Lhoist’s lithium customer support is founded on:
- Comprehensive knowledge of lithium process flow sheet options and the use of lime within these systems.
- Optimization of lime reagent utilization efficiency and performance in process flow sheets where lime is a key component.
- Laboratory testing that accurately replicates lime consumption in process reactions.
- Logistics optimization leveraging Lhoist’s extensive global logistics network of approximately 100 production plants and terminals.
Laboratory replication of process reactions:
- Performance evaluation of various lime reagent options.
- Parameter assessment including utilization efficiency, target reaction conversion, and impurity dissolution.
- Process evaluation initially conducted in batch conditions, followed by verification in multi-stage continuous reactor processes.
Optimal reagent format:
- Laboratory support to determine the most effective form of Ca(OH)2 and its properties for specific reactions.
Advice on equipment and operating parameters:
- Guidance on slaking and other parameters to ensure optimal Ca(OH)2 product performance.
R&D and pilot plant trial support:
- Optimization and production of slaked lime slurries/milk of lime utilizing customer-specific solutions predicated by process flow sheet modeling.
- Provision of optimized slaked lime slurry samples for hydrometallurgical pilot testing.
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