Questionnaire for Acid Recovery System Sizing

- Confidential -

Date: Company:

Name: Address:

Phone: City/St/Zip:

Fax: Country:

1. Type of acid used (circle):

hydrochloric acid
sulfuric acid

2. Indicate type of plant (circle):

Pipe plant
Rolling mill
Wire plant
Galvanizer

3. Operation:
______ hours/day
______ days/wk
______ Monthly product tonnage

4. Number of pickle lines: ______

5. Number of pickling tanks: ______ Total volume of acid : ______ M^3 / Liters / Gallons

Pickling temperature: ______ ºC / ºF

6. Indicate heating method (circle):

Live steam sparging
Heat Exchanger
Not heated

7. Circle if any additives used in the pickling bath. (inhibitors, extenders, fume suppressant)

8. Normal acid concentration of “free acid” when considered spent: ______

9. Average iron concentration of spent acid: ______

10. Average zinc concentration of spent acid: ______

11. Volume spent acid per month: ______Tons

Treated or disposed (circle)?

12. Other metals present in spent acid (if greater than 1%):
13. Are you galvanizing? yes / no

14. If yes, do you strip in pickle tank? yes / no

15. Can you strip separately? yes / no

16. Is there space available adjacent to pickle lines? yes / no

What distance?

Fax questionnaire to: (503) 627-0888

Beta Control Systems, Inc.

6950 SW 111th Avenue
Beaverton, OR 97008 U.S.A.
phone: (503) 646-3399
fax: (503) 627-0888

visit our website: www.betacontrol.com