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Scale-up



Plant    Reactors Standard equipment Typical
campaign size
       
Bench Scale  0,75 m3 inert heating / cooling system 
(-30 to 200 °C)
up to several 10 kg
25 l and 300 l Nutsch filters
glass lined distillation / fractionating units
vacuum units
       
Small Scale 4,5 m3 inert heating / cooling system 
(-30 to 200 °C)
up to multiple
100 kg
300 l and 1000 l Nutsch filters
glass lined distillation / fractionating units
vacuum units
       
Pilot Production 20 m3 inert heating / cooling system 
(-30 to 200 °C)
up to 10 tons
mainly 1600 l centrifuges /
double cone dryer
glass lined, stainless steel distillation / fractionating units
vacuum units
       
Commercial Production 150 m3 inert heating / cooling system 
(-30 to 160 °C)
10 to multiple 100 tons
2400 and 6300 l centrifuges /
double cone dryer
glass lined, stainless steel, hastelloy distillation / fractionating units
vacuum units