whakamārama kounga teitei (centrate) e tika ana mō te whakahoki tonu ki te ara keri-12, ka whakaitihia ngā utu me te pānga ki te taiao.
Kei te hiahia koe ki tētahi whakatairite taipitopito ake i ngā momo miihini whakapūmau e whakamahia ana i roto i te maina, ki tētahi tirohanga hohonu ake rānei ki ngā painga o te oranga tonutanga e tukuna ana e rātou?
