FhG ICT – Chemical/Physical separations

Fraunhofer ICT offers a wide range of equipment for physical/chemical downstream processing. Available equipment for crystallisation are deep-temperature crystallisation up to 1 dm³, from – 90 °C to 200 °C and double-walled 10dm³ crystalliser from 0 °C up to 200 °C.

Distillation equipment includes continuous high-temperature vacuum rectification up to 350 °C, 5 dm³ container, up to 2 kg/h, min 1 mbar(a), 2 x 1 m Sulzer DX, evaporator surface 0.07 m². Batch rectification, up to 150 °C, min. 2 mbar(a), 0.85 m Sulzer EX.

Examples of equipment for evaporation includes continuous short-path evaporator, up to 350 °C, min 0.001 mbar(a), up to 1.5 kg/h, evaporator surface 5 dm². Semi-continuous rotary evaporator, 20 dm³, up to 170 °C, 8 mbar(a), two condensers.

Extraction equipment includes continuous agitated liquid-liquid extractor, up to 10 dm³/h, 1 m, DN30, 34 stirring cells. Continous Multi-stage mixer-settler, 3 x 0.25 dm³ chamber volume, from °C 0 to 150 °C, up to 10 dm³/h. Continuous super-critical CO₂ extraction, pressures up to 500 bar, max 300 °C, 0.5 dm³/h. Super-critical CO₂ mini plant, 2 x 5 dm³ extractors, 2 dm³ column, max 350 bar, up to 100 °C, CO₂ throughput max. 10 kg/h, also suitable for reactive extraction. Batch extractor up 10 dm³, from -90 °C up to 200 °C.