11.2.

Liquor Clarification Process

11.2.8.1 Facility and Process Description The Liquor Clarification Process in Tayan Bayer Process involves a number of key steps, including bauxite storage, bauxite grinding, digestion, heat recovery from digester slurry, mud settling and mud washing of insoluble residue, liquor filtration for clarification, liquor cooling and mud filtration for land dumping. The Liquor Clarification Process is described along the Process Flow Diagram specified in Subsection 11.2.2 Scheduled maintenance shut-down will be carried out every three (3) months. The accumulated capacity of the Washed Bauxite at the Bauxite Storage Area of 3,000 m 2 provided in the Alumina Site shall be 5,760 WMT at maximum, equivalent to an approximately two (2) days consumption. The Washed Bauxite stocked in the Bauxite Storage Area shall be periodically carried by the sloping Belt Conveyer (CBS-BC-101 depicted in Drawing No. CBS-100-0001-A1) and the Shuttle Conveyer (CBS-BC-102) to the Bauxite Storage Tanks (CBS-TK-102, CBS-TK-103 and CBS-TK-104 depicted in Drawing No. CBS-100-0001-A1) with a volume of 300 m 3 each, equivalent to eight (8) hours reserve of the Washed Bauxite for avoiding midnight feeding. From the respective Bauxite Storage Tanks (CBS-TK-102, CBS-TK103 and CBS-TK-104), the Washed Bauxite shall be continuously charged to the two (2) operating Rod Mills (BSC-RM-101 and BSCRM-102 depicted in Drawing No. BSC-100-0001-A1, and BSC-RM103 depicted in Drawing No. BSC-100-0002-A1), each rated at 40 45 DMT/Hr in operation, by corresponding variable speed Belt Conveyer with a weight scale (depicted in Drawing Nos. BSC-1000001-A1 and BSC-100-0002-A1). The remaining one (1) Rod Mill shall be down for spare. The Washed Bauxite shall be ground up to 2 mm passing size using the Rod Mills to ensure sufficient solidliquid contact during a digestion phase.

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At the inlet of each Rod Mill, the Washed Bauxite shall be mixed with hot aluminate liquor, often referred to as spent liquor or mother liquor, which shall be taken from after-mentioned Heat Exchanger provided in a heat recovery area, in order to form slurry. The charging liquor to each Rod Mill shall be pumped from the Relay Tank (BDH-TK-101 depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0001A1), whose flow rate shall be controlled with a flow meter in proportion to a bauxite consumption rate. The ground bauxite slurry from each Rod Mill shall be charged through each launder to the Slurry Relay Tank (BSC-TK-201 depicted in Drawing No. BSC100-0002-A1). The 56% (equivalent to approximately 950 gpl) solids slurry shall be pumped from the Relay Tank (BSC-TK-201) directly to a series of the three (3) operating Digesters, each furnished with an agitator (BDH-D-201, BDH-D-202 and BDH-D-203 depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0004-A1). The remaining one (1) Digester shall be down for cleaning or spare. Heated spent liquor (often, referred to as mother liquor) shall be simultaneously introduced to the first Digester (BDH-D-201 or BDH-202) through one (1) operating Heat Exchanger (BDH-H-105 or BDH-H-106 depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0003-A1) where it shall be indirectly heated to approximately 180C by a live steam of approximately 1 MPaG supplied from the Boiler. In this digestion stage, the bauxite slurry shall be mixed with this heated spent liquor. Three (3) Digester vessels shall have approximately forty (40) minutes holding time at an average temperature of 140C which is measured at the inside of the first Digester. This would be adequate time for extraction of solid gibbsite in bauxite and for desilication of reactive silica of most Tayan bauxites. The digestion effluent slurry of approximately 135C from the last Digester (BDH-D203 or BDH-D-204 depicted in Drawing No. BDH100-0004-A1) shall be cooled down at temperature of approximately 102 - 106C through the heat recovery stage.

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In this heat recovery stage where is correspond to a counter current system between hot digester effluent and hot spent liquor, three (3) Flash Tanks provided in series (BDH-FT-201, BDH-FT-202 and BDH-FT-203 depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0004-A1) and three (3) Heat Exchangers provided in series (three (3) of BDH-H101, BDH-H-102, BDH-H-103 and BDH-H-104 depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0002-A1 for operating) shall be employed. Each flashed steam through a series of three (3) stages flashing shall be used to heat the incoming spent liquor supplying to each Heat Exchanger. The incoming spent liquor, which shall be pumped from aftermentioned vacuum cooling facilities, shall be step-wise heated from 83C to approximately 112C by the flashed steam generated in each Flash Tank. The digestion effluent shall be passed to each Flash Tank provided in series through an internal downward-streamed piping with a throttle at its edge, for avoiding flashing at the piping inside and mitigating entrainment and abrasion to the tank inwards. The spent liquor flow rate of 650 680 m 3/Hr shall be measured with a flow meter. An approximately 6% of the spent liquor of approximately 90C at the outlet of the first Heat Exchanger (BDHH-101 or BDH-H-102) shall be poured into the Liquor Relay Tank (BDH-TK-101 depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0001-A1) for preparing the ground bauxite slurry as explained above. The remaining 94% of the spent liquor shall be flowed into the second and third Heat Exchanger provided in series to heat up to approximately 112C by the corresponding flashed steam from each Flash Tank. The heated spent liquor shall be further heated up to approximately 180C by live steam through the Heat Exchanger (BDH-H-105 or BDH-H-106 depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0003A1), as above mentioned, in order to ensure the digestion temperature of 140C.

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The four (4) Heat Exchangers (BDH-H-101 to BDH-H-104) shall be provided for recovery of the flashed steam; three (3) for operating and one (1) for stand-by in operation. The Heat Exchangers shall be interchanged for tube cleaning during the scheduled Heat maintenance shut-down. After cleaning, tube-cleaned

Exchanger shall be provided to allow continuous operation of the digestion and heat recovery facilities as a spare. The two (2) Heat Exchangers (BDH-H-105 and BDH-H-106 depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0003-A1) shall be periodically changed in operation for chemical tube-cleaning, using two (2) automatic three-way valves provided in spent liquor piping connected to before and after the Heat Exchangers. All Heat Exchangers shall be of the same shell & tube type with four passes. Three (3) Booster Pumps (BDH-P-103A, BDH-P-103B and BDH-P103C depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0003-A1) shall be provided between the live steam heaters and the flashed steam heaters (depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0003-A1). The two (2) Booster Pumps shall be for operating, and the remaining one (1) shall be for stand-by or back up for the former Pumps (BDH-P-102A and BDH-P-102B depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0002-A1). For flashing down of the digestion slurry, the Barometric Condenser (BDH-FT-401 depicted in Drawing No. BHD-100-0006-A1) with the two (2) Ejectors (BDH-J-501 and BDH-J-502) shall be provided. A part of the flashed steam introduced to the first Heat Exchanger (BDH-H-101 or BDH-H-102) from the last Flash Tank (BDH-FT-203) shall be fed to the Barometric Condenser for condensation of the flashed steam and shall be condensed by contacting with overflow liquor from the fourth stage Washer (BRW-TH-104, BRW-TH-105 or BRW-TH-106 depicted in Drawing Nos. BRW-100-0002-A1 and BRW100-0003-A1). Heated liquor discharged from the Barometric Condenser shall be returned to the Washer (BRW-TH-103 or BRWTH-104) for avoiding auto-precipitation.

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And then the slurry in the last Flash Tank (BDH-FT-203) shall be controlled and maintained to nearly atmospheric pressure with air injection into the Barometric Condenser. The pressure to be controlled shall be in the range of -30 to -60 mmHg. As bauxites usually contain some organic carbons in the form of humic substances, they will be reacted with hot caustic liquor and be decomposed to gas and soluble substances. Namely, tenuous gas containing hydrogen and uncondensed components will be continuously generated in the Digesters and Flash Tanks, and the gas will be accumulated in the Digesters and Heat Exchangers. Therefore, the Digesters shall be periodically degassed by manual to eliminate it. And the gas generated from the Flash Tanks shall be continuously eliminated through a series of piping provided outside of the Heat Exchangers, flowed to the Barometric Condenser and finally degassed by two Ejectors (depicted in Drawing No. BDH100-0006-A1). The condensate drain (DWA) generated from the operating Heat Exchanger (BDH-H-105 or BDH-H-106 depicted in Drawing No. BDH-U-0001-A1) shall be directly returned to the Boiler as condensate water for Boilers after monitored with a conductive meter. Meanwhile, the condensate drain (DWB) generated from each flashed steam heater shall be flowed from high temperature heater to low temperature heater through a level control valve. The condensate from the last Heat Exchanger shall be pumped to DWB Tank (DSS-TK-102 depicted in Drawing No. DSS-100-0001-A1) and primarily used as mud washing water after monitoring with a conductive meter. When each drain (DWA and DWB) is contaminated with spent liquor flowing through heater tubes, it shall be dumped to the washer by changing stream direction of three way valves (depicted in Drawing No. BDH-U-0001-A1).

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Scale deposited on the wall of the heater tubes equipped in the digestion and heat recovery areas shall be periodically eliminated by sulfuric acid cleaning adding corrosion inhibitor (depicted in Drawing No. APS-100-001-A1). The main composition of the scale is sodalite denoted by rational formula of 3(2SiO2Al2O3Na2O)Na2XnH2O(S). IWB water shall be firstly charged into the rubber-lined Tank (APSTK-101 or APS-TK-102 depicted in Drawing No. APS-100-0001-A1) for adjusting sulfuric concentration, and then sulfuric acid solution of 98% packed in a liquid one (1) ton container shall be poured into the Tank, adding inhibitor. Diluted sulfuric solution of 15% shall be circulated between specific Heat Exchanger tubes and the Tank through rubber-lined piping. After cleaning, the circulating liquid shall be discharged to the Tank (APS-TK-101 or APS-TK-102). And spent liquor shall be charged into the Tank (APS-TK-101 or APS-TK102 depicted in Drawing No. APS-100-0001-A1) for neutralization of the rubber-lined piping and tubes. Waste slurries including neutralized spent liquor shall be transferred to the Mud Slurry Feed Tank (BRF-TK-102 depicted in Drawing No. BRF-100-0101-A1) for filtration. Finally, all relating piping including tubes shall be flushed by drain (DWB) or pressurized air. Safety sequence shall be provided for protecting from the unacceptable upper limit of temperature and pressure. In the case of abnormality of temperature and/or pressure, namely in emergency cases, all pumps in the digestion area shall be automatically stopped by interlock sequence and control valves in the same area shall be simultaneously closed except the flashed steam control valves for blow off to the atmosphere (depicted in Drawing No. B-P-A-0200-004). This interlock sequence shall be also worked by operating a corresponding switch manually, if an operator implements an emergency shut-down.

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Slurry from the bottom of the last Flash Tank (BDH-FT-203) at temperature of 102 - 106C shall be pumped to the mud settling area through the Sand Catcher (BDH-SN-301 depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0005-A1). As the slurry contains coarse sand particles of 1 - 5 mm in size, they shall be separated by an inclined spiral classifier equipped in the Sand Catcher. Separated sand particles shall be discharged to an adjoining Tank (BDH-TK-301 depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0005-A1) in which the sand shall be mixed with mud slurry came from mud washing circuit. The mixed slurry shall be transported to the mud filtration stage using the inverter Pump (BDH-P-301A or BDH-P-301B depicted in Drawing No. BDH100-0005-A1). The slurry pumped from an upper zone of the Sand Catcher, containing approximately 3% solids, shall be continuously charged to the two (2) single deck Thickeners (or Settlers) operating in parallel (BOS-TH-101, BOS-TH-102 or BOS-TH-103 depicted in Drawing No. BOS-100-0001-A1). The remaining one (1) Thickener (or Settler) shall be for spare or stand-by for manual cleaning. The three (3) Settlers shall not be converted to mud washer. Achieving good performance for high compaction of mud and clarification of liquor in the feed stream by gravity sedimentation, conventional cable-arm or cable torque thickeners with a central bottom discharge shall be provided as the settlers and the succeeding washers. These thickeners shall be supported by a stationary steel or concrete center column and raking arms shall be attached to a driving cage which rotates around the center column. The settlers called as a conventional cable-arm thickener or cable torque thickener, in which cables shall be attached to upper trusses near liquid surface to move two (2) rake arms with plural blades, which are hinged to drive structure, shall allow the rakes to be raised when excessive torque is encountered. And also the settlers shall be furnished with drive assemblies, a drive lifting unit, feed well, and radial inside launder.

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The slurry from the Sand Catcher shall be tangentially fed to the feed well through a feeding launder at which bubble entrained in the slurry during transportation shall be separated. Emulsion flocculants, effective to goethite bauxite, shall be continuously also added to the slurry existed in the feed well at three (3) feeding points for forming flocculation. The emulsion flocculants of high polymer type shall be used as it enters the settlers to aid in flocculation, compaction and consolidation of mud. Further lime slurry as a clarification aid shall be occasionally added to the operating settlers according to turbidity of settler overflow liquor. All underflow pumps of the settlers shall be located, wherever possible, in adjacent to a discharging center cone of each settler. The overflow from the settlers shall be removed in a peripheral inner launder with level flat weirs provided inside each settler. The overflow, which contains solids of approximately 100 ppm, shall be pumped directly from the Overflow Relay Tank (BOS-TK-102 depicted in Drawing No. BOS-100-0001-A1) to mud filtration area for final clarification. The underflow from the settlers containing mud solids shall be combined with overflow from the second mud washing stage and fed to the first mud washing stage (depicted in Drawing No. BRW100-0001-A1). The mud washing circuit (depicted in Drawing Nos. BRW-100-0001A1, BRW-100-0002-A1 and BRW-100-0003-A1) for reduction of soda content in liquor shall be designed as a four (4) stage, countercurrent decantation system (CCD) utilizing four (4) operating single deck settlers. A total of six (6) similar washing vessels shall be provided; four (4) for operating and two (2) for spares for maintenance or manual cleaning, so that there shall always be a four (4) stage for the washing. Stream direction of each underflow and overflow shall be changeable by changing piping when timing of thickener cleaning.

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Two (2) pump stations consisting of three (3) centrifugal pumps shall be provided for two (2) washers; one station for overflow transportation, the other for underflow transportation. Two (2) of three (3) centrifugal pumps shall be used for the respective washers and the remaining one (1) shall be used as common stand-by. As described above, the liquor in the second or third stage washer shall be recycled through the Barometric Condenser located in the heat recovery areas. Wash water (DWB) shall be fed to the last stage through the Filtrate Tank (BRF-TK-101 depicted in Drawing No. BRF-100-0101A1) for the mud washing. Other miscellaneous liquid containing soda shall be introduced into intermediate stage. Piping shall be provided to bypass any washing vessels. Emulsion flocculants shall be continuously added to all operating washers (depicted in Drawing No. TAP-100-0001-A1) in the range of 30 100 ppm. The flocculants packed in a one (1) ton liquid container shall be mixed with the plant drain water (DWC) and shall be stored in the Stock Tank with an agitator (TAP-TK-101 depicted in Drawing No. TAP-100-0001-A1). This flocculants shall be diluted to 1 - 3% concentration by mixing the flocculants handled with a plunger pump and DWC water measured with a flow meter by means of an inline mixer. The diluted solution shall be stocked in the stock Tank with a viscosity meter (TAP-TK-101) and shall be continuously fed to each thickener in the mud settling and mud washing areas through single transportation piping for each thickener. In the operation of the mud settling and mud washing, the rake torque of each operating thickener shall be continuously monitored and shall be controlled by changing each rate of the underflow volumetric flow and flocculants adding, periodically measuring mud level and overflow turbidity.

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The underflow from the last washer shall be charged to the Mud Slurry Tank with an agitator (BRF-TK-102 depicted in Drawing No. BRF-100-0101-A1) through the Tank (BDH-TK-301) at which the sand shall be picked up, as mentioned above. And then the slurry containing the sand shall be fed to the one (1) operating Pressure Disc Filter (BRF-F-101A or BRF-F-101B depicted in Drawing No. BRF100-0101-A1). The effluent from the settlers and the first washer shall be flowed into the Overflow Tank (BOS-TK-102 depicted in Drawing No. BOS100-0001-A1) through bridge launders connecting with the three (3) settlers and pumping of the first washer overflow. Tri-calcium aluminate particles (3CaOAl2O36H2O or TCA) shall be added to the Overflow Tank (BOS-TK-102) as a filter aid for reduction of filtration resistance at the liquor filtration stage. TCA as a filter aid shall be prepared by reacting slaked lime with sodium aluminate liquor according to the following reaction: 3Ca(OH)2(s) + 2NaAlO2(l) + 4H2O(l) 3CaOAl2O36H2O(s) + 2NaOH(l) As the first step, lime packed in a 500 kg bag container shall be mixed with drain water (DWC) by batch-wise manner in the Reslurry Tank with an agitator (LSP-TK-101 depicted in Drawing No. LSP-100-0001-A1). The resultant lime slurry treated with a constant concentration of approximately 500 gpl shall be held in the Stock Tank with an agitator (LSP-TK-102) and shall be continuously fed to the insulated Tank with an agitator (TCA-TK-101 depicted in Drawing No. TCA-100-0001-A1), simultaneously adding filtered liquor (depicted in Drawing No. PFS-100-0004-A1) and pure caustic liquor (depicted in Drawing No. CSS-100-0001-A1). These three (3) liquids shall be controlled by a cascade control linking with each flow meter.

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As liquor discharged from the Overflow Tank (BOS-TK-102 depicted in Drawing No. BOS-100-0001-A1) contains traces of ultra fine solid up to approximately 100 ppm, the liquor shall be continuously pumped to the liquor filtration stage for final clarification (depicted in Drawing Nos. PFS-100-0003-A1 and PFS-100-0004-A1). The Pressure Plate Filters (PFS-F-101 to PFS-F-104 depicted in Drawing No. PFS-100-0003-A1) shall be employed; three (3) for operating and one (1) for stand-by. The Filters (PFS-F-101 to PFS-F104) shall mainly comprise a vessel, vertical filter elements inside the vessel, a top reservoir for backflushing, five (5) pneumatic valves for full automatic operation and automatic control system. The Filters shall be automatically operated by opening and/or closing the pneumatic valves sequentially under the automatic control system such as the below table Schematic Cycle of Vertical Filters in Operation. The cycle time shall be approximately one (1) hour. Each cycle shall be composed of leveling, cake formation, filtering, decompressing and discharging. For the leveling, liquor charging pipe through the Feed Valve V1 shall be vertically inserted near top level of the leaf plates. And for the decompressing, two (2) pipes, which are independently and vertically inserted inside the filter, shall be employed through the Decompressing Valve V3 and the Overflow Valve V4 respectively. Each length of three (3) inside pipes is as follows; Decompression Pipe > Overflow Pipe > Liquor Charging Pipe. The time schedule of three (3) operating Filters shall be set so that the liquor is continuously poured into the Filter(s) based on flow rate control.

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Schematic Cycle of Vertical Filters in Operation

Cycle Step Cycle Function Cycle Time (min.) Valve V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 Valve Name Feed valve Backflow valve Decompressin g valve Overflow valve Extraction valve Close Close Close Close Close Close Open Close Open Open Open Close Close Open Open Close Open Close Close Close Close Open Close Close Open 1 Leveling 0 2 Cake formation 0-2 2 - 58 3 Filtrating 4 Decompressin g 58 - 59 56 - 60 5 Discharging

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In the period of cake formation, liquor pumped from the Overflow Tank (BOS-TK-102) shall be filled into the vessel to form cake adhered to filter clothes and cloudy filtrate shall be flowed to the Tank (PFS-TK-701 depicted in Drawing No. PFS-100-0004-A1) through the Backflow Valve V2. The discharged liquor with turbidity shall be recycled through the Overflow Tank (BOS-TK-102 depicted in Drawing No. BOS-100-0001-A1). In the period of filtrating, solids shall be blocked onto the filter clothes to form cake, while clear filtrate (turbidity: less than 15 mg/l) shall be flowed into the top reservoir above the filter through the external manifold and finally to the Filtrate Tank (PFS-TK-104 depicted in Drawing No. PFS-1000004-A1). In the period of decompressing and discharging, pressure inside the vessel shall be fallen to the normal value, and then fresh cake shall be fallen off the filter clothes by filtrate flushed back from the top reservoir and discharged to the Cake Reslurry Tank (PFS-TK-101 and PFS-TK-102 depicted in Drawing No. PFS-100-0003-A1). In the period of leveling, liquid level shall be adjusted, a cushion of air in the top of vessel shall be reestablished and then a new filtration shall be started. The fresh cake collected in the Cake Re-slurry Tank (PFS-TK-101 and PFS-TK-102) shall be pumped to the third or fourth washing stage in order to recover the soda associated with the mud (depicted in Drawing No. BRW-100-0002-A1). During the stand-by time, the filter clothes shall be cleaned using hot and high caustic aluminate liquor with 200 grams caustic per litter at 95C (depicted in Drawing No. PFS-100-0003-A1). The hot caustic liquor for cleaning shall be circulated between the said Filter and the Cloth Cleaning Tank (CSS-TK-105 depicted in Drawing No. PFS-100-0003-A1) for an hour. The caustic liquor for cleaning shall be always heated by indirect steam and shall be manually supplemented adding new pure caustic liquor at a low level of the Cloth Cleaning Tank (CSS-TK-105).

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The precious filtrate from the Filter shall be run to the Filtrate Tank (PFS-TK-104 depicted in Drawing No. PFS-100-0003-A1), if it is less than 15 ppm. The precious filtrate shall be charged to the vacuum Flash Tanks (VHI-FT-101, VHI-FT-102, VHI-FT-103 and VHI-FT-104 depicted in Drawing No. VHI-100-0001-A1) provided in the liquor cooling stage. At the liquor cooling stage, the precious filtrate at temperature of approximately 100C from each Filter, namely pregnant liquor, shall be heat-transferred to the spent liquor of approximately 58C from the Stock Tanks (PLS-TK-101, PLS-TK-102, PLS-TK-103 and PLSTK-104 depicted in Drawing No. PLS-100-0001-A1) by a counter current heat-transfer system using a series of the Flash Tanks (VHIFT-101, VHI-FT-102, VHI-FT-103 and VHI-FT-104) and the Heat Exchangers (VHI-H-101, VHI-H-102, VHI-H-103 and VHI-H-104 depicted in Drawing No. VHI-100-0002-A1) of shell and tube type and shall be cooled down for controlling an initial precipitation temperature of 66C of the Chain-1 of the Hydrate Production Process. The system is the same as the heat recovery system in the bauxite digestion stage. The pregnant liquor shall be continuously pumped to a series of four (4) vacuum Flash Tanks (VHI-FT-101, VHI-FT-102, VHI-FT-103 and VHI-FT-104 depicted in Drawing No. VHI-100-0001-A1). Each flash steam from the three (3) Flash Tanks (VHI-FT-101, VHI-FT-102 and VHI-FT-103) shall be used to heat up the spent liquor in a series of the three (3) operating indirect Heat Exchangers (VHI-H101, VHI-H-102, VHI-H-103 or VHI-104 depicted in Drawing No. VHI100-0002-A1). Flashing at the fourth Flash Tank (VHI-FT-104) shall be used to control the liquor temperature for the Chain-1s precipitation by condensing a desired quantity of flashed steam in the Barometric Condenser (VHI-CD-101 depicted in Drawing No. VHI-100-0001-A1).

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The pregnant liquor from the last Flash Tank (VHI-FT-104) shall be charged to Precipitators in the Chain-1, Chain-2 and Chain-3 through the Relay Tank (VHI-TK-101). The spent liquor of approximately 58C from the Stock Tanks in the Chain-1 (PLS-TK101, PLS-TK-102, PLS-TK-103 and PLS-TK-104 depicted in Drawing No. PLS-100-0001-A1) shall be pumped to the first Heat Exchanger (VHI-H-101 or VHI-H-102). And the spent liquor of approximately 82C discharged from the last Heat Exchanger (VHI-H-103 or VHIH-104) shall be charged to the Digester Pumps (BDH-P-102A and BDH-P-102B depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0002-A1). A total of the four (4) Heat Exchangers of shell and tube type (VHIH-101, VHI-H-102, VHI-H-103 and VHI-H-104) shall be provided; three (3) for operating and one (1) for spare for maintenance and manual tube bowling. Tubes of the Heat Exchanger shall be cleaned with caustic liquor from the Heat Exchanger (CSS-H-101 depicted in Drawing No. CSS-100-0002-A1) every scheduled maintenance shut-down in order to reduce fouling to the heater tubes. The pregnant liquor shall be continuously introduced into each Flash Tank with a tangential stream which shall be passed through a top-covered circler launder provided inside of each Flash Tank to form a falling film. In addition, for preventing the entrainments such as droplets and mist containing caustic soda, an internal demister made of metal fiber shall be bedded at the upper inside of each Flash Tank. The demister shall be washed with pure caustic using internal spray nozzles periodically.

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Noncondensable gas, which is mainly carbon dioxide, generated from the pregnant liquor during flushing down shall be vented from each Flash Tank (VHI-FT-101, VHI-FT-102 or VHI-FT-103) to the respective Heat Exchangers (VHI-H-101, VHI-H-102, VHI-H-103 or VHI-H-104) through its succeeding flash steam line. Furthermore, the noncondensable gas shall be transferred to the last Flash Tank (VHI-FT-104) through the flash steam line connected with each Heat Exchanger, gone to the Barometric Condenser (VHI-CD-101 depicted in Drawing No. VHI-100-0001-A1) and finally eliminated from the two (2) stage steam Ejectors (VHI-J-101, VHI-J-102 and VHI-J-103 depicted in Drawing No. VHI-100-0001-A1). The direct-contact countercurrent Barometric Condenser (VHI-CD101) furnished with multi stage impingement plates internally, in which vapor is condensed by rising against a rain of cooling water, shall be provided for cooling the pregnant liquor came from the last Flash Tank (VHI-FT-401). Inner pressure of the last Flash Tank shall be controlled by an air suction volume using a control valve for maintaining the precipitation temperature of 66C in the Chain-1. Sedimentation treatment water (IWA) from the Water Pool-1 shall be directly pumped to the Barometric Condenser (VHI-CD-101) and shall be discharged by gravity to the Hot Well (W-TK-101) provided beneath the Barometric Condenser. The noncondensable gas shall be also discharged to the Hot Well through the Ejector (VHI-J-103). Condensate drain from each Heat Exchanger shall be gone to the Condensate Tank (VHI-TK-103 depicted in Drawing No. VHI-U-0001A1) and finally fed to the DWC Relay Tank (DSS-TK-101 depicted in Drawing No. DSS-100-0001-A1). It shall be utilized mainly as washing water for hydrate filtration. The condensate drain discharged from the Condensate Tank (VHI-TK-103) shall be continuously monitored with a conductive meter. If the conductivity of the condensate drain will be over an upper limit, the contaminated condensate shall be automatically dumped to the mud washing stage with three directions valve.

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If the increasing of evaporation capacity is required to maintain the water balance in the Bayer Process when heavy rain falls, vapor recompressive evaporator (VRCE) shall be intermittently operated (described in Drawing No. B-P-A-0200-015). SDK Yokohama Plant has operated its Bayer Process without evaporation unit. However, considering heavy tropical rainfall in Indonesia, it shall be provided in Tayan plant which is estimated as the evaporation capacity of 10 tons per hour. The VRCE process has designed by Sumiju Plant Engineering Co., LTD. The process and equipment will be installed in space beneath the Flash Tanks in the liquor cooling area. Spent liquor discharged from the liquor cooling stage shall be passed to the first evaporation section in the VRCE which shall be composed of four (4) evaporation sections in a body. The liquor shall be circulated through the falling film evaporator. As the liquor shall be flowed down through an inner plate, it shall be heated by re-compressed vapor which condenses inside the plate and goes to the sump. The liquor becomes progressively more concentrated as it passes through the units. Finally, it shall be discharged from the fourth section. The vapor leaving the evaporator shall be passed through an internal demister and then entered into a blower where it shall be adiabatically compressed. The compressed and heated vapor shall be used as a source of heat for all evaporation sections. Chemical cleaning shall be periodically performed by H 2SO4 with corrosion inhibitor for precipitated sodalite scale and water washing for sodium fluoride scale at the evaporation stage. The washing piping shall be equipped in the evaporation section. The liquor from evaporation shall be supplied to the suction side of the Digester Pumps (BDH-P-102A and BDH-102B depicted in Drawing No. BDH-100-0002-A1).

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The underflow slurry from the last washer (BRW-TH-105 or BRW-TH106) shall be pumped to the Relay Tank (BRF-TK-102 depicted in Drawing No. BRF-100-0101-A1) for the mud filtration. At this mud filtration stage, pressure disk filters shall be adopted to prevent environmental contamination such as groundwater infiltration and spill caused by rainfall as possible. The pressure disc filter has been designed based on laboratory experiments with BOKELA who is an engineering firm in Germany A pressure-filtered mud cake with approximately 30% moisture content, which is corresponding to permeability coefficients of 10 -4 to 10-6, shall be capable of reducing dumping alkalinity and impounding it into the cake. Two (2) Pressure Disk Filters (BRF-F-101A depicted in Drawing No. BRF-100-0101-A1 and BRF-F-101B depicted in Drawing No. BRF100-0102-A1) shall be provided. A conventional rotary disk filter shall be housed inside the respective horizontal pressure vessels that shall be filled with compressed air up to 4 - 6 kg/cm 3 supplied from air compressors during operation. The Pressure Disk Filters (BRF-F-101A and BRF-F-101B) shall be provided for the mud filtration available continuously to achieve the filtered cake with 30 - 31% moisture content. One (1) Pressure Disk Filter shall be for operating and the other one shall be for spare or chemical cloth-cleaning with hot caustic liquor periodically. The mud slurry from the Relay Tank (BRF-TK-102 depicted in Drawing No. BRF-100-0101-A1) shall be pumped into the filter vat without an agitator via slurry feed pipes in the pressurized vessel. The main components of variable-speed disk filter shall be disk filter of approximate 3.2 m in diameter with six (6) filter disks, each arranged with twenty (20) filter segments, pressure vessel, cake discharge sluice, filtrate receiver and blow-off tank.

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The filter segments of the disk shall be connected to individual process zones; namely cake formation zone, dewatering zone, cake discharge zone by gas blow-back and filter cloth cleaning zone, by means of openings in a control plate provided inside a control head. Focusing on one single filter segment of the rotary filter under the main drive activating and disk rotating in normal speed, the process-steps shall be taken place one after the other. After submerging a cell of filter in the slurry, the cell shall be connected to the cake formation zone according to filtration pressure difference. While, the slurry shall be entered into the filter segment and the solids shall be kept back by the filter cloth where a filter cake shall be formed. Mother liquor or filtrate shall be flowed via filtrate pipes and the control head out of the pressure vessel to the Filtrate Receiver Tank (BRF-TK-107A and BRF-TK-107B) and be separated there from accompanying gas. After the cake formation zone, the dewatering zone shall be followed where compressed gas displaces pore liquor and flows through the filter cake. The gas as well as the filtrate from the dewatering zone shall be also transported to the filtrate receiver. As the last process step, the cake shall be discharged after finishing of the cake dewatering. The filter media of the segment shall be inflated by a sharp gas blow-back so that the filter cake falls off and is directed to a conveyer with a deflector plate. The conveyer transports the cake to the discharged sluice where the cake shall be sluiced out of the pressure vessel periodically. The cake discharged sluice shall be a chamber sluice consisting of an upper and a lower slide gate. It can be operated with a timer. A cloth wash spray bar for filter cloth cleaning shall be situated underneath the deflector plate. The filter cloth, now free of filter cake, shall be cyclically free from particle adhesion with the cloth wash spray bar. Afterwards the filter cell shall be submerged again in the slurry, and the filtration process shall be started anew.

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In this control cycle, the cake formation shall be controlled by adjusting a filter speed with cascade sequence of feeding flow rate and level of the cell. Steam cabin shall cover a part of the filter area and form a separated room with live steam inside the vessel for reduction of cake moisture and cloth washing. Although steam injection for further dewatering shall not be applied at this stage, the steam cabin and related piping shall be provided. The filtrate from the Pressure Disk Filter shall be fed to the Filtrate Tank (BRF-TK-101) via the Filtrate Receiver Tank (BRF-TK-107A and BRF-TK-107B) by gravity and recycled to the last mud washing stage. Mud cake from the Pressure Disk Filter shall be conveyed to the Cake Yard by the two (2) Belt Conveyers (BRF-BC-101 and BRFBC-102 depicted in Drawing No. BRF-100-0101-A1). The piled cake in the Cake Yard will be periodically transported to the Bauxite Residue Dumping Site by trucks. Air Compressors (BRF-CP-101 to BRF-CP-109 depicted in Drawing No. BRF-100-0103-A1) shall be provided near the Pressure Disk Filters. The operation of the mud filtration stage shall be controlled with local panel switches and shall be monitored at the Central Control Room (CCR). The treatment facility for seepage water and rainy sewerage from area where bauxite residue will be dumped, shall be provided at the appropriate location in the Bauxite Residue Dumping Site based on the attached PFD (Drawing No. B-W-A-002-003) and Equipment List. Electric power for this facility shall be supplied from Substation in Mining Site. Signal of indication and alarm of the facility shall be sent to CCR.

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11.2.8.2 Plot Plan Plot Plans for the Liquor Clarification Process are attached in Chapter 11.2.4 for the WTNCs reference. 11.2.8.3 Process Flow Diagram Process Flow Diagrams for the Liquor Clarification Process are attached in Chapter 11.2.2 for the WTNCs reference. 11.2.8.4 Piping and Instrument Diagram Piping and Instrument Diagrams for the Liquor Clarification Process are attached in Chapter 11.2.3 for the WTNCs reference. 11.2.8.5 Heat & Mass Balance Sheet Heat & Mass Balance for the Liquor Clarification Process shall be referred to Table 10-3-2-5-1 and 10-3-2-5-2 attached in Chapter 11.2.1 for the WTNCs reference. 11.2.8.6 Equipment List Equipment List for the Liquor Clarification Process is attached in Chapter 11.7 for the WTNCs reference. 11.2.8.7 Technical Requirements 1) Technical requirements for all equipment shall be referred to Equipment List attached in Chapter 11.7. And the technical requirements for main equipment shall be referred to drawings also attached in Chapter 11.2.5 and 11.2.6. 2) The maintenance manholes and access doors of tanks shall be provided based on each P&ID.

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3) The height of each outlet of the Flash Tank (BDH-FT-203) and the Flash Tank (VHI-FT-104) shall be referred to Drawing Nos. BP-A-0501-004 and B-P-A-0501-016, respectively. 4) The quantities of piping with 150 mm and larger in nominal diameter shall be minimized. 5) As no drawings of small tanks with the volume not exceeding 100 m3 and their agitators are attached, the WTNC shall provide them based on Drawing Nos. B-P-V-0300-023 and B-P-V-0300025. 6) The Evaporator described in Subsection 11.2.8.1 is based on the design basis of VRCE designed and manufactured by Sumiju Plant Engineering Co., LTD. However, the WTNC may provide the different type of evaporator designed based on the following design conditions and manufactured strictly. a) Steam Pressure of Plant Liquor P = (0.068046)(10^(6.733(2057.6+0.2084N/0.891.0 106/80)/(273+T)) Where: P: Steam pressure (atm) N: Caustic concentration (g/l) T: Temperature (C) b) Feed Liquor Temperature T = 85C Caustic Concentration N (aOH) = 160 gpl Dissolved Al2O3 (l) = 75 gpl Solid Al2O3 (s) = 0 gpl Specific Gravity = 1.220 Specific Heat = 0.850 c) Amount of Evaporation = 10 tons per hour

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