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In the demanding world of Chlor-alkali production, where precision and dependability are non-negotiable, Yokogawa emerges as a beacon of excellence. With a suite of field-tested technologies, Yokogawa ensures comprehensive and accurate measurements, enabling plants to not only meet but exceed their goals in performance and profitability. Most critically, these solutions champion the paramount importance of safety, setting a new standard for operational success in the industry.
Discover how Yokogawa's instrumentation is solving tough challenges.
Yokogawa is at the forefront of driving sustainability in the chlor-alkali industry, a cornerstone of modern chemical production. Our advanced automation solutions empower manufacturers to transition towards more environmentally-friendly production methods. By optimizing energy-intensive processes and reducing pollution, we help you enhance operational efficiency, ensure regulatory compliance, and contribute to a greener future.
The chlor-alkali process is integral to a complex system of interacting raw materials, intermediates, and end-products across various industries. However, its energy-intensive nature has led to significant environmental challenges. Yokogawa’s automation solutions offer a path to more sustainable chlor-alkali production by optimizing electrolyzer operations, minimizing electricity consumption, and reducing environmental impact, ensuring your operations are both efficient and eco-friendly.
Industry Factors. Yokogawa Advances.
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Economic Growth and Industrialization As economies grow and industrialize, the demand for chemicals, including chlorine-based compounds, rises. Chlor-alkali products serve as raw materials for various chemical processes, making them essential for industrial development. Chlor-alkali products are increasingly used in water treatment for disinfection and pH adjustment. With global concerns about water scarcity and the need for clean water supplies, chlor-alkali products play a critical role in ensuring water safety and quality. |
Population Surge, Rising Demand for Vinyl Polymers Increasing global population drives demand for essential products like soaps, detergents, and other consumer goods. Chlorine-based compounds play a crucial role in manufacturing these products. As the construction industry grows, the demand for chlorine in vinyl production is also increasing as well, for pipes, window frames, and other construction products. |
Stringent Regulations and Greener Production Environmental concerns have led to stricter regulations on chlor-alkali production processes. Manufacturers are shifting toward greener technologies (such as membrane cells) to replace mercury cell processes, ensuring compliance with environmental standards. |
Technological Breakthroughs Advances in production technologies and processes enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Membrane cell technology, which accounts for a significant share of chlor-alkali production, exemplifies this commitment to sustainability, safety, and meeting growing demands. |
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Solving Demanding Chlor-Alkali Challenges
Best-in-class digital smart instruments designed for tough Chlor-Alkali applications
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Electrolysis Solutions The rigorous demands of Chlor-alkali production require accurate, reliable instrumentation that provides all required measurements. Yokogawa delivers field-proven technologies that can endure the difficult conditions to allow plants to maximize performance, profitability, and most importantly, safety. < Discover how Yokogawa's instrumentation is solving tough challenges
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Solving Demanding Chlor-Alkali Challenges
Field-proven technologies that can endure the difficult conditions to allow plants to maximize performance, profitability, and most importantly, safety.
Brine in PH Solutions
Chlor-Alkali: Carefully Planned Modernization of Control Systems Makes Chemical Shipping Terminal Fit for the Future
Discover how a fully integrated site that is one of the largest of its kind, operates a newly upgraded chlor-alkali facility produces feedstock for the company’s own vinyl production chain as well as chlorine that is supplied to other users at the site, continues to improve profits. The company upgraded the automation systems that control operations throughout this facility. This has been necessitated by the increase in volume of information that must be handled. The modernization of their process control system is the key pillar to their success. The results ensure their stakeholders and customers alike receive the best service possible. Their future is predictable, adaptable and sustainable!
Chlor-Alkali Applications
Yokogawa helps manufacturers of chlor-alkali products such as chlorine, and sodium hydroxide, through the electrolysis of sodium chloride use automation solutions that enable plant-wide integration and lifecycle optimization. Here is a quick list of applications for which Yokogawa has a global network of experts at your service, providing comprehensive automation solutions for the chlor-alkali process to produce 3 main chemicals: chlorine, caustic soda and caustic potash.
Chlorine
- Construction (PVC windows, water pipes, flooring, roofing materials)
- Energy (batteries, solar panels, wind turbine blades)
- Food (crop protection, thickening agents)
- Health & personal care (bleaches, cosmetics, detergents, dental treatments/cements, deodorants, dry cleaning, textiles)
- Home Care (paints, adhesives, refrigerants)
- Paper (inks, coatings, pulp)
- Pharmaceuticals (cancer treatment)
- Safety (water treatment)
- Sport (exercise equipment, clothing)
- Technology (circuit boards, fiber-optics, semiconductors, smartphones)
- Transportation (car parts, brake fluid, anti-freeze)
Caustic soda
- Construction (carbon fiber, mining, metal plating)
- Energy (oil refining, wind turbines)
- Health & personal care (soaps, toothbrushes, anticoagulants, shampoo, vitamins)
- Household (cooking equipment, foils, doors and windows)
- Sport (bicycles, tennis rackets, sails)
Caustic potash
- Agriculture (fertilizer)
- Energy (batteries)
- Food (additives, wine, chocolate)
- Industry (steel foundry, rubber, titanium dioxide, fire suppressant, welding)
- Transport (de-icing fluid)
Resources
ADMAG AXG Magnetic Flowmeter Helps to Optimize Production Throughput and Reduce Energy Consumption in Chlor-Alkali Plant
Boosting efficiency in Chlor-Alkali Plants with the ADMAG Magnetic Flowmeter provides accurate, stable flow measurement for Brine and Caustic in Chlor-Alkali electrolyzer cells, improving production efficiency and reducing energy consumption.
Optimizing the maintenance cycle is not always straightforward. In some cases, cleaning once a week is sufficient and other processes may require every 8 hours.
Select the correct pH glass and reference type to improve your pH sensor lifetime and you can limit or even eliminate the effects of temperature and pressure on especially the reference sensor.
Kind of. Calibration itself will not extend the life of a sensor, however, a sensor that is not calibrated properly can cause unreliable measurements - that are often misdiagnosed leading to unnecessary replacements.
Learning these four lessons will help you improve your engineering skills and most importantly extend the life of your pH sensors.
The lifetime of a pH sensor has a significant impact on the overall annual costs of a pH measuring loop. Optimizing four key factors will decrease these costs and optimize process control and overall plant efficiency.
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- Chemical Industry Solutions (986 KB)
- Success Story Collection Chemical (Base Chemical, Fertilizer, Petrochemical) (7.6 MB)
- Electrolysis Solutions: Instrumentation Solutions for Electrolysis Plant Applications (841 KB)
- Pre-Engineered Solutions for Moisture in Chlorine (650 KB)
- Yokogawa Corporation of America Corporate Overview - Products & Solutions (3.5 MB)
- Solutions for the Chemical Operations Executive (1.2 MB)
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ROTAMASS is the integral and remote type Coriolis Mass Flow Meter. Both types have highly refined digital signal processing electronics, so that accurate and stable mass flow measurement is achieved.
It is the most technologically advanced mass flow meter yet. By combining the superior design of the application specific flow sensor and transmitters with the Total Insight philosophy and functionality, the flexibility of the ROTAMASS to adapt to changing requirements guarantees performance throughout the lifecycle of the process measurement.
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