| Membrane distillation plant | Plant for desalination of (sea) water by means of membrane distillation in direct contact or permeate gap operation.
Capacity: ~ 1 m³ distillate per day
max. temperature: 90°C
max. pressure loss at the module: 0,9 bar
heating capacity: 12 kW |
| Circular fixed-bed reactor | Plant suitable for enzymatic fixed-bed catalysis (esterification, hydrolysis) with single-phase reactor flow
Max. reference quantity: 5000 mL
Max. reaction temperature: 70 °C
Reactor length: 82 to 280 mm
Max. reactor throughput: 1000 mL/min
Max. centrifuge throughput: 8000 mL/min |
| Cascade reactor with extractive centrifuge | Multienzymatic reaction cascades in multiphase systems with extractive centrifugation for reaction-integrated intermediate extraction.
Max. reaction temperature: 70 °C
Length fixed bed reactor: 82 to 280 mm
Max. reactor throughput: 1000 mL/min
Max. centrifuge speed: 6000 rpm
Max. centrifuge throughput: 2000 mL/min |
| Milli-plate reactor | VPilot plant for the characterisation of the ART plate reactor of Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik BTS
Four different millisection plates for continuous production processes with different throughputs
specifications:
Length of the process channel: 3 m per panel
Process channel volume: 3.5 mL to 47.7 mL
Typical volume flows: 15 g/min to 100 g/min
Measurement technology:
Per plate 8 thermocouples in the process channel, pressure and mass flow meter, optional conductivity measurement |
| Pressure loss measuring stand | Pilot plant for measuring the dry and sprinkled pressure drop of column internals.
Inner diameter: 54mm
Packing bed height: max. 1m
Gas load (F-factor): 2.5 √Pa
Liquid loading: 80 √(m^3/(m^2 h))
Measuring accuracy: 0,1mbar |
| Reactive dividing wall column | Partition wall column for conventional and reactive continuous research
Plant characteristics:
plant height: 11m
Diameter: DN 65/50
Pressure range: 10 to 1000 mbar
Sump temperature: up to approx. 170°C
Supply flows: max. 6 and 10 kg/h
Heat output: up to 4 kW
Plant installations:
Packings in the separation area: Montz B1-500
Packings in the reactive area: Sulzer Katapak-SP laboratory
Measurement technology:
Process control system: WinErs (engineering office Dr.-Ing. Schoop)
Temperature measuring points: 33
Mass flow measuring points: 6
Liquid measuring points:2
Pressure measuring points:3
Differential pressure measuring points:2 |
| Packed column DN 60 | Plant for the preparation of product samples in the
Kilogram range.
Package: 2 x 750 mm Sulzer CY
Pressure range: < 1 mbar to 350 mbar
max. sump temperature: ~ 250°C
max. feed volume: ~ 3000 ml |
| Miniature distillation system | Plant for the purification of very small samples
Package: ~ 400 mm Montz A3-1900
Pressure range: < 1 mbar to ambient pressure
max. sump temperature: 250°C
max. feed volume: 150 ml |
Rotary evaporator
(Büchi Rotavapor R-215) | Plant for gentle distillation of e.g. natural substances or solvent recovery.
Sump temperature: up to 180°C
Feed volume: 50 - 4000 mL possible
Pressure range: approx. 11mbar to ambient pressure |
High Pressure Reactor
(Parr) | Facility for carrying out experiments at elevated pressure and temperature on a millilitre scale.
max. temperature: 350°C
max. pressure: 200 bar
Reactor volume: 300 ml
Material: T316 |
Centrifuge
(Carl Padberg Zentrifugenbau GmbH, Z41) | Centrifuge for the continuous separation of organic and aqueous phases
Nominal capacity of the rotor: 2L
Permissible filling quantity: 4kg
Speed: 20.000 min-1 |
