Method for separating particulate calcium hypochlorite and sodium chloride
US4428919A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC01D3/06
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Calcium hypochlorite particles and larger separable sodium chloride crystals produced in a process for manufacturing calcium hypochlorite are effectively separated by use of a staged upward-flow elutriator-classifier. In particular, an aqueous slurry of the calcium hypochlorite particles and sodium chloride crystals are introduced into about the midpoint of the classifier and elutriated with fluid substantially saturated in calcium hypochlorite and sodium chloride. A first slurry in which the solid phase is predominantly calcium hypochlorite, e.g., at least 95 weight percent, is removed as overflow from the top of the classifier, and a second slurry in which the solid phase is predominantly sodium chloride is removed as underflow from the bottom of the classifier. In one embodiment, the first slurry is separated into a wet cake of calcium hypochlorite and bleach mother liquor, a portion of which liquor is used as elutriating fluid. The second slurry is separated into a wet cake of sodium chloride and salt mother liquor, which liquor is recycled to the bottom of the classifier. The wet cake of sodium chloride is washed with a fluid unsaturated in calcium hypochlorite and the washed …
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