PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SODIUM CARBONATE

摘要

Process to produce sodium carbonate according to which : a first production solution comprising sodium carbonate is introduced into the less basic compartments of an electrodialyser comprising alternating less basic and more basic adjacent compartments separated from each other by cationic membranes, the more basic compartments being delimited by the anionic faces of bipolar membranes on one side and by the cationic membranes on the other side; a second production solution comprising sodium carbonate is introduced into the more basic compartments of the electrodialyser; a solution comprising sodium hydroxide is produced into the more basic compartments, by combination of the flux of sodium ions crossing the cationic membrane and the flux of hydroxyl ions crossing the anionic face of the bipolar membranes; the solution comprising sodium hydroxide is extracted from the more basic compartments of the electrodialyser and used to constitute a reaction solution; the reaction solution is reacted with sodium bicarbonate in order to form a produced solution comprising sodium carbonate.