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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Hendrikus Wilhelmus Bakkenes, Apeldoorn, NL;
Johannes Albertus Maria Meijer, Schalkhaar, NL;
Allert Schokker, Deventer, NL;
Hendrikus Wilhelmus Bakkenes, Apeldoorn, NL;
Johannes Albertus Maria Meijer, Schalkhaar, NL;
Allert Schokker, Deventer, NL;
Akzo Nobel N.V., Arnhem, NL;
Abstract
The present invention pertains to a process for producing sodium chloride comprising the steps of (i) preparing a brine comprising at least 150 g/l of sodium chloride by dissolving a sodium chloride source in water, (ii) subjecting the resulting brine to a eutectic freeze crystallization step by indirect cooling of said brine, resulting in the formation of ice, sodium chloride dihydrate, and a mother liquor, (iii) separating the sodium chloride dihydrate formed in step (ii) from the ice and optionally mother liquor at the eutectic temperature, such that a sodium chloride dihydrate-rich stream is formed, and (iv) feeding said sodium chloride dihydrate-rich stream to a recrystallizer to form sodium chloride and a mother liquor.