Lithium customer support

• Comprehensive knowledge of lithium process flow sheet options and the use of lime within these systems.
• Optimization of lime reagent utilization efficiency and performance in process flow sheets where lime is a key component.
• Laboratory testing that accurately replicates lime consumption in process reactions.
• Logistics optimization leveraging Lhoist’s extensive global network of approximately 100 production plants and terminals.

Laboratory replication of process reactions:

• Performance evaluation of various lime reagent options.
• Parameter assessment including utilization efficiency, target reaction conversion, and impurity dissolution.
• Process evaluation initially conducted in batch conditions, followed by verification in multi-stage continuous reactor processes.
   

Optimal reagent format:

• Laboratory support to determine the most effective form of Ca(OH)2​ and its properties for specific reactions.
   

Advice on equipment and operating parameters:

• Guidance on slaking and other parameters to ensure optimal Ca(OH)2​ product performance.
   

R&D and pilot plant trial support:

• Optimization and production of slaked lime slurries (milk of lime) utilizing customer-specific solutions predicated by process flow sheet modeling.
• Provision of optimized slaked lime slurry samples for hydrometallurgical pilot testing.