Belzona® Keeps Chemicals Contained

Industry:

Pulp & Paper (PLPR)

Application:

Tanks and Chemical Containment Areas (TCC)

Customer Location:

Pulp and paper mill in Mississippi, USA

Application Date:

1995

Application Situation:

Chemical containment floor of a sulfuric acid mixing station.

Problem:

Sodium sulfate as well as some sulfuric acid is used to control the pH as well as sulfur content in the cooking liquor. This sulfuric acid mixing sta-tion suffered from acid deterioration and actually contaminated the paper making stock below.

Products:

Belzona® 4311 (Magma CR1)

Substrate:

Concrete

Application Method:

The application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet TCC-15. After pressure washing and neutralizing the containment area with soda ash, two coats of Belzona® 4311 (Magma CR1) was applied by brush and roller.

Belzona Facts:

The mill needed a coating material that would stand a variety of concen-trations of sulfuric acid up to 98%.

Photographs Description

1. Deteriorated sulfuric acid mixing station floor
2. First coat of Belzona® 4311 (Magma CR1)
3. Finished application