Glycerol and spent lye clarification - Illinois Institute of Technology
Glycerol and spent lye clarification - Illinois Institute of Technology
Glycerol and spent lye clarification - Illinois Institute of Technology
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figure how this soap <strong>lye</strong>, which had been run<br />
<strong>of</strong>f into the gutters, might he worked for its<br />
valuable glyoerine content.<br />
Soap <strong>lye</strong> as run from the kettle, consists<br />
<strong>of</strong> water, holding in solution the salt added<br />
to separate the soap, in the fonn <strong>of</strong> sodium<br />
hydrate euid carbonate, albuminous matter <strong>and</strong><br />
free alkali, both in solution <strong>and</strong> suspension,<br />
in certain cases gums, <strong>and</strong> the glycerol.<br />
The problem that confronted <strong>and</strong> still<br />
confronts the soap <strong>and</strong> glyoerine manufacturer<br />
is how to get this valuable glycerol out <strong>of</strong><br />
that conglomeration <strong>and</strong> into a pure state in<br />
the easiest euid cheapest meuiner.<br />
<strong>Glycerol</strong>, as it is produced, amounts to<br />
85,000 tons annually. The glycerine industry<br />
is exclusively a by-product industry <strong>of</strong> the<br />
soap <strong>and</strong> c<strong>and</strong>le trade <strong>and</strong> the output depends<br />
not so much on the dem<strong>and</strong> for glycerine as on<br />
the worlds requirements <strong>of</strong> soap <strong>and</strong> c<strong>and</strong>les.<br />
This condition is brought about by the<br />
fact that fats only contain from 10.5 f>
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