Pilot plant for highly viscous applications
When developing processes for highly viscous materials, achieving accurate mixing, degassing, and solvent recovery under safe conditions is a significant challenge.
Optimize mixing and mass transfer processes
The EKATO Pilot Plant ELA 50 is designed for process development on a 50-liter scale, especially for high-viscosity materials. Featuring a reactor equipped with a coaxial agitator system, this plant allows the operation of both central and close-to-the-wall impellers. The plant includes a vacuum station for efficient degassing and solvent recovery. Installed in an EX-proof area, it is suitable for flammable liquids and operates under well-defined fluid dynamic conditions. It supports a range of processes including batch or semi-batch, single or multiphase, suspension, dispersion, and solvent evaporation. The plant optimizes conditions to minimize mixing times, maximize mass transfer, provide efficient solids suspension, and increase heat transfer.
Benefits
- Handles a wide range of viscosities up to 1,000 Pa·s
- EX-proof design ensures safety with flammable liquids
- Versatile process applications including suspension and dispersion
- Advanced vacuum station for effective degassing and solvent recovery
- Supports temperatures from 20 to 200°C and pressures up to 4 bar