Waste Treatment and Management in Chlor-Alkali Industries
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Publication Title
Waste Treatment in the Service and Utility Industries
Abstract
© 2017 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. 100The chlor-alkali industry produces chlorine (Cl 2) and caustic soda from brines, by electrolysis of a salt solution. The world’s chlorine capacity at the beginning of 1988 was approximately 42.3 million metric tons per year and the corresponding caustic capacity was approximately 46.1 million metric tons per year. Three main technologies applied for chlor-alkali production are mercury cell, diaphragm cell, and membrane cell process. Each process has a different method for producing chlorine at the anode, and producing caustic soda and hydrogen, directly or indirectly, at the cathode. This chapter describes the manufacturing processes, energy requirement, waste characterization, environmental impacts, pollution prevention and abatement, treatment technologies, costs, monitoring, global overview, and standard requirement of air emission and effluents discharge of the chlor-alkali industry.
Recommended Citation
Aziz, Hamidi Abdul; Ghazali, Miskiah Fadzilah; Yusoff, Mohd Suffian; and Hung, Yung Tse, "Waste Treatment and Management in Chlor-Alkali Industries" (2017). Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications. 359.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/encee_facpub/359
DOI
10.1201/9781315164199
