Which chemical companies or chemical production facilities require large amounts of circulating water?
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In the case of recycled water, it is generally used for cooling purposes, and the equipment in question is usually a heat exchanger. Large-scale chemical plants consume a significant amount of water; please provide more details
Is a sugar factory considered a chemical plant? If so, it requires a large amount of water for cooling
The largest estimate would probably be for boiler water. Sugar mills basically use water for cooling steam, so the amount required isn’t very large
Boilers don’t use circulating water, right? The quality of circulating water isn’t that good
In the case of power plants, the larger the units, the higher the boiler pressure and gas production volume. The amount of water required for cooling also increases. The water circulation volume in thermal power plants is very large. Additionally, steel mills consume a large amount of water, and there are various types of cooling systems, such as turbid ring and clean ring systems. Each system also has different requirements for the agents. However, due to the poor profitability of steel mills in recent years, many of them have stopped operating, resulting in a significant reduction in water consumption.
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The chemical plants that require a large amount of water for circulation are likely those producing ethylene; with a monthly production of 70,000 tons of ethylene, the amount of water needed for circulation is around 46.5 million tons, resulting in an average consumption of 600–650 tons of water per ton of ethylene produced.