Under pressure
May 1st 2008 In the mining area of Mt Newman,
Australia, the 150ltr hot water
systems on some mine sites
regularly 'explode' with the force
caused from pressure relief valves
being heavily blocked with
limescale. The result is permanent
damage of the hot water system.
Magnets and wire wind principles,
were trialled to elevate the problem,
with limited success. A mining
camp north of Mt Newman decided
to trial Hydropath's Hydroflow
HS38 and C45 systems. The water
conditioning systems remove
limescale by transmitting randomly
varying electric fields into the water
and plumbing system to produce
nuclei. This causes limescale to
form in suspension, which is then
washed away with the flow. The
treated water is normally able to
dissolve existing scale in a few
months. The HS38 unit treats the
whole system without chemicals. More articles from Hydropath Holdings Limited: | 
