Lithium customer support

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.

Optimizing Lithium Processing

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