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Table 6-11. Summary of Effluents and Solid and Hazardous Waste Streams from Chlorine/Sodium Hydroxide Production Source Diaphragm/ Membrane Cells Mercury Cells Caustic Evaporation Chlorine/ Hydrogen Processing Brine Purification Wastewater Ion-exchange wash water, cell wash water, brine purge Brine pumps, cell wash water, sumps (small amounts of mercury) 5 tons water/ton 50% caustic soda solution 79% sulfuric acid solution (6 to 35 kg/1000 kg chlorine) Solid Wastes Scrapped cell parts (cell covers, piping, used diaphragms, used membranes, cathodes, and anodes) Spent caustic filtration cartridges from the filtration of caustic soda solution, spent graphite from decomposer cells Brine mud (0.7 to 30 kg/1000 kg chlorine) Hazardous Wastes Chlorinated hydrocarbon waste from the purification step of the dia- phragm cell process (K073) Spilled mercury from sumps, and mercury cell “butters”; wastewater treatment sludge (K106) Spent activated carbon Brine mud containing mercury (K071) Source: EPA 1995a. Table 6-12. Hazardous Wastes from Chlor-Alkali Manufacture Waste Hazardous Constituents Classification Description K071 Brine purification muds from the mercury cell process in chlorine production, where separately pre-purified brine is not used Mercury K073 Chlorinated hydrocarbon waste from the purification step of the diaphragm cell process Chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, hexachloroethane, trichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene, dichloroethylene, 1,1,2,2- tetrachloroethane K106 Wastewater treatment sludge from the mercury cell process in chlorine production Mercury Source: BNA 1995. 199PDF Image | The Chlor-Alkali Industry
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