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MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 62, 2016
2016 3rd International Conference on Chemical and Food Engineering
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Article Number | 02004 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | Food Sciences | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20166202004 | |
Published online | 28 June 2016 |
Purification of Food-grade Magnesium Chloride
Key Laboratory of Comprehensive and Highly Efficient Utilization of Salt Lake Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 810008, Xining Qinghai, China
a Corresponding author: zqliu@isl.ac.cn
The application of the varying weights of bischofite dissolved in the distilled water was investigated. The effects of the temperature on the rate of evaporation and the thermal precipitation time on the purity of the crystal products were fully investigated. Two validation tests including magnifying tests and recycling residue were also studied. Our results demonstrate that the contents of NaCl, KCl and CaSO4in the filtrate reached a minimum value after the pretreatment of 350 g bischofite dissolved in 100 mldistilled water. In the crystal products from the second evaporating stage of the validation tests, the contents of MgCl2·6H2O, SO4 and NaCl+KCl are 99%, ≤0.1±0.01%and ≤0.8±0.04%, respectively. The content of magnesium chloride in the solution was increased to a greater extent, and the impurities reduced correspondingly through thedissolution pretreatments of bischofite. This could decrease energy consumption for the impurity removing stage, evaporation and crystallization process, and thus reduce costs for the industrial production of food-grade magnesium chloride
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