Salt Production Plant, China
Low Energy Evaporation and Crystallisation
INDUSTRY
Industrial
LOCATION
Xinjiang, China
FLOWRATE
240 ton/day
COMISSIONED
2010
Summary
The customer is a national designated salt production enterprise in China, with salt production capacity of 1.2 million tons/year and multi-species salts capacity of 50,000 tons/year. The customer further started construction of a 150,000 tons/year capacity double glyphosate production in February 2010, with a total investment of 1.5 billion RMB. The turnover exceeds 2 billion yuan. The wastewater to the EVAPX® unit originates from the pesticide production process. The EVAPX® unit crystallises a solid salt product and creates a distillate which can be reused in the plant.
Typical Water Quality for an EVAPX® Plant
Parameter | Unit | Feed Water | Product Water |
TDS | ppm | >250,000 | <100 |
COD | ppm | 35,000 | 10,000 |
BOD | ppm | 6,000 – 8,000 | 4,000 |
pH | - | 4 | 6 – 8 |
Formaldehyde | % | 3 | 3 |