Short Path Distillation

Molecular distillation system is meant to carry out vacuum distillation at high temperature and high vacuum (>0.001mBar). It is a process of separation, purification and concentration. It is more vital for the thermal sensitive distillates. The distillate is exposed to high temperature and high vacuum pressure in the distillation column and a small distance between evaporator and condenser (around 2 cm).

Some of the features of the system which is under offer are :-
  • Evaporation surface area of : 0.05 m2 to 0.33 m2.
  • Temperature of :- +230 deg C.
  • Inner diameter precision in the evaporation tube +/- 0.02 (60A) to +/-0.5mm(150A).
  • The parts that come into contact with fluid are made of borosilicate glass 3.3, PTFE, SS316 and quartz glass.
  • Sealing : Magnetic coupling
  • Short residence time (to avoid thermal decomposition).
  • Minimum pressure drop due to closely positioned internal condenser.
  • High vacuum distillation.
  • Specifically suited for highly viscous or heat sensitive material.
  • The system does not include overhead stirrer, thermostat and vacuum pump.

Molecular Distillation System

Short Path Distillation

Pilot Plants

There are normally 3 steps by which the Pharma, Chemical and other industries bring the products into existence – lab trials, process development and manufacturing.

The process development is the link between the lab and plant. To accomplish this scale up the process engineering group must have the know-how of both lab experiments and the plant scale ups. 2 primary deliverables from the process development are production of API and or generation of process knowledge. To accomplish this the tools available with the process engineering group are Kilo labs and Pilot Plants.

Pilot Plants

 

Sl.noKilo LabsPilot Plants
1It’s a first scale up effort to produce enough quantities for initial drug testing or sample testing.Pilot Plants are larger than Kilo labs with designs more close to production plants.
2Kilo labs are more closer to lab equipment.Pilot plants are more closer to commercial manufacturing plants in design and capacity.
3Designed to yield quantities ranging from 100 g to under 10 kg of material with a typical batch size of 2~3 kgs.Designed to demonstrate potential commercial routes and generation of process knowledge through data collection.
4Kilo Lab Reactor size is usually ranging from 20 litres to 100 litres and are made of glass( smaller size hence glass is feasible).Pilot Plant reactor size typically ranges from 200 L to 4000 L.
4Kilo lab must be designed for higher degree of flexibility to accommodate a range of complex chemistries.Pilot Plant must also operate with a degree of flexibility and absorb process and schedule uncertainty.
5Operating staff is chemists or chemical engineers.In Pilot Plant the roles are similar to a commercial manufacturing plant.

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Short Path Distillation

Short Path Distillation

Molecular distillation system is meant to carry out vacuum distillation at high temperature and high vacuum (>0.001mBar). It is a process of separation, purification and concentration. It is more vital for the thermal sensitive distillates. The distillate is exposed to high temperature and high vacuum pressure in the distillation column and a small distance between evaporator and condenser (around 2 cm).

Some of the features of the system which is under offer are :-
  • Evaporation surface area of : 0.05 m2 to 0.33 m2.
  • Temperature of :- +230 deg C.
  • Inner diameter precision in the evaporation tube +/- 0.02 (60A) to +/-0.5mm(150A).
  • The parts that come into contact with fluid are made of borosilicate glass 3.3, PTFE, SS316 and quartz glass.
  • Sealing : Magnetic coupling
  • Short residence time (to avoid thermal decomposition).
  • Minimum pressure drop due to closely positioned internal condenser.
  • High vacuum distillation.
  • Specifically suited for highly viscous or heat sensitive material.
  • The system does not include overhead stirrer, thermostat and vacuum pump.

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