Plant Equipment
 

 

REACTORS, Pressure Vessels

   All reactors are equipped with overhead

   condensers (316 ss or Hasteloy C) for

   stripping or reflux.

 

            Glassteel (Pfaudler) Standard Agitation

  

                4      1000 gallon       100 psi/FV, 125 psi/FV

                1        750 gallon       100 psi/FV

                4        500 gallon       100 psi/FV (3), 150 psi/FV (1)

                3        200 gallon         25 psi/FV, 75 psi/FV, 150 psi/FV

                2        100 gallon         25 psi/FV

                2          50 gallon         25 psi/FV

                2          30 gallon         25 psi/FV, 150 psi/FV

                1          20 gallon       150 psi/FV

 

            Inconel 600

 

                1        300 gallon        Variable speed agitation 950 psi, 550°F

 

EVAPORATORS, STILLS

 

                1      1 sq. ft. Rodney-Hunt wiped film evaporator 316 ss., glass condenser

                4      15 gallon glass stills, electrically heated, up to 10 microns vacuum,

                         various columns available

                1      72 Liter Glass still with 4" x 4' packed column and reflux splitter

 

UTILITIES

 

                2      60 HP  150 psi York-Shipley steam boilers

                1      200 ton   Cooling Tower

                1        80 ton   Air-Cooled Chiller

                Central Nitrogen System for inerting

 

CENTRIFUGES-Tolhurst, batch type, centerslung

 

                1      48"          316 ss, 2 speed

                2      40"          316 ss, variable speed (1), 2 speed (1)

                1      30"          Kynar coated 316 ss, 2 speed

                1      27"          304 ss, 2 speed

                1      20"          316ss,1500 g's

                2      12"          316 ss (1), Kynar coated (1)

 

DRYERS

 

                1      Pink ss vacuum tray dryer, 5 shelves

                1      20 cu. ft. Paul Abbe double cone vacuum dryer, 304 ss

                2      Stokes vacuum tray dryers, 45 sq. ft. each

                1      Forced hot air dryer, 720 sq. ft.

                1      High temperature (500°F) 20 sq. ft. atmospheric oven

 

CRYSTALLIZERS

 

                2      316 ss heavy duty scraped surface crystallizers

                1      25 gallon capacity for heavy solids load

 

VACUUM

 

              15      Separate systems

                6      20-80 mm abs. 250-500 CFM

                4      160 mm abs. Liquid ring vacuum pumps for low boiling solvents,

                        low level corrosives

                5      10 to 500 microns; Kinney vacuum pumps, 40 CFM to 400 CFM

 

AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT

  

In addition, the reactors are equipped with various accessories for distilling, reflux, and careful control of operating conditions. Numerous tanks, pumps, piping (stainless, glass, plastic), mixers and heat transfer systems (steam, brine, dry ice up to 200 gallon scale, hot oil) are  available.