Designing and construction of Foamthalate physical coverage using polymeric waste for evaporation reduction from acidic effluents

Afkhami, Hamide; Malekinezhad, Hossein; Esmailzadeh, Esmat; Azizian, Abolfazl

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Watershed, Faculty of Natural Resources and Desertology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Watershed Engineering and Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Desertology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

³ Chief of Water and Environmental Research, Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex, Kerman, Iran

⁴ Assist. Professor, Department of Water Engineering and Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agriculture, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran

Abstract

One of the most common types of polymeric waste is beverage bottles. Unfortunately, undertaking basic measures for recycling or reuse of these materials is very limited in Iran and always a huge amount of this waste is released into the environment. The present study was conducted in order to reduce evaporation from water resources of Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex and optimal use of great waste of this polymer. For this purpose, a plan is presented to build a Foamthalate floating cover. This cover was obtained from industrial injection of polystyrene into filled molds with Delester™ bottles. After preparing and constructing coatings, Foamthalate covers were transferred to research ponds in the vicinity of Sarcheshmeh tailing dam and the performance of coatings was evaluated for two months. The obtained results showed performance of Foamthalate coatings in evaporation reduction is more than 90%. Finally, because of the dual-purpose function ofFoamthalate, it can be considered as successful and efficient design to protect the environment and deal with water scarcity challenge.

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Main Subjects

water resource management

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Designing and construction of Foamthalate physical coverage using polymeric waste for evaporation reduction from acidic effluents

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 6
April 2017
Pages 54-65

Designing and construction of Foamthalate physical coverage using polymeric waste for evaporation reduction from acidic effluents

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 6April 2017Pages 54-65

Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 6
April 2017
Pages 54-65