* 1 Cast steel autoclave for fusing, to set in brick, closed top, agitator, self discharging, 32′′ inside diameter by 56′′ deep, 2′′ walls, weight 6,000 lbs. 1 Cauldron-plate for autoclave. 1 Brick setting for autoclave. 1 Dissolving tank with agitator, sheet steel and cast iron, 4 ft. diam. by 8 ft. deep, closed top, jacketed bottom. 1 Sheet steel, conical bottom separation tank, 5% ft. diam. by 12 ft. deep, with agitator, closed top, gauge glasses, air, acid and steam coils, weight 4,000 lbs. 2 Sets of 11⁄2" gauge glasses, each 3 ft. long, for separation tank. 1 Agitator for separation tank with T. & L. pulleys, gears, pillow blocks, etc. 2 Sheet steel blow-cases for liquid carbolic, 4" shell, 5/16" cover, 105 gal. each, syphon discharge, weight of each 150 lbs. 1 Square, lead lined, chamber acid mixing tank, 42' x 42' x 41⁄2', capacity 680 gal. 1 Cast iron blow-case for chamber acid, 105 gal., 2 ft. diam. inside by 42 ft. deep, weight 1,500 lbs. +* 1 Washer for carbolic, sheet steel, closed top, agitator, 318 gal., 3 ft. diam. by 6 ft. deep, air pressure discharge. 1 Separation cylinder, 3/16" sheet steel, closed top, reservoir and gauge-glass below, 245 gal., 20 in. diam. by 15 ft. long. 3 Cast iron, carbolic oil jacketed stills, 150 gal. capacity each, with heads and goose-necks, weight of each 6,000 lbs. 3 Twin tank condensers for carbolic stills, each tank jacketed, 12 sheet steel tanks in all. *+ 1 Oil heater for stills, either cast pot or sheet steel tank. 2 Oil burners. 1 Caustic solution, vapor recovery tank, sheet steel, 750 gal., 4 ft. diam. by 8 ft. deep, closed top. 1 Metal tank and agitator for disposing of calcium sulphate cake, closed top if fluid disposal is wanted. 1 Metal tank and agitator for handling calcium carbonate cake, closed top and for air, unless solid cake is handled instead. 1 Reynolds shop truck. 15 Galvanized stock cans to hold 100 lbs. each of dry material, with covers. Thermometers, gauges, valves and tools. Piping and installation labor. Total about $11,000.00 No Buildings, Power, Shafting, or Belts, are included in the above estimate, as it is only for the chemical apparatus, piping, fittings, and necessary labor of installing it. The total cost for the necessary apparatus and installing it, after making use of the economies indicated above, would be approximately $9,000, or a reduction of $1,500 to $2,000, if rigid economy in installation was practiced. All items marked thus can be provided for in several ways, among which are much cheaper means if they are required. Items marked thus can be eliminated entirely if it is necessary to curtail the expense materially. This indicates that a less number of the items can be used than mentioned if it is a case of imperative necessity. Specific Gravity of Solutions of Sodium Sulphate (Glauber's Salt) at 19° (Schiff). Percentage 0.441 1.0642 0.881 1.0683 1.323 1.0725 1.764 1.0766 2.205 1.0807 2.645 1.0849 6.615 1.1226 ONE-HALF TON SYNTHETIC PHENOL PLANT, ONE LEVEL PROCESS, FOR ONE-HALF TON IN TEN HOURS. To the cost of a quarter ton plant add: The same proportionate reduction in cost can be made in the half ton plant as is made in the quarter ton plant. Either the half ton or the quarter ton plants have a reserve capacity of 25% additional, when full capacity of each unit is utilized. Also two shifts of the entire apparatus can be run in 24 hours if necessary and thus double the production at any time, with the existing equipment. The cost of all the larger items enumerated above has advanced from 25% to 100% within the past 12 months and will probably advance still further, so that allowances should be made for these changes in figures as the year advances. One 1 story building is suitable for a quarter ton plant. The building should be 120 ft. long, 40 ft. wide, with inside walls 15 ft. high and with an attached boiler room 30x32 ft. This arrangement then allows of sufficient room to double the plant's capacity at any time by setting in the space allowed the necessary additional apparatus. |