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Title

Assessing the Feasibility of Implementing Membrane Distillation at the Beal Mountain Mine

Authors

Matthew Kale, Montana Technological University
Adriane Horn, Montana Technological University
Ashton Cummings, Montana Technological University

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Spring 4-13-2020

Abstract

Research Objectives:

• Verify the viability of membrane distillation applied to the Beal Mt. Mine

• Characterize treatment capacity and effectiveness.

• Design a full scale treatment facility with a 16 million gallons per year capacity

Comments

Ashton Cummings (from Great Falls, MT), Matthew Kale (Billings, MT), and Adriane Horn (Kodiak, AK) are all seniors in Environmental Engineer- ing. After graduation, Ashton is continuing her education to obtain a PhD from Oregon State, while Matt is working for ConocoPhillips, and Adriane will be using her engineering skills to improve the environment globally.

Recommended Citation

Kale, Matthew; Horn, Adriane; and Cummings, Ashton, "Assessing the Feasibility of Implementing Membrane Distillation at the Beal Mountain Mine" (2020). TECHxpo. 10.
https://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/techxpo/10