Building -- Picture 1.  The building houses between one and two Beta acid recovery systems, plus related crystal conveyors and boilers. The floor is painted with an acid-impervious coating and pitched to a central drainway. Sump pumps under the drain return any spilled fluids to the tank farm for filtering and processing.
 

Tank Farm -- Picture 2.  The three large tanks contain spent acid. The spent acid is trucked to the plant and pumped into the storage tanks for settling of gross particles. The spent solution is then pumped to a Beta acid recovery system inside the building.

Two small tanks supply diesel fuel to the trucks and the boiler which is located inside the building. Two small tanks hold recovered acid and two hold various solutions, depending upon the production schedule.  In this example, they hold ferrous chloride liquid.
 

Inside the building -- Picture 3 shows Beta's largest Hydrochloric Acid Recovery System, the Model 150KL.  The two pictured here have a total processing capability of 300,000 liters of spent acid per day.

Our Model 150KL is equipped with a rectifier column which separates the water from the acid until the concentration reaches between 14 and 18% hydrochloric acid. The Model 150KL also uses a centrifuge to spin dry ferrous chloride slurry and a crystal conveyor to transport crystals outside to the crystal storage area.
 

Between the building and tank farm-- Picture 4.  The crystals are stored in one-ton bulk bags. They are marketable to the sewer and waste water treatment industries.

last updated April, 2003