Delta,
I would be glad to discuss this further, but via e-mail. I really don't want to disclose any more about our process here on the internet. Leave your e-mail addy
No, MeOH was not considered at startup. The "timely manor" I was talking about is referring to our current decant cycle time. We currently spend anywere from 10 - 12 hours decanting with hot water. The hot water works good enough for dissolving and carrying away the NaCl present, but...
Our process currently involves using hot water for extracting sodium chloride by-product from our powder. I am very interested in using MeOH in order to reduce the NaCl and other contaminates in a more timely manner. My questions are :
1) How hard would it be to distill and recover 2400 gallons...