Trona Ore Research Articles

Simulation of an industrial rotary calciner with trona ore decomposition

L'algorithme permet de simuler les distributions de temperature dans le calcinateur utilise pour la production de carbonate de sodium

Kinetic study of the dissolution of calcined trona ore in aqueous solutions

In the chemical reaction control regime employed in the laboratory dissolution experiments, calcined trona ore dissolves in aqueous solutions according to a first order, irreversible reaction rate. The study showed that the reaction is first order with respect to solution Na2CO3 concentration. The activation energy was determined to be 20.233 kJ/g · mol with a rate constant equal to 1235 mm/s (2917 in. per min). The dissolving particle may be described by shrinking particle behavior.