Sodium Silicate Plant: A Detailed Guide for You

Sodium silicate manufacturing units are widely popular as they help produce sodium silicate. In addition, it is the compound that forms the primary ingredient and agglomerating agent in the industrial preparation of powder detergents. Therefore, it is essential to select the sodium silicate plant machinery for industrial plants wisely.

Such machinery manufactures this raw ingredient by reacting silica sand with soda ash at 1,100oC forming water glass. The machinery then crushes, mixes, and dissolves the entire mixture in water and finally uses steam to digest it under tremendous pressure.

How Does Sodium Silicate Machinery Work?

The machinery utilises proper chemical processes, which involve the reaction of silica and caustic soda within the autoclave under high pressure with steam. As a result, you get the silica from rice husk, consisting of appreciable amounts of this element.

Upon burning under the hot steam within the boiler, the husk changes into ash consisting of only silica. The silica, thus obtained, is generally remains at a very high reactive state. Due to the application of proper pressure and digestion processes, you get a solution of sodium silicate. Then proper filtration from unreacted, unburnt carbon matter releases the sodium silicate solution, which is then concentrated in the evaporator.

What Are The Instruments Required For Obtaining Solution Of Sodium Silicate?

• The list of chemical apparatus and instruments that you need to produce sodium silica are:

• vibrating screen

• digestor

• evaporator

• filter press- plate

• condensers

• frame type

• boiler

• NaOH solution preparation tank

• filter feed tank

• soft water storage tank

• transfer pump with softener

• cooling tower with ID fan

• technological structure

• interconnecting pipelines for the steam and process fluids

• bleacher feed tank

• NaOH solution measuring tank

• chimney for boiler