Skip to content

Hot & Abrasive Potash Brine Processing

Installation of Pexgol Pipe for a Intake Line to Transport Hot Abrasive Brine Slurries

Estudo de Caso Nº

87

Cliente

Fertilizer Company
Canada

|

2017

Condições de Trabalho

Temperature: 96°C / 204°F

Solução Pexgol

Pexgol 450 mm (18”), class 24 | Pexgol 400 mm (16”), class 15

Aplicação

Hot Ore and Brine Processing

Comprimento

400 m / 1312.34 ft

Categorias

Installation of Pexgol Pipe for a Intake Line to Transport Hot Abrasive Brine Slurries

The Challenge

A Canadian fertilizer company, and the largest producer of potash and the third largest producer of nitrogen fertilizer in the world, required to transport hot ore and brine in their facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

This was a new intake line. The facility traditionally used FRP and rubber-lined steel pipes. The FRP stress cracking issues and failure mechanism were a concern, and the client wanted to move away from it, but the conditions made material selection challenging.

The new line required to been able to transport saturated chloride brine at elevated temperatures with high resistance to abrasive slurries.

Pexgol Solution

The design of the line was carried out by the engineering company Wood Plc (then AMEC-FW) and Pexgol was selected. Pexgol went through several verification stages to ensure material suitability and verify design parameters:

  • Temperature and pressure suitability.
  • Abrasion resistance comparison with FRP, PP-RCT and other materials.
  • Expansion restraining forces analysis.
  • Support Distance Verification.

The system required a variety of nonstandards elbows, which were made by Golan’s Application Team.

The reliability of Pexgol during the last years has motivated the client to continue with their material reliability improvements in other parts of the facility, and other sites.

Estudos de Caso Relacionados

The Original Design for a Wastewater Treatment Plant included Stainless Steel Pipes, but after discovering the Superior Capabilities of Pexgol Pipes, the Entire Facility was Switched Over.

New Wastewater Treatment Plant with Pexgol Pipes

Wastewater Treatment Plant
Israel

 | 

2022
Drainage in Underground Mine with Slopes Between 40° and 90°.

Water Drainage in Underground Mine

NEMISA Mine
Mexico

 | 

2018
Pvc Pipe Replacement by Pexgol

Transportation of sodium sulfide

Magnelec S.A. de C.V.
Mexico

 | 

2018
Transportation of brackish water to the main pumping station

Water Lines – Harsh Conditions

Dead Sea Works
Israel

 | 

1993
Installation of 1000 Meters of PE-X Pipe for an Underground Mine.

Mining Drainage Lines

Lundin Mining – Alcaparosa Mine
Chile

 | 

2019
Boosting Productivity and Reducing Maintenance in Livestock Feed Production.

From Steel Struggles to Pexgol Progress

Ambar
Israel

 | 

2022