BE751725A - Using rock salt to prepare brines for elec- - trolysis processes - Google Patents

Using rock salt to prepare brines for elec- - trolysis processes

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BE751725A
BE751725A BE751725DA BE751725A BE 751725 A BE751725 A BE 751725A BE 751725D A BE751725D A BE 751725DA BE 751725 A BE751725 A BE 751725A
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25BELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25B1/00Electrolytic production of inorganic compounds or non-metals
    • C25B1/01Products
    • C25B1/34Simultaneous production of alkali metal hydroxides and chlorine, oxyacids or salts of chlorine, e.g. by chlor-alkali electrolysis
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01DCOMPOUNDS OF ALKALI METALS, i.e. LITHIUM, SODIUM, POTASSIUM, RUBIDIUM, CAESIUM, OR FRANCIUM
    • C01D3/00Halides of sodium, potassium or alkali metals in general
    • C01D3/04Chlorides

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Abstract

The brine is treated by any conventional method so that its concentration (a) in calcium ion expressed in g/l. and its concentration (b) in sulphate ion expressed in g/l. are such, that the product a x b is between 2 and 8.5.

Description

       

  La présente invention concerne un perfectionnement pour l'obtention...

  
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digsous dans la saumure peut être responsable de la présence d'hydrogène dans

  
la chlore produit. Il est donc de pratique courante d'épurer les saumures en

  
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de carbonate de soude. On sait en outre, selon le brevet français 1 020 741

  
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hydrogène dans des limites tolérables sans devoir pour autant contrôler le pH

  
à condition de maintenir le taux d'ions calcium dans la saumure en dessous de 

  
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L'ion sulfate est en soi gênant en ce qu'il provoque une usure des 

  
anodes en graphite. Mais il est encore plus gênant pour la bonne marche de  l'électrolyse lorsqu'il se trouve dans la saumure avec le calcium et ceci dans 

  
des proportions respectives non contrôlées ; en effet, on peut alors constater 

  
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la quantité de réactif nécessaire. 

  
L'impureté dominante du sel gemme est précisément CaSO&#65533; anhydre, ou  anhydrite. Ce composé habituellement se dissout en totalité dans la saumure.  Toutefois, sa vitesse de dissolution est plus faible que celle du chlorure de 

  
sodium et c'est pourquoi on % déjà proposé de préparer les saumure* d'éleotro- 

  
lyse par dissolution rapide du sel, pour ne dissoudre qu'une partie de l'anhy-  drite. Ce procédé ne supprime cependant pas totalement la dissolution de

  
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sel gemme, 

  
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d'autres sulfatée que 1'anhydrite. 

  
Dans certains gisements, le sel gemme contient d'autres sulfates plus

  
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ces conditions, la saumure s'enrichit fortement en ion sulfate et on risque alors de précipiter dans la cellule des sulfates de calcium hydratés, du type gypse par exemple.

  
La Demanderesse a constaté qu'il était possible d'utiliser en électrolyse, des saumures préparées à partir de sel gemme contenant des sulfates solubles sans rencontrer les inconvénients précités.

  
L'invention concerne un procédé perfectionné pour la préparation de saumure destinée à l'Electrolyse et obtenues par dissolution de sel gemme caractérisé en oe qu'on traite cette saumure par tout moyen connu en soi de façon que sa concentration a en ion calcium exprimée en g/1 et sa concentra-

  
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compris entre 2 et 8,5.

  
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de l'anhydrite dans la saumure. Plus axb croît a partir de zéro, plus la quan-

  
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les variations suivantes du taux de dissolution de l'anhydrite : 

  

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on dissout de 20 à 100 % de l'anhydrite présente dans le ce! gemme. On se trouve alors avec des quantités d'ions calcium et sulfates trop élevées

  
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REVENDICATIONS

  
1 - Procédé perfectionné pour la préparation de saumure destinée à

  
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traite cette saumure par tout mayen connu en soi de façon que aa concentration

  
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  The present invention relates to an improvement for obtaining ...

  
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digsous in brine may be responsible for the presence of hydrogen in

  
chlorine produced. It is therefore common practice to purify brines by

  
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of soda ash. It is also known, according to French patent 1 020 741

  
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hydrogen within tolerable limits without having to control the pH

  
provided that the calcium ion level in the brine is kept below

  
 <EMI ID = 4.1>

  
The sulfate ion is inherently troublesome in that it causes wear of the

  
graphite anodes. But it is even more troublesome for the proper functioning of the electrolysis when it is in the brine with the calcium and this in

  
respective uncontrolled proportions; indeed, we can then see

  
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the amount of reagent needed.

  
The dominant impurity of rock salt is precisely CaSO &#65533; anhydrous, or anhydrite. This compound usually dissolves completely in brine. However, its dissolution rate is slower than that of sodium chloride.

  
sodium and this is why we% already proposed to prepare brine * of eleotro-

  
lysis by rapid dissolution of the salt, so as to dissolve only a part of the anhydrite. However, this process does not completely eliminate the dissolution of

  
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Rock salt,

  
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other than anhydrite sulfated.

  
In some deposits, rock salt contains other more sulphates

  
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Under these conditions, the brine is greatly enriched in sulfate ion and there is then a risk of precipitating hydrated calcium sulfates, of the gypsum type for example, in the cell.

  
The Applicant has found that it was possible to use in electrolysis brines prepared from rock salt containing soluble sulphates without encountering the aforementioned drawbacks.

  
The invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of brine intended for Electrolysis and obtained by dissolving rock salt, characterized in that this brine is treated by any means known per se so that its concentration α in calcium ion expressed in g / 1 and its concentration

  
 <EMI ID = 9.1>

  
between 2 and 8.5.

  
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of anhydrite in the brine. The more axb grows from zero, the greater the quantity

  
 <EMI ID = 11.1>

  
the following variations in the rate of anhydrite dissolution:

  

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20 to 100% of the anhydrite present in the ce is dissolved! gem. We are then with too high amounts of calcium ions and sulphates

  
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CLAIMS

  
1 - Improved process for the preparation of brine intended for

  
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treats this brine with any mayen known per se so that its concentration

  
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Claims (1)

<EMI ID=20.1> <EMI ID = 20.1> la préparation d'une saumure pour cellule à mercure caractérisé en oe qu'on maintient le produit axb entre 4 et 8. the preparation of a brine for a mercury cell characterized in that the product axb is maintained between 4 and 8. <EMI ID=21.1> <EMI ID = 21.1>
BE751725D 1970-06-10 1970-06-10 Using rock salt to prepare brines for elec- - trolysis processes BE751725A (en)

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