Research Progress of Soda Production Process from Mirabilite
There are abundant reserves of mirabilite ore in the world,but mirabilite products are facing the dilemma of narrow application market and low added value.The comprehensive utilization of mirabilite has attracted extensive attention from researchers at home and abroad.At present,transforming mirabilite into high-value soda ash bulk raw materials is the best way to break the limitation of mirabilite consumption,and it can also solve the problems existing in soda industry.In this paper,the shortcomings of traditional industrial alkali production method were analyzed.Then,the research status,advantages and disadvantages of various methods for producing alkali from mirabilite(including Bululan method,solution double decomposition method,organic amine method and biological method)were summarized,and the future research trend was prospected.