During process development, existing or new proposed process concepts often have to be validated in laboratory or pilot tests. In this regard, we offer testing services in our state-of-the-art test centers for all kinds of separation process evaluation tests.
The test results are summarized in a report. This report then forms the basis for the subsequent engineering work and for the proposed process solution for your separation task.
The first step in setting up a laboratory or pilot test is a preliminary simulation or estimation of the separation tasks. Depending on the required effort, we can provide this service as part of a study, or an engineering services project, or just together with the test. Following these tests, these simulations, or calculations, will be further improved based on the results of the trials, and will be used to support the design of the proposed unit for the separation task.
We can provide you with laboratory and pilot test work for all unit operations in our portfolio, for example:
Distillation
Absorption
Liquid-liquid extraction
Membrane processes including vapor permeation and pervaporation
Film evaporation technologies
Layer and suspension crystallization
Reactive distillation
All combinations of different technologies can be evaluated as hybrid process solutions with our test equipment, for example:
The combination of a distillation column with a membrane process
An extraction process followed by a distillation step to recycle the solvent
A distillation unit followed by a crystallization step for ultra-purification
As a customer, you are welcome to participate in these tests. The tests are normally conducted on the basis of real-life samples as supplied by our customers.
