The soda ash industry has transitioned from more traditional sources of supply such as mechanically mined trona and synthetic production to solution mined deposits.
HPD provides customers with the capabilities to develop complete process solutions including brine pre-treatment, brine stripping, sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate crystallization as well as purge recovery through the use of sodium carbonate decahydrate crystallization.
Unique Soda Ash Processes from Extensive Pilot Testing
HPD's state of the art Research and Development Center on the HPD Campus in Plainfield, Ill. is critical in the development and demonstration of complete process solutions to customers prior to a commitment on large capital expenditures.
Such developmental studies have involved core leaching, feed stock preparation, brine treatability studies as well as producing sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate material for use by the client in marketing to prospective to potential consumers and investors. The use of this facility has also been involved in many de-bottlenecking and optimization projects for existing facilities.
