| Borax Extraction by Utilizing Geothermal Energy |
s. K. MEHTA, H. R. KHAJURIA, R. A. SAYANAM,
J. M. UPADHAYA AND S. P. KRISHNASWAMI
Pages : 5N-9N
DOI : 10.1080/0371750X.1976.10840854 |
| Abstract |
| Borax-one of the versatile chemicals-is being increasingly
used in the glass and ceramic industries. The requirement
of our country of this important chemical is met
entirely from imports. Puga Valley of Ladakh (Jammu
and Kashmir State) is the only place in this country where
it occurs as an incrustation product of thermal springs.
In collaboration with the Geological Survey of India,
studies were carried out by this laboratory on the utilization
of geothermal energy for refining crude borax ore.
The present paper embodies results and data obtained
from the above studies, based on which a plant having a
capacity of 1 ton per day to process crude borax from
available deposits was designed and commissioned at Puga. |
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