(BAT) Reference Document for the Production of Chlor-alkali ...
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Driving <strong>for</strong>ce <strong>for</strong> implementation<br />
The driving <strong>for</strong>ces <strong>for</strong> implementation <strong>of</strong> this technique include:<br />
environmental as well as occupational health and safety legislation;<br />
reduction <strong>of</strong> costs related to energy consumption;<br />
reduction <strong>of</strong> costs related to cell maintenance.<br />
Chapter 4<br />
Environmental occupational health regulations (asbestos ban, tighter asbestos regulations) are<br />
<strong>the</strong> key driving <strong>for</strong>ces leading to <strong>the</strong> following benefits:<br />
no emissions <strong>of</strong> asbestos<br />
less generation <strong>of</strong> wastes because <strong>the</strong> renewal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> diaphragm is less frequent<br />
generated waste is non-hazardous<br />
Example plants<br />
Approximately ten plants worldwide use asbestos-free diaphragms [ 215, German Ministry<br />
2011 ]. Example plants include:<br />
Arkema in Fos-sur-mer (France), chlorine capacity <strong>of</strong> diaphragm cell unit 150 kt/yr,<br />
cells: MDC-55, conversion to PMX ® diaphragms in 2000 – 2002 [ 31, Euro <strong>Chlor</strong><br />
2010 ];<br />
Arkema in Lavera (France), chlorine capacity <strong>of</strong> diaphragm cell unit 175 kt/yr, cells:<br />
HC-4B, conversion to PMX ® diaphragms in 2000 – 2002 [ 31, Euro <strong>Chlor</strong> 2010 ];<br />
Carbochloro in Cubatão/São Paulo (Brazil), chlorine capacity <strong>of</strong> diaphragm cell unit<br />
140 kt/yr, cells: MDC-55, conversion announced <strong>for</strong> 2008 – 2009 [ 31, Euro <strong>Chlor</strong><br />
2010 ], [ 219, Carbocloro 2008 ];<br />
Hüls in Rheinfelden (Germany), full conversion to PMX ® diaphragms in 1991, plant<br />
was shut down 1993 [ 221, Florkiewicz 1998 ];<br />
Mexichem in Coatzacoalcos/Vera Cruz (Mexico); chlorine capacity <strong>of</strong> diaphragm cell<br />
unit 264 kt/yr, cells: Glanor [ 31, Euro <strong>Chlor</strong> 2010 ];<br />
OxyChem (<strong>for</strong>merly Vulcan Chemicals) in Geismar/Louisiana (US), chlorine capacity<br />
<strong>of</strong> diaphragm cell unit 273 kt/yr, cells: MDC-55; full conversion to PMX ® diaphragms<br />
since 1993;<br />
Perstorp in Le Pont de Claix (France), chlorine capacity 170 kt/yr (only diaphragm<br />
cells), cells: H-4, HC-3B, conversion to PMX ® diaphragms in 1999 – 2003 [ 31, Euro<br />
<strong>Chlor</strong> 2010 ];<br />
PPG in Lake Charles/Louisiana (US), chlorine capacity <strong>of</strong> diaphragm cell unit<br />
~ 1 100 kt/yr, cells: Glanor V-1161 and V-1244; full conversion <strong>of</strong> V-1244 cells<br />
(chlorine capacity ~ 680 kt/yr) to Tephram ® diaphragms since 2003; full plant<br />
conversion to Tephram ® diaphragms finalised in 2010 [ 217, PPG 2010 ], [ 218, Ahmed<br />
and Foller 2003 ];<br />
PPG in Natrium/West Virginia (US), chlorine capacity <strong>of</strong> diaphragm cell unit 297 kt/yr,<br />
cells: MDC-55, N-3 and N-6; full conversion <strong>of</strong> N-6 cells (chlorine capacity 58 kt/yr) to<br />
Tephram ® diaphragms since 1992; full plant conversion to Tephram ® diaphragms<br />
nearly completed in 2010 [ 214, Dilmore and DuBois 1995 ], [ 217, PPG 2010 ], [ 218,<br />
Ahmed and Foller 2003 ];<br />
Sasol in Sasolburg (South Africa), chlorine capacity <strong>of</strong> diaphragm cell unit 92 kt/yr,<br />
cells: MDC-55 [ 31, Euro <strong>Chlor</strong> 2010 ];<br />
Solvay in Rheinberg (Germany), chlorine capacity <strong>of</strong> diaphragm cell unit 110 kt/yr,<br />
cells: DAT/DBT-43, conversion to PMX ® diaphragms in 2011 – 2012 [ 118, Solvay<br />
2011 ].<br />
WORKING DRAFT IN PROGRESS<br />
OxyTech’s Polyramix (PMX) Diaphragm<br />
Vulcan Chemicals, Geismar, Louisiana, USA, has been fully converted to PMX diaphragms<br />
since 1993. This plant uses OxyTech MDC-55 cells at 150 kA. All <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 152 cells are equipped<br />
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