A joint venture with AG! ASAHI Glassplant Inc.

, JAPAN

ACID
CONCENTRATION PLANTS

A TEAM SETS NEW STANDARDS

A joint venture with AG! ASAHI Glassplant Inc., JAPAN
ACID CONCENTRATION PLANTS
FROM IDEAL COMBINATION OF MATERIALS
ATR-ASAHI has the know-how to use
advantageous and economical
combination of materials for the various
acid concentration application. The team
of engineers takes the specific properties
of, for example, PTFE, titanium,
tantalum, graphite, enameled steel and
borosilicate glass into account.
Operating reliability is the highest priority.
This is greatly enhanced by a correct
selection and combination of materials,
and the maintenance effort is minimized-
an important point for higher profitability
since, in addition to the capital costs,
maintenance forms and increasingly
important cost factor.
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 NOx
ABSORPTION EXHAUST AIR
E4

E5
E2

C1 V1

E1 C2
T5

STEAM
E6

T6
STEAM

T2
STEAM T3
E3 AIR
P5
E7
E8 P3

T4

STEA
M P4

T1

P2

NA- WASTE WATER

65%
P1
NITRIC ACID
ABOVE 98%
SULPHURIC ACID 20% SULPHURIC ACID 70%
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Concentrating to medium
concentration
The following advantages in comparison
to other sulfuric acid evaporators also in
use:
In forced circulation, no evaporation at the
heating surfaces, and therefore no, or
substantially reduced, fouling of the
heating surfaces.
Higher heat transfer due to high liquid
velocities in the heater, and thus smaller
heating surfaces even for relatively small
temperature differences between the
heating steam and the boiling
temperature.
Due to the flash evaporation the high
evaporating duly is fully retained at any
vacuum.
Very reliable operation and rapid
adaptation to fluctuating throughput
requirements of 0 to 100% of the capacity
is made possible by the relatively small
hold-up; the plant cab be started-up and
shut down in a short time.
Horizontal tube single pass evaporators
are also used. In this type of equipment
the waste acids are concentrated in
stages. In the chambers formed by the
segment weirs in a single pass. The
disadvantage compared with the forced
circulation system is the very much
greater susceptibility to fouling.
Concentrating to high concentration
For further concentrating up to 93-96%
H2SO4 the type of equipment used for
concentrating to medium concentration
must be adapted to the changed physical
conditions in particular by:
Lowering the operating pressure or raising
the operating temperature to conform with
the sulfuric acid vapour pressure curve.
Incorporation of a scrubbing column to
remove the vaporized acid fraction from the
vapour.
The vacuum forced-circulation evaporator
already described has also proved effective
for concentrating up to 96%. The acid which
has under gone preliminary purification by
steam stripping is concentrated here in two
stages to 96% H2SO4.
The acid which has been preconcentrated to
85% in the first stage flows into the second
stage-via the scrubbing column; the vapour
from this stage is compressed to the higher
operating pressure of the first stage by a
steam ejector.
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 PRODUCTS
Process Plants With Guarantees
Nitric Acid Concentration.
Sulfuric Acid Concentration.
De-nitration and NOx absorption with acid recovery.
Integrated NAC/SAC.
Plants for recycling mixed acids / waste acids from the products of energetic
materials and other process industries.
Other Process Plants
Hcl gas generation with zero discharge.
Br2 recovery from NaBr solution.
Bromine production from bitterns.
Gas absorption for HCl, SO2, Cl2, HBr.
Sulfuric acid dilution.
Production of sodium hypochlorite.
Recovery precious metals from waste streams.
Solvent recovery plants.
Glass assemblies
For almost all unit operations distillation, absorption, adsorption,
extraction, crystallization, reaction
Overhead equipment on Glass Lined Vessels
Glass Process equipment
Column, Condensers, Falling film absorbers, Falling film evaporators,
Mixer-Settlers, Phase Separators, Dosing pump, Reaction Vessels &
Stirrers.
Glass Wiped Film Evaporators and Short Path Distillation apparatus.

Pilot Plants
For all unit operations, general purpose Reaction & Distillation,
Photochemical reactions.
Fully automated laboratory synthesis units, Mini plant for low-tonnage
productions
Plants for process validations.

Glass Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers

Main Condensers, Guard Condensers, Products Coolers, Thermo-
siphon Reboilers, Waste Heat Economizers
Also with SiC tubes, Special design high pressure exchangers.

SERVICES
Design & Supply of Glass Pilot Plants and Process Plants
Basic Engineering Detailed Engineering
Stage-wise inspections Erection at site Mechanical Testing
Commissioning De-bottlenecking & streamilining
Preparation of as built drawings
Design & Supply of custom-made equipments

PROCESS HEAT TRANSFER

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Single fluid heating / cooling units for Kilo Labs and Mini-plants (-90 C up to 200 C)
Single fluid heating / cooling systems for production plants.

PROCESS AUTOMATION
Turnkey PLC / DCS based systems

668, GIDC Makarpura

Vadodara 390 010, India
Tel: +91 (0265) 30 48 746
Fax: +91 (0265) 26 33 423
processplant@atrasahiglass.com
www.atrasahiglass.com
A joint venture with AG! ASAHI Glassplant Inc., JAPAN
Via S. Domenico Savio, 31
25086 Rezzato (BS)
ITALY
Phone: +39 030 2590781, Fax: +39 030 2592531
Email: ambrosi.luigi@tin.it