| Title of Process/ Know-how/ Product/Design/Equipment
Production of industrial grade high purity salt from sea water/subsoil and lake brines suitable for chlor-alkali manufacture
IPR Status & Details:
US 8021442B2, US 8282690B2
Application/Uses/Problem being addressed
For production of salt to be used as raw material in chlor alkali industries
Salient Technical Features including Competing Features/ Impact
The process is an improvement over the existing process of producing salt of high purity from alum-treated brine. More particularly, the invention rectifies the ratio of Ca2+ to Mg2+ from a value <1 to a value in the range of 2-3 desired by chlor-alkali and soda ash industries.
TRL Level & Scale of Development:- TRL 7 TRL Reference
Business scope & opportunity (in terms of scale, cost, market etc.)
The technology is ready for technology transfer and can be implemented on commercial scale. The product has high demand in chlor-alkali industrial sector.
Environmental Considerations
Eco-friendly
Status of Licensing:
Transferred
Status of Commercialization:
Commercialized
Major Raw Materials Needed
Sea/Subsoil brine, flocculating agents, mineral acid
Major Plant Equipment and Machinery Required
Material handling equipment such as pumps, belt conveyors, ridger, harvesters, loaders, crushers, tractors, trailers, Washery etc.
Techno-Economics
To be worked out based on proposed capacity.
