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1 Patent https://patents.google.com/
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2 Keywords use of ion exchange in Brine preparation for manufacturing of caustic soda
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3 Search string use of ion exchange in Brine preparation for manufacturing of caustic soda
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4 Number of About 35,500 results

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5 Category/ This patent is associated with chemical engineering branch

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6 Invention is For chemical fields student : this patent is associated with alkaline metal oxide,
related to Hydrogen, chlorine, Ion Exchange Membrane,Evaporator.
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6a IPC class of C25B15/08, C25B1/46, C25B15/02

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7 Title of Process for producing chlorine, caustic soda, and

Invention/Pa
tent* hydrogen

8 Patent No. US20110303549 A1

9 Application US 13/133,912
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9a Web link of https://www.google.com/patents/US20110303549

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10 Date of 14/12/2009
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11 Priority Date 17/12/2008

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12 Publication/J US20110303549 A1
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13 Publication 15/12/2011
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14 First Filled US (United States Of America)

Country

15 Also CA2746544A1, EP2366040A1,WO2010069896A1

Published as

16 Name of Address/City/Country of Inventor*

Inventor/s*

HUISSEN (NL)
Antonius
Jacobus
Gerardus
Manders

Sami Dortmund (DE);

Petteri
Pelkonen,
Massimo Milan (IT)
Giosafatte
Borghesi,
Jacoba Arnhem (NL);
Cornelia
Petronella
Adriana
Oonincx

17 Name of Address/City/Country of Applicant*

Applicant/
Assignee*

AKZO Arnhem(NL)
NOBEL
N.V.,

18 Applicant Individual Person

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19 Limitation In previous technology, the purity of brine we were getting after treating it with
of Prior chemicals and also through various filters was not really sufficient for the
Technology/ desired purity of Caustic Soda.
Art*

20 Specific In this technology we are using Ion Exchange Membrane for getting the high
Problem purity of brine by reacting with the suitable resins and obtain the desirable
Solved/Obje purity of caustic soda.
ctive of
Invention*

21 Brief about The invention provides a process for producing chlorine, alkaline metal
Invention* hydroxide, and hydrogen which comprises the following steps: (a)
 preparing a brine by dissolving an alkaline metal chloride
source in water; (b) removing alkaline precipitates from
the brine prepared in step (a) in the presence of hydrogen peroxide by
means of a filter of active carbon, and recovering the resulting brine; (c)
subjecting at least part of the resulting brine as obtained in step (b) to
an ion-exchange step; (d) subjecting at least part of the brine as
obtained in step (c) to a membrane electrolysis step; (e) recovering at
least part of the chlorine, alkaline metal hydroxide, hydrogen,
and brine as obtained in step (d); (f) subjecting at least
part of the brine as recovered in step (e) to a dechlorination step; and (g)
recycling at least part of the dechlorinated brine obtained in step (f) to
step (a).
22 Key learning The amount of M2+ ions (M=metal), such as Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions, can be
points* reduced to a level in the range of 0-20 ppb. Similarly the amount on M-
ions such as SO4- are also reduced considerably.
23 Summary of The process according to the present invention has the
Invention* advantages that it can deal adequately with transport concerns and does
not use mercury, while at the same time it requires fewer process steps,
fewer pieces of equipment, lower pressures, less management attention,
and less maintenance when compared with conventional caustic soda
production processes. Thus, with the present invention, an efficient
caustic soda production process is obtained which is economically
feasible, even when performed on small scale. Therefore, the present
invention constitutes a considerable improvement over the known
processes to produce caustic soda. Preferably, the alkaline metal
chloride is sodium chloride or potassium chloride. More preferably, the
alkaline metal chloride is sodium chloride.
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25 Patent Published Application

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26 How much <71%

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27 Do you NO, I thought that the techniques used in this said invention is quite
have any efficient for the type of caustic we want to manufacture.
idea to do
anything
around the
said
invention to
improve it?
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