Technologies

Chemical Sciences

Title:

Cost-effective process for recovery of low sodium salt from bittern

Area:

Chemical Sciences

Focus Area:

Salt and Marine Chemicals

Patent:

US Patent No: 6,890,509

Developing Agency:

CSIR-Central Salt Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI)

Email:

skannan@csmcri.res.in
Website Link :https://www.csmcri.res.in/home

Brief Description

Description :

A new process for recovery of low sodium salt from bittern has been described in the present invention, the said process comprising desulphatation of bittern (by-product of salt industry), evaporation of bittern in solar pans and processing of solid mixture with water to produce a mixture of sodium and potassium chlorides and optionally preparing "free flowing" and iodized, by known techniques

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