What we offer
- Mechanical, thermal, physico-chemical and enzymatic pretreatment of biomass feedstocks
- Logistics and storage:
- Truck (un)loading docks
- Bulk solid biomass storage (55 t silo, 3×90 t bunkers)
- Liquid storage (vessels up to 125 m³)
- Dedicated areas for IBC storage
- Chemicals storage
- Refrigerated storage rooms, freeze and cool containers
- Warehouse at ambient temperature with a storage capacity of 200 pallets
- Cool room at 4°C with a storage capacity of 130 pallets
- A wide spectrum of modular operation units
- Operation at various scale
Biomass Pretreatment equipment overview – REACTORS
Reactors for chemical pretreatment of biomass
These jacketed and agitated pressure reactors are suitable for acid, alkaline, solvent-based and chemical pretreatment. The reactors have temperature and pressure control and are coupled to a vacuum system for the evaporation of solvents.
- Benchtop 0.5, 2, 5 L (jacketed, agitated reactors)
- 1 x 20 L (ATEX, Hastelloy, pressure 0.060-10 bara, up to 160°C)
- 1 x 85 L (ATEX, stainless steel, pressure 0.050-9 bara, up to 165°C)
- 1 x 250 L (ATEX, stainless steel, pressure 0.050-7 bara, up to 100°C)
- 1 x 500 L (ATEX, glass lined, pressure 0.050-9 bara, up to 180°C)
- 1 x 1000 L (ATEX, glass lined, pressure 0.050-5.4 bara, up to 165°C)
- 1 x 5400 L (ATEX, glass lined, pressure 0.050-5.4 bara, up to 165°C)
Reactors for enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass
These jacketed and agitated atmospheric reactors are suitable for aqueous, termperature-controlled reactions.
- Bench reactors 0.5, 2, 5 L
- Multiple reactors in the range of 20-1000 L
- Reaction vessels for slurries with high solids contents: 2 x 500 L
- 2 x 4000 L
- 2 x 5000 L
- 4 x 8000 L
- 2 x 14500 L
- 1 x 20000 L
- 4 x 24000L
- 3 x 50000 L (insulated, not jacketed)
Biomass Pretreatment equipment overview – AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
Milling
- Dry milling: biomass cutter, ball mill (bench unit)
- Wet milling: pulper (2000 L), inline mixer, inline colloid mixer
- Lab sonicator (batch, 1-250 mL) and pilot sonicator (continuous, 1000 L/day)
Thermal Treatment
- Direct steam injection, jet cooker with holding tubes (4 x 50 L, max. 150°C)
- Heat exchangers for direct heating
Dewatering and concentration equipment
- Netsch filter press (cake volume 68 L)
- Schenk filter press (cake volume 120 L)
- Welders filter press (cake volume 352 L)
- Welders ATEX filter press (cake volume 100 L)
- Alfa Laval decanter centrifuge (3140 g, max 2500 L/h)
- Alfa Laval decanter centrifuge (3160 g, max 20 m3/h)
- Flottweg Sedicanter S3E (10000 g, max. 2500 L/h)
- Screw press
- Falling film three-effect evaporator, 5 t/h water evaporation
- Wiped film evaporator 250 kg/h water evaporation
- Chemical reactors for batch evaporation (20 L, 85 L, 250 L, 500 L, 1000 L, 5400 L)
Expertise
Experience in treating the following lignocellulosic raw materials:
- Agro-industrial side streams: paper pulp, spent grains, bagasse, press cakes, stillage…
- Agronomic by-products: corn stover, corn cobs, husk, fiber, stems, leaves, verge grass…
- Lignocellulosic crops: miscanthus, wood, wheat straw, bark…
