Effect of Temperature on Mineral Precipitation Sequence of Lake Katwe Brine during Evaporation
Joseph Ddumba Lwanyaga, Hillary Kasedde, John Baptist Kirabira
Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · pp. 1–12 · Published 19 Mar 2019
10.9734/cjast/2019/v33i630104Abstract
The effect of temperature on the mineral precipitation sequence during evaporation of the natural brine from lake Katwe was studied. Laboratory isothermal evaporation experiments at temperatures (30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 ) using the original Katwe surface brine were undertaken. PHREEQC, a solubility software was used to predict the crystallization paths at the different study temperatures. The mineralogy and morphology of the precipitates were determined by the XRD and SEM techniques, respectively. The precipitation sequence majorly started with sulphates followed by chlorides and lastly carbonates at all temperatures after precipitation of the calcium-magnesium carbonates. Halite emerged the most dominant mineral, with thernadite, trona and glaserite following respectively. Thenardite, glaserite and burkeite precipitation flourished at lower temperatures (30 and 40 ) whereas soda ash precipitation flourished at higher temperatures (60 and 70 . Halite equally precipitated at all temperatures thus not showing a temperature preference in this study. Temperature variation is a key design parameter in the extraction of mineral salts from the Brines of Lake Katwe.
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