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 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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