Applied Catalysts is offering Catalytic Reactor Units for process intensification of Catalytic processes using their proprietary ACMC® activated carbon monolith catalyst technology. These modular turn-key systems offer enhanced productivity, selectivity and lifetime for Hydrogenation and other catalytic chemistries. Chemistry that is not equilibrium limited can be converted … [Read more...]
Miniature Membrane Separators and Separating Organic Solvents
Introduction to Membrane Separators Zaiput Flow Technologies’ patented liquid‐liquid/liquid‐gas miniature membrane separators enable liquid extraction in flow chemistry‐based processes and provide a solution for typical batch‐based liquid extraction steps (i.e., slow settling time/separation of emulsions, elimination of the need to run batches at half capacity to … [Read more...]
Scaleup of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Plants
This article will discuss the scaleup of chemical and pharmaceutical plants. Introduction The blog will discuss only small continuous processes in the chemical industry and flow chemistry (continuous) processes in the pharmaceutical industries. COSTELLO gets involved when the laboratory chemistry has been completed and the client is ready to consider a continuous process. … [Read more...]
Esterification – Biodiesel Part 3
Overview Feedstocks with high Free Fatty Acids cannot go directly to transesterification; first you must go through the esterification process. This is because the transesterification catalyst sodium methylolate reacts with the free fatty acids and forms soap. Instead, esterification of the free fatty acids is accomplished in two catalyst beds in series, with solid … [Read more...]
Utilizing the Spinning Tube in a Tube® Reactor in Flow Chemistry
On July 31, 2018 our CEO, Mr. Rocky Costello, P.E., gave a presentation titled "Utilizing the Spinning Tube in a Tube® Reactor in Flow Chemistry" at the Annual Congress on Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology conference in Amsterdam. The subjects that Mr. Costello discussed include the following four topics: STT® Discovery Patented Technology Research … [Read more...]