Thermal Process Engineering

Reactor effluents contain not only the desired product but also by-products, auxiliary substances and unconverted raw material. The task is to purify the product from the reactor outlet stream to the required quality without considerable losses, to utilize other compounds and to remove by-products from the process.

For A&D AS Solutions Process Industries's customers in the basic chemistry sector, the design of the separation process is highly important. Even minor improvements to the process, such as energy savings through heat integration, a reduction in product losses through optimization of the separation sequence or an increase in operating time through reduction of impurities, add up to considerable savings because of the large product volumes in basic chemistry.

High-quality simulation is a great advantage in thermal separation. Mass and energy balances, even of complex processes, can be calculated, separation sequences optimized and particular items of equipment suitably designed. In many cases, potential for significant improvements has been identified by calculations such as this. The essential requirements are:

High-quality physical property data – and the experience to interpret calculation results correctly, avoid mistakes in equipment construction and find the optimum control concept.

Processes that have been optimized by simulation can finally be verified in laboratory-scale trials. A&D AS Solutions Process Industries can experimentally demonstrate all the important operations in thermal separation and link them to a whole process. Due to our system of project organization with milestones, customers are involved in all decisions. Our specialists give advice and ensure that you fully participate in a successful process development project.