Last week LOTUS LINKS came up for a request from a follower regarding a chemical used in paper and packaging industry. Here is SODIUM SILICATE feasibility study for those interested.
SODIUM SILICATE
PRODUCT AND ITS USES
Sodium Silicate is a colourless compound of oxides of sodium and silica. It is soluble in water and has a range of chemical formula varying in sodium oxide (Na2O) and silicon dioxide or silica (SiO2) contents or ratios. Aqueous solution of sodium silicate is called water glass.
Sodium silicates are produced in the form of a variety of compounds by proportionating the reactants.
1) Na2O.1.6SiO2 to Na2O.4SiO2 are known Sodium Silicate as colloidal silicates. These are sold as 20% to 50% aqueous solutions called water glass.
2) Sodium metasilicate has the ratio of Na2O.SiO2 and is a definite crystalline compound, which forms various hydrates.
3) Substances having higher sodium oxide content are sodium squisilicate 1.5Na2O.SiO2 and sodium orthosilicate 2Na2O.SiO2.
4) The more alkaline silicates including sodium metasilicate (Na2O.SiO2) are crystalline materials with definite structures and characteristic properties. These are used chiefly as cleaners and detergents. The more siliceous sodium silicates are glasses, typical non-crystalline solid solutions, which are important mostly for their adhesive and binding properties.
MARKET POTENTIAL
It is soluble in water and it is prepared by reacting silica sand and sodium carbonate at a high temperature ranging from 1200 to 1400OC. Sodium silicate has variety of uses and has got ready demand in the market.
It is used in manufacturing silica gell, soaps, detergents, fire proofing compounds, as a preservative, cement binder. It also used as a fluxing material in welding electrodes, ceramics and metal pickling. Due to its variety of industrial applications, sodium silicate has good demand in the domestic market itself.
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Sodium carbonate and silica sand are the basic raw materials in sodium silicate manufacture. Depending on the end product requirement the ratios of raw materials varied. Measured quantities of raw materials mixed and charged into the melting furnace and reacted materials form a glass melt at elevated temperatures around 1325o C. The fused melt is collected in a stream from the furnace and fed continuously to cooling moulds on conveyor. The melt cools to a semi transparent solid.
Alternately the stream could be directly fed to the water making sodium silicate solution with steam. The solution thus obtained is clarified and adjusted to desired specific gravity (40Be is the popular one). Dry powdered sodium silicate is produced by solidifying the above liquid suiting the requirements of end product.
Final product is packed in drums/containers as per customer requirement. Drums should be properly marked with product name and Grade.
According to IS381 there are two grades of Sodium silicate (Neutral and Alkali) in both liquid and sold forms. Depending on the industrial use, quality standard needs to be maintained as per customer requirement.
PROJECT ESTIMATION
· Sodium silicate manufacturing is a continuous process. Hence the unit to run 3 shift a day and 25 days a month (300 days a year).
· Plant erection estimated considering the pollution requirements of 60ft chimney. Any local law applicable to be taken into consideration prior to plant implementation.
LAND & BUILDING
1500sq.m area with 500sq.m built up shed
MACHINERY &EQUIPMENT: 1T/hr Glass Tank Furnace; Boiler & accessories; Agitator; storage drums; balance; test kit
RAW-MATERIALS
100tons/month Soda Ash & 175tons/month Silica Sand;
UTILITIES
20kVA power connection; 10QMEC water supply; 8KL/day furnace oil
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Office establishment, material handling, transportation, plant maintenance.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
Estimated capital investment: approximately INR 98,44,000/-
COST OF PRODUCTION
Estimated Cost of production Per anum INR 25,69,1420/-
TURNOVER
Estimated sales income of 90T @ 33,000: INR2,85,00,000/-
PROFIT
Profit per anum INR 28,08,580/- & Net Profit Ratio 9.8%
RATE OF RETURNS : 28.53%
BREAK EVEN POINT : B.E.P 44.4%
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Sodium Silicate is a colourless compound of oxides of sodium and silica. It is soluble in water and has a range of chemical formula varying in sodium oxide (Na2O) and silicon dioxide or silica (SiO2) contents or ratios. Aqueous solution of sodium silicate is called water glass.
Sodium silicates are produced in the form of a variety of compounds by proportionating the reactants.
1) Na2O.1.6SiO2 to Na2O.4SiO2 are known Sodium Silicate as colloidal silicates. These are sold as 20% to 50% aqueous solutions called water glass.
2) Sodium metasilicate has the ratio of Na2O.SiO2 and is a definite crystalline compound, which forms various hydrates.
3) Substances having higher sodium oxide content are sodium squisilicate 1.5Na2O.SiO2 and sodium orthosilicate 2Na2O.SiO2.
4) The more alkaline silicates including sodium metasilicate (Na2O.SiO2) are crystalline materials with definite structures and characteristic properties. These are used chiefly as cleaners and detergents. The more siliceous sodium silicates are glasses, typical non-crystalline solid solutions, which are important mostly for their adhesive and binding properties.
MARKET POTENTIAL
It is soluble in water and it is prepared by reacting silica sand and sodium carbonate at a high temperature ranging from 1200 to 1400OC. Sodium silicate has variety of uses and has got ready demand in the market.
It is used in manufacturing silica gell, soaps, detergents, fire proofing compounds, as a preservative, cement binder. It also used as a fluxing material in welding electrodes, ceramics and metal pickling. Due to its variety of industrial applications, sodium silicate has good demand in the domestic market itself.
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Sodium carbonate and silica sand are the basic raw materials in sodium silicate manufacture. Depending on the end product requirement the ratios of raw materials varied. Measured quantities of raw materials mixed and charged into the melting furnace and reacted materials form a glass melt at elevated temperatures around 1325o C. The fused melt is collected in a stream from the furnace and fed continuously to cooling moulds on conveyor. The melt cools to a semi transparent solid.
Alternately the stream could be directly fed to the water making sodium silicate solution with steam. The solution thus obtained is clarified and adjusted to desired specific gravity (40Be is the popular one). Dry powdered sodium silicate is produced by solidifying the above liquid suiting the requirements of end product.
Final product is packed in drums/containers as per customer requirement. Drums should be properly marked with product name and Grade.
According to IS381 there are two grades of Sodium silicate (Neutral and Alkali) in both liquid and sold forms. Depending on the industrial use, quality standard needs to be maintained as per customer requirement.
PROJECT ESTIMATION
· Sodium silicate manufacturing is a continuous process. Hence the unit to run 3 shift a day and 25 days a month (300 days a year).
· Plant erection estimated considering the pollution requirements of 60ft chimney. Any local law applicable to be taken into consideration prior to plant implementation.
LAND & BUILDING
1500sq.m area with 500sq.m built up shed
MACHINERY &EQUIPMENT: 1T/hr Glass Tank Furnace; Boiler & accessories; Agitator; storage drums; balance; test kit
RAW-MATERIALS
100tons/month Soda Ash & 175tons/month Silica Sand;
UTILITIES
20kVA power connection; 10QMEC water supply; 8KL/day furnace oil
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Office establishment, material handling, transportation, plant maintenance.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
Estimated capital investment: approximately INR 98,44,000/-
COST OF PRODUCTION
Estimated Cost of production Per anum INR 25,69,1420/-
TURNOVER
Estimated sales income of 90T @ 33,000: INR2,85,00,000/-
PROFIT
Profit per anum INR 28,08,580/- & Net Profit Ratio 9.8%
RATE OF RETURNS : 28.53%
BREAK EVEN POINT : B.E.P 44.4%
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6 comments:
I hope to start manufacturing of Sodium silicates for our our requirement. it is 100MT per month. Please let me know the best plant for my needs
Best regards
Shelton De Planning Manager
Royal Ceramics Lanka Limited
Sri Lanka.
E-mail: shelton.ranasinghe@rcl.lk
Sir I have a quarry that can we open a manufactureing plant for small quantity. 10MT per month.
Damdoar Garg
E-Mail: damugarg1986@gmail.com
which coThanks for your information. Keep on updating, it will useful for others also. If u wanna more information click on Sodium Silicate, Sodium Silicate Singapore
I hope to start manufacturing of Sodium silicates for our requirement. it is 10 T per day. Please let me know the best plant for my needs
Best regards
Ragaiy Medhat
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ragaiymedhat10@gmail.com
If your desired product of liquid sodium silicate don't need high clarity and for your own consumption only, Dissolver (Pressure Vessel) only can produce concentrated liquid product, If you have no source of steam, electric heater is an alternative, cause 0.20 kg steam per kg. product or less than 1 kw of electricity per kg of liquid product. You can buy solid sodium silicate as your raw materials. Minimal capital investment and simple process operation. Some user of liquid sodium silicate here in Philippines have their own process for their own consumption and sell the excess of their output.
Hi, I want to start a solid sodium silicate plant. Alkaline glass form of sodium silicate. 20T per day production.so please give me some information regarding this like quantity required for raw materials. and what are the machinery for that.
Regards,
Amrat Prajapati
amarprajapati09@gmail.com
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