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Industrial titans are racing to decarbonize their facilities to meet government, investor, and public demands alike. The unavoidable fact is that most manufacturing processes require heating. As seen in the below Sankey diagram, process heating makes up approximately 70% of all process energy input. Furthermore, 95% of the heating energy

Refinery Wax products are paraffinic derivates from the separation of Wax from lubricating oil which, once the Wax has been removed, is processed and packed for Engine Oil.  Derived types of Wax include Microcrystalline Wax, Slack Wax and once processed further, these Waxes are used for a number of applications. 

There are many benefits to using continuous cooling crystallization. Below, we highlight some of these: Armstrong crystallizers are customized to meet specific process duties. To find out more about how continuous cooling crystallization can work for your application, you should not hesitate to give our talented team a call. Below is

Scraped Surface Heat Exchangers are double pipe elements where coolant is provided in the annulus running countercurrent to the process fluid flow. SSHE used in the Food and Chemical Industries may differ in their materials of construction and use in a number of ways. You may remember making Ice Cream using

Double Pipe Scraped Surface Crystallizers from Armstrong Chemtec Group are largely used to separate crystals from an organic slurry.  Typically inorganics are separated using vacuum crystallization. However, there are exceptions whereby using Armstrong continuous cooling Scraped Surface Heat Exchangers, inorganics and especially inorganic Salts can be separated out very effectively.  These inorganic

Ammonia (NH3) has many uses in both the chemical industry and the agricultural sector and is one of the world’s most high-volume production chemicals. Applications include use in industrial refrigeration systems, fertilizer, explosives, and, more recently, in CO2 capture technology. Supercritical ammonia can provide advanced technological processes with less energy

Fouling of heat exchangers is defined as the accumulation of unwanted deposits on a heat transfer surface. Systems are known to have a foulant layer that is known to impose additional resistance during heat transfer. Thick deposits may also cause the narrowing of flow areas, increasing the velocity of volumetric

Armstrong’s vertical bayonet design and direct electric vaporizers provide an on-demand supply of ammonia vapor for specific applications. Vertical Vaporizers can provide process throughput from 50kg to 2500 kg per hour using steam or hot water or heat transfer fluids as the heating medium. Safe, highly reliable and suitable for

Scraped surface or scraped wall heat exchangers have been used in one form or another for around 100 years. The oldest one encountered was probably made in the late 19th or early 20th Century and consisted of a large half Vat, similar to a Wine Barrel, which was processing candle

A supercritical fluid (SCF) is any substance at a temperature and pressure above critical points. At this point, distinct gas and liquid phases do not exist. The fluid can effuse through solid (like gas) and can dissolve materials such as a liquid. It is essential to keep in mind that even a