Solvent Recovery | Distillation Systems
Solvent Recovery / Distillation Systems are always designed tailor-made to enhance performance and reduce costs according to the customer’s requirements. Utilizing PROCESSOL engineering expertise, we help with Detail Design, (including evaluation for theoretical plates, energy required for desired separation and heat recovery.
- Distillation Column Selection and Column Sizing
- Distillation Column Heat recovery System Design
- Automation and Control of Distillation Systems
- Methanol / Ethanol / IPA / DMF / Ethyl Acetate + Water Distillation
- BTX Separation (Benzene+Toluene+Xylene)
- Butanol / Acetone + Water Azeotrope Distillation
- Batch / Continuous Distillation, Multi Effect Distillation
- High Vacuum / Short Path / Extraction / High Pressure Distillation
- Equipment Integration and Vendor selection support
TYPES OF DISTILLATION COLUMN
1. Batch / Continuous Distillation Systems:
Batch Distillation Systems:
Batch distillation is a frequently applied process in the Fine chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry since it can be used to treat mixtures of variable quantity and composition. In batch distillation, several cuts can be taken, which is especially useful when a multicomponent waste solvent mixture is processed, since the components of these mixtures often form azeotropes with each other.
Distillation on a single column with batch operation minimises the cost of the initial investment, while maintaining considerable flexibility according to the stream to be treated. This solution is applied frequently especially when there are low incoming solvent flow rates.
Continuous Distillation Systems:
Continuous Distillation is suitable for production with high solvent feed. Continuous operation provides the following advantages:
- Product consistency.
- Possibility of recovering energy from the various involved streams, less specific energy consumption.
2. High Vacuum / Short Path Distillation Systems:
High Vacuum Distillation Systems:
High Vacuum distillation is the ideal separation method for liquid mixtures with high boiling points, high boiling point difference for components in the mixture and that decompose when heated under atmospheric pressure.
Precisely controlling vacuum pressure is critical. Suitable agitator design and accurately controlling the vacuum allows for much higher selectivity in the distillation process.
Short Path Distillation Systems:
Efficient thermal separation with minimum product decomposition and maximum product quality are results you can expect using Agitated Thin Film - Short Path Distillation / Evaporation / Concentration / Separation. The Agitated Thin-Film process offers far superior performance to short path distillation.
Advantages
- Short residence time of the feed liquid.
- Significantly lowered temperature due to high vacuum capability.
- Customized control system