BBEPP – Chemical/Physical separations

BBEPP has different glass lined, pressure proof (-1 to 9 bar) and corrosion resistant reactors (coupled to a condenser and vacuum pump) in an ATEX environment in-house. These multi-purpose vessels (5400, 1000, 500, 85 L volumes) can be used for anaerobic fermentations, (bio)chemical conversion or synthesis reactions, and  batch extractions. Continuous extraction is also feasible on a Karr column (6 L/h) for countercurrent liquid-liquid separations.

Evaporation capacity ranges from liter to ton scale: Falling film three effect evaporator (5 t/h of water), wiped film evaporators (2-150 kg/h), and spinning cone evaporator (50 kg/h). The largest unit can be coupled to a crystallization line which consists of a crystallizer of 4 m³, an inverted basket centrifuge, and a Louvre crystal dryer.

Various drying operations are also present: spray drying (3 kg/h), lyophilisation (15 kg/batch), sludge dryer, conical dryer, drying oven and a filter dryer. Finally, 4x800 L and 3x30 L columns are available for adsorption, ion-exchange or activated carbon treatment.