Kalimantan region Indonesia GEOTUBE
Kalimantan region Indonesia GEOTUBE
Kalimantan region Indonesia GEOTUBE
Kalimantan region Indonesia GEOTUBE
Kalimantan region Indonesia GEOTUBE
Kalimantan region Indonesia GEOTUBE
Kalimantan region Indonesia GEOTUBE
When Traditional Sand Bunds Fail: A GEOTUBE Marine Solution for Land Reclamation
When traditional sand bund construction failed on an extremely soft marine clay seabed, GEOTUBE® Marine systems provided a stable containment solution that helped advance a land reclamation project for 112 acres.
GSE HD geomembrane lined salt ponds ensure long-term brine containment
GSE® HD geomembrane lined over 3.4 million m² of evaporation ponds to prevent brine seepage under extreme heat and UV exposure. This continuous barrier eliminated salt discharge and protected the surrounding environment.
Settlement control for embankments over coastal soils
Ground improvement solutions stabilized weak alluvial and estuarine soils along the Takitimu North Link corridor, enabling embankment construction, controlling settlement, and supporting long-term performance of a new four-lane expressway in the Bay of Plenty.
The increasing demand for large-scale GEOTUBE® dewatering units capable of handling vast quantities of mine waste sediments and slurries has driven geosynthetics to strive for innovation and engineering excellence. Mine owners and plant operators require more efficient and productive solutions, tailored to their specific site and operational needs.
The mine site faced the challenge of dewatering high volumes of slurry from sediment ponds that had reached their maximum capacity. Limited land space prevented the construction of additional ponds, and operational water demand necessitated the circulation of sediment-free water back into the process. The proposed solution had to efficiently dewater exceptionally large volumes of slurry within a limited time frame, while also being cost-effective and functional in an extremely remote location.
Drawing on their extensive experience in remote mine sites worldwide, Solmax's dewatering engineers quickly realized that standard sized GEOTUBE units were insufficient for this project. The only viable option was to manufacture GEOTUBE units of at least 100 m (328 ft) in length to meet the dewatering targets and fit within the constrained laydown pad size.
The design of the units allowed for efficient pumping of the required volumes and immediate circulation of discharged water back into the process. Calculations showed that using these large tubes significantly reduced operational costs compared to employing a larger number of smaller GEOTUBE units.
For this project, a GEOTUBE unit with a circumference of 36.6 m (120 feet) and a length of 101 m (331 ft) was chosen. Six units were needed to process the 160,000 m³ (209,470 yd³) of slurry pumped at a rate of 550 m³ (720 yd³) per hour, 24 hours a day, resulting in 20,000 m³ (26,156 yd³) of dry cake.
The manufacturing of such large GEOTUBE units presented another challenge, which was overcome through innovative fabric production and tube assembly techniques that no other company can match. The GEOTUBE units were also packaged and transported to the site in a manner that facilitated easy handling and deployment by unskilled labor. This record-breaking operation paves the way for the delivery of supersized GEOTUBE units capable of dewatering extremely large volumes of mine and industrial slurries in the future.
This project holds the distinction of being Asia's longest GEOTUBE dewatering project. It has generated valuable knowledge about the economics of large-scale GEOTUBE dewatering, applicable to other high-volume mines and industrial slurry dewatering challenges.