Controlled Distillation Unit

Multiple interchangeable column options are available.
Item Number: 
OTP-DC
Chemical Engineering | Pignat

Pignat's Controlled Distillation Unit (OTP-DC) is an automated, controlled, continuous distillation pilot plant. This industrial-scale unit allows students to study unit operations, maintenance, and process supervision. Expertly-crafted glass components show fluids as they flow through the process. The column (6-in. diameter) can be fed at several feed points along the stainless steel plates placed across the column.

Flow transmitters, temperature sensors, and pressure indicators allow the user to monitor the process and study the influence of the process parameters and operating conditions. The DCS and software application developed for this unit allows parameter variations, process automation, and data acquisition in real time or historical. The trainer also supports the study of transitional phases, equilibrium conditions, multivariable process implementation, and more. The unit is also customizable to fit your specific process needs.

Features

  • OTP pilot allows learners to understand the continuous distillation process and work on an industrial scale in various fields, including chemical engineering, maintenance, and supervision

Instrumentation

  • 17 temperature probes Pt100Ω
  • Vortex flow transmitter
  • 5 flow transmitter
  • Differential pressure transmitter
  • 2 manometers
  • 2 rate control
  • 3 level transmitter

Specifications

  • 1 glass tank 100 L
  • 3 gear pumps
  • Thermosiphon re-boiler made of a glass shell and a SS tube heat exchanger fed by steam
  • 2 product glass vessels
  • A SS pre-heat exchanger
  • Column with SS bubble cap trays
  • Condenser, glass shell and SS tube
  • Distillate circuit
  • Pneumatic pump and centrifugal pump for feeding and transfer
  • Scale and SS welded frame

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