Laboratory and Pilot Systems
Wiped film and short path distillation units for laboratory use
With laboratory units, reliable conclusions about the feasibility of a separation process can be made by only using small product amounts. The set-up and design of the lab units VTA offers to customers is based on the experience gained in our own VTA test centre for years.
Features of laboratory units
| Feed rate | 20 g/h – 6 kg/h |
| Product wetted material | Borosilicate glass, stainless steel or other special materials |
| Max. heating temperature | 350 °C |
| Evaporator size | 0.01 up to 0.30 m² |
| Achieveable pressure in wiped film evaporator | < 0.1 mbar |
| Achieveable pressure in short path evaporator | 0.001 mbar |
Pilot Plants for Wiped Film and Short Path Applications
Main target is to generate scalable data and results during the pilot tests (with small sample quantities) to enable a later scale up to industrial systems. Furthermore these pilot systems can be used for distillation or drying of small product quantities.
Experience, gained by experiments with a variety of products in our own pilot plants, has influenced the design and continuously improves the quality and performance of the systems.
Pilot plants are used for:
- Generating the scalable data for industrial systems
- Producing certain sample quantities
- Optimization of existing processes
Technical features
- Plant sizes for feed rates of 5 kg/h up to 50 kg/h
- Evaporator sizes 0.06 m² up to 0.5 m²
- Heating of evaporator jacket up to 350 °C (hot oil)
- For temperatures > 350 °C inductive heating possible
- Achievable pressure down to 0.001 mbar (short path evaporator)
- Achievable pressure down to 0.1 mbar (wiped film evaporator)
- Small product hold up in pipes and vessels
- MOC stainless steel and special materials
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North American Representatives
Bob Schavey
4252 Rambling Rose Lane
Rock Hill, SC 29732
(803) 218-7975
Brad Miller
brad.miller@vta-process.de
(803) 227-4664
World Headquarters
VTA GmbH & Co., KG
Bernrieder Strasse 10
94559 Niederwinkling
Germany