The steam used during the production of alumina in the Bayer
process serves as both a heating and process fluid. Some steam is
recycled, but some is condensed, clarified, and used for hot water
in the plant before being cooled in a forced draft cooling tower
and discharged.Most of worldwide bauxite mining and alumina
production takes place in Jamaica. Therefore, the source of process
water for most plants is the Caribbean Sea. Seawater is desalinized
and sent as “slightly saline”...