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General Chemical's GCH Hydrator™ System is an economical way to unload dry soda ash and form a soda ash solution without dusting, at low noise and using little labor. The hydrator, when combined with our large railcar fleet, enables General Chemical to ship dry soda ash to any location and dissolve it rapidly on-site to liquid or slurry form.

The GCH Hydrator™ System has four major components: an eductor (or jet pump), a cone-shaped mixer, a 3-in. flexible vacuum hose with an aluminum nozzle, and a universal pan specially designed to fit under any railroad hopper car used for soda ash delivery.

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How it works

The hydrator draws soda ash into the mixing chamber using Bernoulli's principle, i.e., the increase in speed of flow of the motive fluid (solution or water) through the eductor jet causes a decrease in pressure (or suction). This makes the unit easy to use, since it seeks its own equilibrium (or steady state) under all operating conditions and no adjustments are needed during operation.

A centrifugal pump draws solution from a plant's liquid storage tank and pumps it through the eductor, creating a vacuum at the base of the cone-shaped mixer. The vacuum hose draws soda ash from the pan beneath the railcar and feeds it into the top of the mixer. Here it is mixed, or slurried, with the soda ash solution and transferred back to the storage tank through the eductor discharge.

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Efficient, Effective... and Fast

Depending on the temperature and density of the solution, as well as pump and pipe sizing, the hydrator dissolves 8 to 10 tons of soda ash per hour. The GCH Hydrator™ System is quiet and efficient compared to conventional unloading systems. There is little spillage, no plugging, and, since it generates little dust, no scrubbers are needed.
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