Hydro & Electro Metallurgy» Facilities


Leaching Batch and continuous reactors/ Pressure reactors
Solid-Liquid Separation

Consists of thickeners, chamber filters, disc filters, vertical leaf filter, candle filters, three stage counter current decantation (CCD) units of laboratory as well as in pilot sizes

Solvent Extraction

Shake flask, AKUFVE for generating continuous distribution and kinetic data, Bench scale mixer-settle having throughput from 6 litre/hr. to 40 lit/hr, Pilot Solvent extraction facility to handle up to 200 litre/hr. aqueous throughput

Electrowinning

Rectifiers (AC-DC Convertor up to 2000A)

Electrolytic cells of different designs and sizes

Electrolytic microcells

Rotating disc electrode system

Potentiostats of different capacities ranging from 1A to 3A and

Scan generators with recorders

Testing of Hydrometallurgical Processes

Autoclave and bio-reactors of various capacities

Filtration Unit-Capacity 20 Kg. Dry, Filtration Unit-Capacity 1 Ton Dry

Solvent Extraction Unit for Continuous Operation – Capacity 6 Lit/hr. to 40 lit/hr.

Mixer-Settler-Capacity 200 lit/hr.

Bench Scale Copper electrowinning 10 lit/hr.

Prototype Electrolytic Cells

Closed Loop SX-EW Unit

Solid-Liquid Separation Unit

25 Stage Solvent Extraction

Activated Carbon columns & Candle Filter

Rotameters and Pumps

Electrolytic Cells-450 litres Capacity

Continuous distillation column

Analytical facilities XRD, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer(AAS), UV - Visible Spectrophotometer, Particle size analyzer, potentiostats, Charge-discharge units for battery grade materials