Alaqua, Inc
Distillation Unit
Product Description
Distillation Equipment:
Distillation is a method of separating chemical substances based on differences in their volatilities in a boiling liquid mixture. Distillation usually forms part of a larger chemical process, and is thus referred to as a unit operation.
Commercially, distillation has a number of uses. It is used to separate crude oil into more fractions for specific uses such as transport, power generation and heating. Water is distilled to remove impurities, such as salt from sea water. Air is distilled to separate its components - notably oxygen, nitrogen and argon - for industrial use. Distillation of fermented solutions has been used since ancient times to produce distilled beverages with a higher alcohol content.
Alaqua`s solvent distillation equipment is distillation machines that allow the recycling and the reuse of degreasing and washing solvent. Through use of the solvent distillation machines, they separate the contaminants (resins, polymers, pigments, paints, oils, etc.) from the original solvent.
The distillation of the solvent is accomplished by a peripheral heating jacket filled with diathermic oil, heated by an electrical element. This means that during the solvent distillation process, the heating source is never in contact with the solvent being distilled. The solvent vapors are then conveyed to a condenser, cooled by air or water. The distilled solvent is collected in a tank, for its reuse.
For solvent distillation, vacuum systems can be attached to the distillation machine to distill solvent while under a vacuum. Utilizing vacuum distillation equipment, the boiling point of the solvent is lowered, decreasing the temperature necessary for distillation of the solvent.
Specially designed doctor blades can mix the waste solvent being distilled so that the discharge of the distillation system is a powder or a flake. Without the doctor blades, the solvent distillation machine would reduce the waste to a thick syrup or paste. If you distill to a powder or a flake, often the result is that the discharge can be disposed of as a non-hazardous material. Obviously, if your distillation waste is a thick syrup, you may have to dispose of it as a hazardous material.
Company Info:
ALAQUA is a US corporation. We manufacture process equipment. Our engineers have over 20 years experience in the engineering of sanitary and ASME code evaporators, crystallizers, spray dryers, solvent recovery and distillation systems. Alaqua was established in 1989, and incorporated in 1993.
Our evaporators, crystallizers, distillation systems have proven themselves time after time in application after application. We supply world wide equipment to meet your processing requirements.
We supply equipment for installation by customer, skid mounted, or as turnkey projects.
The economics of your particular process and location will dictate the evaporator type and model best suited for your needs.
We offer complete project management capability for process installation. Single source responsibility stakes care of total project activity from initial consultation and design, through engineering and installation to final start-up and commissioning.
Who we are:
ALAQUA is an original equipment manufacturer. We design and manufacture calandrias, evaporators, distillation plants,
crystallizers, ethanol plants classification equipment, solvent
recovery systems, and other process equipment for the Chemical, Dairy, Environmental, Food and Beverage industries.
Our engineers have over 20 years experience in designing these systems.
Our Chairman and Director of Engineering was the founder of major corporations such as HPD, and the Unitech Div. of Ecodyne. He was a senior lecturer on evaporation and evaporation at the University of Wisconsin.
We have extensive experience in engineering and fabricating salt and wastewater evaporators and crystallizers. We will be pleased to have you inspect our fabrication in Wisconsin, and/or to arrange for you to contact directly some of our customers.
What We Do:
We design and manufacture to ASME code, EVAPORATORS, CRYSTALLIZERS, DISTILLATION PLANTS, SPRAY DRYERS AND SOLVENT RECOVERY SYSTEMS for the Chemical, Environmental, Food, Dairy, Beverage and Pharmaceutical industries.
Professionals at your Service:
Alaqua`s nucleus of highly skilled engineers and technicians, most of whom have over 20 years experience in the industry developing outstanding products, serve a national and international base of customers.
- We provide engineering, fabrication, installation, start-up and personnel training for every application. We respond to any troubleshooting call rapidly.
- We guarantee operation to specifications.
- We provide engineering and consulting services
- We are with you 24 hours a day, no matter where you are.
To learn more about our evaporator systems & crystallizer systems, please contact us today
