Design of brine treatment tanks
Design of brine treatment tanks
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Hi, I have to design brine treatment tanks for a chlorine production plant. Na2CO3 will be added in the first tank to precipitate out calcium and NaOH will be added in the second tank to precipitate out magnesium. I was wondering if there was any way to calculate a rough estimate of the size of the tanks by just taking into account these precipitation reactions and ignoring the effects of minor impurities. Flow rates and conditions are known.
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RE: Design of brine treatment tanks
If this is a water treatment scheme, what you have listed will never work. It is not possible to selectively precipitate.
RE: Design of brine treatment tanks
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MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer
RE: Design of brine treatment tanks
Gabriel Castaneda, P.E.
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RE: Design of brine treatment tanks
As a chem eng/metallurgist the first part of any answer I give starts with "It Depends"
RE: Design of brine treatment tanks
Actuality reaction between Ca and Na2CO3 need time between 40-50 mins " if your Na2CO3 good mix in brine " , so you can use this time in calculating the Volume .
*Exp : lets say you have flow rate about 50 m3/hr , and the time as we said its 45 mins , so the reaction tank volume about 32 m3 . other thing you can put the inlet line of brine from bottom nozzle for the tank to make more disturbance and decrease the time of reaction .
I don't know why you not mention the sulfate in your topic , but you shall have two reactors in series with same volume .