PACT RENEWABLES PTY. LTD.
Saline Waste Reduction and Critical Minerals Recovery Solutions Provider
Phone: +614 20 231 338
Email: info@pactrenewables.com
Technology Platform
Salpro is an enabling technology platform for selective recovery of commercial-grade mineral products from inorganic saline streams by a combination of chemical reaction, evaporation, and separation process steps, using conventional mineral processing equipment. The technology is highly scalable and capable of achieving zero or near zero liquid discharge outcomes, by converting the bulk of impactful waste into low carbon footprint commercial-grade mineral products which may be used as a feedstock for production of value-added downstream products.
Salpro technology was first piloted and publicly demonstrated for the recovery of high-purity magnesium metal feedstock from seawater-sourced cooling effluents of Port Augusta coal power station in South Australia, and in 2006 selected by the US Bureau of Reclamation as then the best-fit zero liquid discharge (ZLD) brine management solution. The technology has since been fine tuned and successfully demonstrated for recovery of high-value mineral products from a wide range of saline effluent streams, including but not limit to waste waters generated by desalination plants, salt harvesting operations, oil/gas production, energy generation plants, food and fibre production, mining and mineral processing, as well as leachates from washing of fly ash generated by coal power stations and waste-to-energy plants.
Synpotash is a sustainable technology, which produces high-value, variable solubility potash fertilisers, as well as potassium containing compounds for alkaline-based fuel cell batteries from a wide range of feedstock materials including minerals and volcanic rocks and effluents generated in mining/mineral processing operations, solar potash production, fertiliser production, and waste-to-energy generation plants, to name a few. The treatment process is based on a proprietary mineral conversion scheme and uses conventional mineral processing equipment. A commercial production facility using this technology for recovery of potassium fertilisers from water leachates of fly ash generated by waste-to-energy plants, was recently commissioned in Sweden.
MBC Composites
MBComp (Mineral-Based Composites) is a breakthrough technology for producing plastic- and polymer-free, fast-setting mineral formulations from inexpensive and abundant precursor minerals. These formulations serve as highly functional feedstock materials for manufacturing diverse industrial products and supporting a wide range of environmental applications.
Example application areas include:
- Encapsulation of intractable waste streams (such as saline waste, PFAS residues, and toxic metal concentrates) for safe landfilling
- Manufacture of soil-degradable seedling pots for forestry, agriculture, and urban greening
- Soil conditioners for forestry, agroforestry, crop production, and revegetation
- Low-carbon-footprint building products
- Sustainable media for sculpture, decorative, and architectural elements
New application areas are continually being identified and evaluated for technical feasibility and market suitability.
Integrated Treatment Systems
Depending on the composition of a saline waste
water, as diagrammatically shown in the opposite,
our technologies may be integrated in a single
delivery system to provide an end-to-end
solution for the clients seeking a combination
of resource recovery and safe disposal of
intractable and toxic waste residuals for
achieving Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) or
near ZLD outcomes.
To our knowledge, Pact Renewables’ technology platform is currently the only proven platform recognised for offering ZLD and ZWD solutions to a number of industries seeking sustainable and cost-effective saline waste management solutions.
For further technical and products market information please contact Aharon Arakel at aharon.arakel@pactrenewables.com