| Contents Heading | Brief Content - Full presentations in the CD ROM |
| about Chlor-Alkali process & Industry | |
| Chlor-Alkali Production | World Chlorine Council presentation |
| Chlor-Alkali Plants | Industry Description and Practices |
| Industry Profile | Environmental Guidelines |
| The chlor-alkali industry | discusses potential energy savings in the production of caustic soda and chlorine, and also focuses on potential energy savings in the production of soda ash. |
| FAQ | Questions and answers on the Chlor-Alkali Sector and the EU Emission Trading scheme |
| China Chlor-Alkali Industry Association - CCAON | has registered members over 500 enterprises. Offer services such as market information, consulting reports and industrial conferences focus on China’s Chlor Alkali industry, channel resources offer domestic and overseas corporations comprehensive consultation and media services. |
| British Consultants | Consultants & Information providers on market, technology products |
| Background information | Best Available Techniques in the Chlor-Alkali Manufacturing industry |
| Magnetic Field Effects | The magnetic modification of electrochemical processes has two benefits: it increases the rate of the reaction kinetics of the electrochemical reactions and decreases the reaction kinetics of unwanted side reactions |
| Promotion of energy efficiency | Promotion of energy efficiency in industries: Policies and experiences in India |
| The Process | application note |
| World Data | Alkali - Vinyls Global view |
| Project Fact Sheet | A 30% lowering in cell voltage and, hence, a 30% lowering in energy consumption per unit product can be achieved in membrane chlor-alkali cells by replacing the hydrogen-evolving cathode by an oxygen-consuming cathode. |
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Industry Status in Countries |
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| China Petroleum & Chemical Industry Association | Energy saving and emissions reduction of the Petroleum and Chemical Industry …… |
| EU Chlor-Alkali Industry | An economic & environmental analysis of the Chlor Alkali production process |
| Energy Efficiency | Energy Efficiency Policy Planning & Development in India. |
| India - Water Pollution | about Industry Document Chlor-Alkali Industry India |
| Chlor-alkali/vinyls industry - China | The China Chlor-Alkali/PVC Consulting Service provides you with a comprehensive view of Chinese markets for chlorine, caustic, vinyls, and the associated raw materials, as well as the most complete package of analysis, interpretation and forecasting available to the global industry. |
| Euro Chlor | European federation & its support to member chlor alkali Industries |
| Chlor-alkali industry in Europe | work is dedicated to the development and
communication of policies and guidelines for conducting chlor-alkali operations in an environmentally sound manner |
| Demand & Supply | Growth Opportunities for Alkali Industry – Analyzing
the Growth in Demand and Consumption |
| List of Companies (partial) - world wide | List of client companies world wide of Company offering technical solutions |
| Case Studies / Companies | |
| Indian Company - award for energy conservation | Energy conservation, environment & safety issues addressed |
| University - Industry interaction | Zero-Gap Membrane Chlor-Alkali Cells with Oxygen-Depolarized Cathodes Achieved Energy Savings of 32% |
| Integrated resource Planning | Constant Monitoring of power consumption |
| Energy-efficient and eco-friendly membrane cell technology | Capacity utilization, Hydrogen utilization, converting its mercury plant to membrane plant |
| Pollution Prevention Practices | Treatment Plant for process waste water - permit issue |
| Environment Protection | Environment protection issues & regulatory departments |
| Elements of Chlor-alkali | the world’s largest producer of chlorine and caustic soda. |
| Plant Expansion | News item |
| Company Performance | Company performance, financials & other data |
| Company profile | Company performance, financials |
| Plant expansion | Report for obtaining environmental clearances |
| Cleanup of mercury contamination | Mercury was recovered from the soil at an onsite soil treatment plant, and the cleaned product was reused as backfill. This technology is now a commercial process used worldwide. |
| Company in News | The new chlor alkali unit is estimated to produce 250,000 electro chemical units annually, bringing the company's total estimated ECU capacity upon completion to 525,000 per year. |
| Fuel Cells | Power generation with PEM fuel cells at a chlor-alkali plant |
| Canadian Company | The plants produce chlorine, caustic soda and sodium chlorate. Rated capacity is 86 tonnes per day chlorine, 97 tonnes per day caustic soda and 21 tonnes per day sodium chlorate. These chemicals are used in the bleaching process of the pulp mill. |
| Mercury Pollution | company presentation |
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Technologies & Relative advantages |
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| The Chlor-Alkali Production Process | The benefits of this particular technology include superior product quality, relatively low levels of energy consumption and a lessening of pollutions problems |
| Technology Company - Plant & Machinery | Company profile - offers advanced technology plants world wide |
| Technology provider | Company offers customized plant studies, complete designs, and equipment supply for new installations, membrane conversion projects, plant modernizations, and capacity expansions for plants producing 75 tonnes/day and higher. |
| Advanced Chlor-Alkali Technology | study demonstrates that the zero-gap chlor-alkali cells with gas-diffusion cathodes offer a practical alternative to the standard membrane-cells |
| The Best Available Techniques Reference | Best available techniques for the production of chlor-alkali is considered to be membrane technology. Non-asbestos diaphragm technology can also be considered as BAT when there is a need for weak caustic |
| Technology Profile | the latest development in chlorine / caustic soda technology: the membrane process |
| Technology Services Company | one of the largest global players in this
industry. Ninety percent of all chlor-alkali electrolysis facilities have already been converted to the energy-saving membrane process. Technology Services was a decisive contributor to all new plants and plant modifications. The functions fulfilled range from owners engineering all the way to taking responsibility for complete plant construction projects. |
| The Chlorine Institute | The Chlorine Institute has been a proactive leader in the effort to reduce mercury emissions and use in the United States |
| Patent | European Patent for Purification of Chlor Alkali Membrane cell brine |
| Chlor Alkali Electrolysis Cell - patent | An improved process and apparatus for pH control and energy savings in chlor-alkali electrolyis cells is disclosed wherein a fuel cell type spaced porous catalytic anode is utilized to chemically |
| Plant Construction | Engineering Service provider for Chlor Alkali project construction |
| Plant Layout | Plant Layout of two companies - overview photographs |
| The membrane process | Know how offered |
| Brine Purification | purification of brine is carried out using all possible means like chemical precipitation, filtration followed by ion exchange treatment. Use of chelating ion exchange resins has proved to be the only practical and economical method of producing high purity brine essential for membrane cells |
| Chlor Alkali Chemicals | Chemicals & applications |
| Depolarized Cathode | Performance of the Falling Film Chlor-Alkali Cell equipped with Carbon-free Oxygen Depolarized Cathode |
| Environmental Standards | Wastewater Discharge Standards, emission limit |
| Systems supplier | global leader for innovative process solutions which
use evaporation and crystallization as core technologies |
| Mercury | Power Consumption and Mercury Emissions reduction |
| Mercury Losses | reports on mercury discharges, emissions and losses of mercury by all routes from mercury-cell chlor-alkali plants. |
| Manufacturing Process | The chlorine industry has reduced power usage by 50 percent ;Using co-generation results in efficiencies that almost double that of power acquired from utilities |
| Promising techniques | Some of these new techniques for the membrane and diaphragm processes are described |
| Membranes | The ion exchange membranes and the membranes’ current efficiencies under different electrolysis conditions |
| Electrolysis | the field of salt solution (brine) treatment for chlor-alkali electrolysis plants |
| Oxygen reduction | Low Energy Consumption in Chlor-alkali Cells Using Oxygen Reduction Electrodes |
| Activated Cathodes | Ruthenium Oxide Cathodes for Chlor-Alkali Electrolysis |
| Catalysts / Gas Diffusion Electrodes | Developments of Innovative Electrochemical Processes for Chlorine production, involving the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. |
| Cathodes | Platinum Metals Activated Cathodes for the Chloralkali Industry |
| Gaskets | Membrane cell production plant - gaskets recommendation |
| Anodes | Manufacturer of various types of Anodes |
| Rectifiers | the market leader in High Power Rectifiers technology for the Chlor-alkali industry |
| Valves | A Wide-Range Of Chlor-Alkali Valve Options |
| Abstracts | Research Reports & sources |
| Asbestos in electrolysis cells | asbestos is also gradually falling out of use in chlor-alkali production processes. |
| Material selection | Chlor-Alkali Material Recommendation |
| Salt procurement | Government support for inputs |
| Mercury Technology | Controlling of the Mercury emission into the environment |
| Mercury into the environment | Risky Business: Phase-out mercury in chlorine industry |
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