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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
The Mosaic Company, Plymouth, MN (US);
Kathlene Laurie Jacobson, Saskatoon, CA;
Grant Shaver, Regina, CA;
Rubeena Batta, Regina, CA;
Carey Heinbigner, Moose Jaw, CA;
Murray Schultz, Moose Jaw, CA;
The Mosaic Company, Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
A cooling pond system and related methods of improving cooling performance in a cooling pond system using one or more submerged dams to increase cooling performance within the cooling pond system, and increase salt precipitation or recovery. The inclusion of one or more submerged dams within an existing cooling pond system can reduce an outflow temperature by 1-5° F. as compared to the same cooling pond system without any submerged dams. In addition or alternatively, pond depth can be controlled to enhance flow mixing and convection cooling. As the temperature is reduced throughout the cooling pond system, more potassium containing salts are precipitated from the brine solution resulting in increased production or recovery within the same cooling footprint.