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The waste generated from our plant is acidic in nature. We neutralize the acidic waste using Soda ash. The environmental discharge pH limits of effluent leaving the plant has to be between 6 and 9, and we control at around 8.
The current theory is that if we control the effluent pH at 7 (instead of 8), we would be in theory cutting down on the amount of soda ash added and generating $$ savings.
We do record the total volume of the effluent leaving the plant, the pH values of the waste material going into the neutralizers and the pH value of the soda ash solution. The question is how do we calculate the savings value? Or to rephrase it could somebody shed light on how to calculate the soda ash saved using the incoming and outgoing pH?
Thanks,
ACS
The current theory is that if we control the effluent pH at 7 (instead of 8), we would be in theory cutting down on the amount of soda ash added and generating $$ savings.
We do record the total volume of the effluent leaving the plant, the pH values of the waste material going into the neutralizers and the pH value of the soda ash solution. The question is how do we calculate the savings value? Or to rephrase it could somebody shed light on how to calculate the soda ash saved using the incoming and outgoing pH?
Thanks,
ACS