PILOT UNITS &
PRODUCTION FACILITIES
APPLIED
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT [top]
ELECTROCHEM
TECHNOLOGIES & MATERIALS INC. invents, develops, scales-up and
commercializes
proprietary
electrochemical technologies and manufacture industrial electrode
materials that are
innovative and sustainable. Our
targeted
global
markets are the mining, mineral processing, metallurgical and chemical
industries with a particular focus on recycling, remediation,
regeneration and
treatment of mining residues, spent acids, pregnant leach solutions
(PLS), end-of-life (EoL) materials, metallurgical wastes, and
industrial by-products.
- INDUSTRIAL
ELECTROCHEMISTRY - ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSES - ELECTRODE MATERIALS -
ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENT OF EFFLUENTS
- HYDROMETALLURGY
- ELECTROMETALLURGY - PYROMETALLURGY
- IONIC
LIQUIDS - MOLTEN SALTS -
HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESSES - PYROCHEMISTRY
- RECYCLING
- ACID REGENERATION - METALS RECOVERY
- MATERIALS
PROCESSING - MATERIALS SELECTION - CORROSION
- POWER
SOURCES - BATTERIES - FUEL CELLS
EXPERIMENTAL,
SCOPING TESTS, SCALE-UP COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION [top]
We also provide professional services performed
in our fully
equipped aboratory, that
include
experimental test work,
laboratory-scale
research on our patented hydro-, electro-, or pyrometallurgical and
chemical
processes or
adaptation of existing
chemical or metallurgical technologies to address new industrial
situations and market
transformations, followed by mini-pilot plant demonstration,
preliminary
engineering, and preliminary cost and benefits analysis.
- LABORATORY
TESTING - BENCHMARKING
- MINI-PILOT
TESTING
- PROTOTYPING
-
DEMONSTRATION
PLANTS - PILOT PLANTS
- SCIENTIFIC
&
TECHNICAL SUPPORT DURING SCALE-UP
- COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION
OF VANADIUM, NIOBIUM, TANTALUM, TUNGSTEN and CESIUM CHEMICALS
SOURCING
OF
STRATEGIC METALS & RAW MATERIALS [top]
Because
of our
extensive knowledge of materials and metals and in collaboration with established brokers
we provide support for the sourcing of strategic
raw materials and metals
worldwide.These
strategic metals are listed hereafter:
- LITHIUM
(SPODUMENE &
BRINES) - CESIUM (POLLUCITE) - VANADIUM - NIOBIUM (COLUMBIUM)
- TANTALUM
- TUNGSTEN
(WOLFRAM)
- RHENIUM
- RARE
EARTHS
ELEMENTS (SCANDIUM, YTTRIUM & LANTHANIDES)
TECHNOLOGY
ASSESSMENT, PLANT
AUDITING & DUE DILIGENCE [top]
Based
on our
comprehensive network of contacts and collaborations in the mining,
metallurgical and chemical industries, we help our clients to identify
sound business opportunities and/or potential acquisitions worldwide,
the following type
of industries are specifically targeted:
- MINERAL
PROCESSING PLANTS
- METALLURGICAL
PLANTS
- CHEMICAL
PROCESSING PLANTS
- ELECTROCHEMICAL
PLANTS
- MATERIALS
PROCESSING PLANTS
MARKET
ANALYSIS, PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
& REPORTS [top]
We
have also
developed over the years strong scientific and technical knowledge and
market intelligence in
minerals, metals, advanced materials, and specialty inorganic
chemicals.
Upon
request, we publish in-depth research reports and
conduct client-sponsored research and in-depth technology and process
evaluations. Reports for our clients remain strictly confidential.
Such reports comprise for instance: (1) Comprehensive scientific and
technical reviews of existing technologies. (2) Detailed
descriptions
of current commercial manufacturing processes. (3) Descriptions of industry
production
trends,
major producer
locations and nameplate capacities. (4)
Detailed supply
and demand analysis of
current markets for industrial minerals, metals, advanced materials,
chemicals or group of chemicals. Finally, (5) detailed evaluation of
the size and nature of
specific end-use markets and trends.
- BUSINESS
PLANS
- MARKET
ANALYSIS
- TECHNICAL
& ECONOMICAL FEASIBILITY (CAPEX, OPEX, Financial &
Sensitivity Analysis, Risk Analysis)
- IN-DEPTH
TECHNICAL & MARKET REPORTS
- SECURING
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY & PATENTS
ELECTROCHEMICAL
&
METALLURGICAL LABORATORY
[top]
Please
find below the list of laboratory equipments that are currently
available in our chemical and metallurgical
laboratory fully equipped with fume hoods, work benches, chemical
storage cabinets and all the regulatory safety equipments:
ELECTROCHEMICAL
PROCESSES & ELECTROMETALLURGY
- ELECTROCHEMICAL
PILOT PLANT UNIT (SCALE: 1/50) WITH UP TO 2.0 m2 OF CATHODE SURFACE AREA
- RECTANGULAR,
CYLINDRICAL & FILTER PRESS LAB & PROTOTYPE
ELECTROLYZERS WITH
OR WITHOUT
SEPARATORS
- ELECTROLYTE
CAPACITY
FROM 250 ML UP TO 100 LITERS
- TOTAL
ELECTRODE
SURFACE AREA
FROM 11 SQUARE
INCHES (71 cm2)
UP TO 16 SQUARE FEET (1.486 m2)
- SUITABLE
FOR ACIDIC
& ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES FROM ROOM TEMPERATURE UP TO 110°C
- PROTOTYPE
ELECTROLYZERS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL REMEDIATION OF EFFLUENTS,
ELECTRO-OXIDATION, ELECTRO-COAGULATION, & ELECTRO-FLOTATION
(BATCH
MODE WITH RECIRCULATION or CSTR)
- COMPLETE
ELECTROCHEMICAL UNITS FOR PRE-PILOTING WITH A TOTAL CATHODE
SURFACE AREA UP
TO FIFTY
SQUARE FEET (4.645 m2) &
WITH ELECTROLYTE HOLDING TANKS, PUMPS, HEAT EXCHANGERS & FILTERS
- ANODES
MATERIALS
(PLATINUM, MMOs, PbO2,
MnO2,
SnO2,
PtOx, ADVANCED
CERAMICS, EBONEX, GRAPHITE, NICKEL, LEAD, TIN, IRON)
- CATHODE
MATERIALS
(PLATINUM, TITANIUM, ZIRCONIUM, HAFNIUM, NIOBIUM, TANTALUM, MOLYBDENUM,
TUNGSTEN, MILD STEEL,
STAINLESS STEELS, DUPLEX STEELS, ALUMINUM, NICKEL,
COPPER, ZINC, LEAD, GRAPHITE) (PLATES, TUBES, RODS, WIRES, MESHES)
- REFERENCE
ELECTRODES
(HYDROGEN GAS ELECTRODE (NHE), SILVER CHLORIDE (SSCE), CALOMEL (SCE),
MERCUROUS SULFATE (SMSE &SSME), MERCURIC OXIDE (MOE))
- SEPARATORS,
ANIONS
& CATIONS
EXCHANGE MEMBRANES
- ANIONS
& CATIONS
EXCHANGE RESINS & CHELATING RESINS
- MASTERFLEX
LS PERISTALTIC PUMPS & CELL MANIFOLDING
- AIR-OPERATED
DIAPHRAGM PUMPS UP TO 10 GPM
- IMMERSED
QUARTZ &
PTFE HEATERS & MAGNETIC STIRRERS & ELECTROLYTE STORAGE
&
HOLDING TANKS
- DC
POWER SUPPLIES
FROM 18 VOLTS & 24 AMPS UP TO 20 VOLTS & 1000 AMPS, AC
POWER
SUPPLY FOR REVERSALS
- FLUKE
CLAMP AMMETER,
VOLTMETER, HIGH IMPEDANCE VOLTMETERS, OSCILLOSCOPES &
MAGNETOMETERS
WET
INORGANIC
CHEMISTRY & HYDROMETALLURGY
- LABORATORY
GLASSWARE
& QUARTZWARE & PTFE-WARE (FOR HF DIGESTION &
DISTILLATION)
- DIETRICH
FRULING
& BERNARD CALCIMETERS
- KIPP
APPARATUS, ORSAT
& GAS BURETTES
- SOXHLET
EXTRACTORS & JONES REDUCTORS
- KJELDAHL
DIGESTION
APPARATUS
- PFA
& PP ACID GAS
ABSORPTION COLUMNS WITH INTERNAL PACKINGS FOR ACID REGENERATION
- 4 x 20-L
COUNTER-CURRENT
BATCH MULTIPLE CONTACTS & CASCADE ATMOSPHERIC LEACHING REACTORS WITH
HEATING MANTLES & HIGH SPEED IMPELLERS
- 15-GALLON
(56L) CORROSION RESISTANT PTFE LINED & FLANGED REACTORS
WITH EXTERNAL OR
INTERNAL HEATING WITH MAXIMUM OPERATING TEMPERATURE OF 500°F (260°C)
- 60-L
SULFATION DIGESTER UNIT FOR PERFORMING SULFURIC ACID DIGESTION
& HOT SULFURIC ACID LEACHING
- 4 x
25-L
QUARTZ BATCH DIGESTER UNIT FOR PERFORMING HIGH TEMPERATURE
SULFATION ROASTING OF LITHIUM AND CESIUM CONCENTRATES (SPODUMENE,
LEPIDOLITE, POLLUCITE)
- LITHIUM
& CESIUM SALTS RECOVERY UNIT
- ISOPERIBOLIC
CALORIMETERS FOR MEASURING ENTHALPIES OF DILUTIONS
- CERAMIC
HOT PLATES
WITH STIRRER & SUPPORTS
- HPAL
AUTOCLAVES
& PARR
ACID DIGESTION
BOMBS 23 mL, 125 mL & 200 mL WITH PTFE CUPS
- 1-GALLON
PFA REACTOR
- MODERATE
PRESSURE
AUTOCLAVE (5,000 mL) FOR HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS
- ION
EXCHANGE (IX) COLUMNS, pH-GRADIENT ELUTION CHROMATOGRAPHY &
SOLVENT
EXTRACTION (SX)
- H.TROEMNER
MOHR-WESTPHAL
BALANCE, PYCNOMETER, HYDROMETERS, VISCOSIMETERS
- HIGH
PRECISION
pH & ORP METER WITH ATC PROBES
- CONDUCTIVITY
METER
ACCUMET 30 AND Pt-PROBES WITH 0.1, 1.0 and 10 CM-1
CELL
CONSTANTS
- ELECTRODELESS
CONDUCTIVITY METER WITH TOROIDAL PROBE (FROM 10 TO 2000 mS/cm)
- SPECTROPHOTOMETERS
UV/VIS 195nm-1000 nm WAVELENGTH WITH 10-mm QUARTZ CELLS
- ABBÉ
PRECISION
REFRACTOMETER & HAND REFRACTOMETERS
HIGH
TEMPERATURE
PROCESSING, MOLTEN SALTS & PYROMETALLURGY
- OVEN
& HIGH
TEMPERATURE FURNACES & KILNS UP TO 5 CU. FT. CAPACITY &
5.5 kW
ACTIVE POWER
- SMALL DC/AC
ELECTRIC
ARC FURNACES (15 kVA) WITH GRAPHITE ANODES & REFRACTORY LINING
- SMALL
ALUMINOTHERMIC
VESSELS
- PROTOTYPE
MOLTEN
SALTS ELECTROLYZER MADE OF HEAT & CORROSION RESISTANT METALS
&
ALLOYS WITH CAPACITY OF 5 KILOGRAMS PER DAY
- LABORATORY
&
PROTOTYPE VACUUM
RETORTING UNIT
- BUNSEN
& MECKER
BURNERS (BUTANE & PROPANE)
- METAL
CRUCIBLES
(CAST IRON, ARMCO IRON, NICKEL, ZIRCONIUM, NIOBIUM, TANTALUM,
MOLYBDENUM,
TUNGSTEN, PLATINUM, GOLD) WITH CAPACITIES RANGING FROM 25 mL UP TO
5,000 mL
- CERAMIC
CRUCIBLES
(VITREOUS CARBON, GRAPHITE, PLUMBAGO, ALUMINA, ALUNDUM, VYCOR, QUARTZ,
STABILIZED ZIRCONIA,
YTTRIA, MAGNESIA, CALCIA) WITH
CAPACITIES
RANGING FROM 25 mL UP TO 1,000 mL
- HIGH VACUUM
ENCLOSURES WITH TWO-STAGE VACUUM PUMPS WITH KF-FITTINGS, VALVES, COLD
TRAPS & PIRANI GAUGE & PROBES
- HIGH
PRESSURE VESSELS
WITH COMPRESSION FITTINGS & VALVES PRESSURES UP TO 1,900 PSIG
- LARGE
& STURDY
COUNTING SCALE (0.1 g) UP TO 6,000 GRAMS
- THERMOCOUPLES
(K, B,
& C) & PYROMETERS & SEGERS PYROMETRIC CONES
- SANDBLASTING
UNITS
& ACID & ALKALINE PP, PVDF & HDPE PICKLING TANKS
APPLIED MINERALOGY
& MINERAL DRESSING & PROSPECTING
- SHORT
& LONG
WAVES UV LAMPS
- OPTICAL
& POLARIZING MICROSCOPE(S) WITH KOHLER ILLUMINATION,
AMICI-BERTRAND
LENSES, QUARTZ WEDGE, GYPSUM LAMBDA-PLATE (SENSITIVE TINT), MICA
QUARTER-LAMBDA PLATE, FEDOROV UNIVERSAL STAGE
- STEREOSCOPES
WITH DARK FIELD ILLUMINATION
- ESTWING
HAMMERS & PICS, CHISELS
- FIBER
OPTIC
ILLUMINATOR, SPECTROSCOPES,
ABBE'S REFRACTOMETERS
- SAMPLE
PREPARATION,
AGATE & CORUNDUM MORTAR & PESTLE, RARE EARTH HAND MAGNET
- STANDARD
SIEVES
(US & TYLER SERIES)
- HEAVY
MEDIA SEPARATION (HMS) &
GRAVITY SEPARATION EQUIPMENT & HEAVY LIQUIDS [SODIUM
METATUNGSTATE,
LITHIUM METATUNGSTATE, CESIUM TUNGSTATE (Cs2WO4),
DIIODOMETHANE (METHYLENE IODIDE)]
- PYCNOMETER
FOR SOLIDS
& LIQUIDS
- RADIATION
DETECTORS,
DOSIMETERS &
GEIGER COUNTER
- MINERAL
CONDUCTIVITY
METER & MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY METER
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