High-value Resource Recycling

Calcium Fluoride Sludge → Synthetic Fluorite Powder → Electronic-Grade Hydrofluoric Acid

High-value Resource Recycling

Calcium Fluoride Sludge → Synthetic Fluorite Powder → Electronic-Grade Hydrofluoric Acid

Resource Recovery Circulation Pathway:

Semiconductor / PV Industry Wastewater → Calcium Fluoride Sludge

→ Synthetic Fluorite Powder → Electronic-Grade Hydrofluoric Acid → Fluorogypsum

Sludge → Synthetic Fluorite Powder

ACFP® Alkalinity-Regulated Calcium Fluoride Sludge Purification Process achieves calcium fluoride purity of ≥90%, high fluorine resource recovery, a particle size of 20–60 μm, diverse resource recovery applications, and low harmful impurities.

Through seed-induced crystallization, circulating fluidized-bed crystallization, and fractional crystallization, it removes fluoride from wastewater to compliance levels while extracting synthetic fluorite powder suitable for hydrofluoric acid production.

The fluoride-containing wastewater treatment process generates large amounts of fluoride-containing sludge. The sludge is of low quality and cannot be reasonably and effectively utilized, resulting in resource waste and environmental risks. Through innovation in O&M technologies, Water Healer refines synthetic fluorite powder, maximizing the conversion of waste into value and protecting non-renewable fluorite mineral resources.

China's annual mined fluorite output is 4.5 million tonnes. If fluorite were recovered from wastewater, primary ore mining could be reduced by 30%, delivering enormous economic and especially environmental value.

Synthetic Fluorite Powder → Electronic-Grade Hydrofluoric Acid

Electronic-grade hydrofluoric acid is mainly used in the PV and semiconductor industries. The industrial wastewater generated during its production is treated, and the resulting sludge is processed into synthetic fluorite powder, which is then regenerated into electronic-grade hydrofluoric acid and sold to PV and semiconductor companies. Through R&D and manufacturing, a pre-reactor suitable for hydrofluoric acid production has been developed, and the internal structure of the reactor has been optimized to improve reaction efficiency and lower the requirements for fluorite powder.

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    Conventional Production Process

    In the conventional anhydrous hydrofluoric acid production process, concentrated sulfuric acid and mineral fluorite powder are reacted in a rotary kiln with a diameter of 2.5–3.5 m. Conventional equipment cannot use synthetic fluorite powder to produce anhydrous hydrofluoric acid.

     

    Specialized Equipment Production Process

    Compared with conventional anhydrous hydrofluoric acid production facilities, the use of specialized equipment and processes for synthetic fluorite offers significant advantages:

    • Wider fluorite particle size range: 100–800 mesh

    • Larger anhydrous HF production facility scale: 45,000 t/a per production line

    • Lower density of recovered powder: bulk density < 0.9 mg/m³

Operation and Maintenance Solution

Electronic-Grade Hydrofluoric Acid → Fluorogypsum

The solid waste gypsum generated during production is used to prepare self-leveling gypsum with fast setting speed and high strength, which can perfectly replace and surpass cement-based self-leveling.

Gypsum-based self-leveling mortar is a dry-mixed mortar specially used for floor leveling, made from inorganic cementitious materials, special aggregates, and various high-performance additives through scientific proportioning, precise metering, and uniform mixing in a factory. This type of mortar can be directly mixed with water on site (mechanically or manually) into a self-leveling slurry. It can automatically level itself and is suitable for leveling indoor building floors, such as filling uneven surfaces, micro voids, and cracks in the floor.

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√ High Precision

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√ No Cracking

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√ Shorter Construction Period

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√ More Eco-Friendly

  • Novel Gypsum-Based Self-Leveling

  • Conventional Cement-Based Self-Leveling