Appendix 3: Equipment Suppliers

The number of suppliers of equipment that can be used for intensified processes is
rising. Suppliers include well-established manufacturers of compact heat exchangers. Several CHE suppliers listed also make HEX-reactors and/or microreactors.
There are now a number of dedicated PI equipment suppliers, who also have a role
in R&D. These include NiTech in the UK, IMM in Germany and many companies
in the USA. Other companies have been in the PI field for a number of years, without promoting their equipment under the PI banner.
Note: The lists below are not exhaustive and have been compiled from information
available to the authors at the time of writing. The listing of a supplier of goods
or services does not constitute an endorsement by the authors of either its product
or its competence. Neither does the omission of a supplier discriminate against its
competence.
In many cases, brief data are given after the organisation details, summarising
the PI-related activities of that organisation. Other data may of course be sought
via the websites that are identified in the vast majority of cases. The names and
addresses of other suppliers may be found in commercially available trade directories, (e.g. Compass Directory), University data sources, trade associations, or from
Web searches.

Compact Heat Exchangers and Heat Exchanger Reactors

Brayton Energy
710 Rue de Vernon, Unit no.7, Gatineau, QC, J9J 3K5 Canada
Tel: (819) 557 1777; Fax: (819) 557 1778
www.braytonenergy.ca
Interesting compact gas-gas, gas-liquid and mesh heat exchangers.

Chart Energy and Chemicals

The Creative Industries Centre, Wolverhampton Science Park, Glaisher Drive,
Wolverhampton WV10 9TG, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1902 313870; Fax: +44 (0) 1902 429853
www.chartindustries.com
The Chart-kote and Marbond units are typical of the range offered by Chart.

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Chart Industries, Inc. (US Company HQ).

One Infinity Corporate Centre Drive, Suite 300, Garfield Heights, Ohio 44125-5370
USA
Tel: +1 440 753 1490; Fax: +1 440 753 1491
www.chartindustries.com

Heatric Ltd
46 Holton Road, Holton Heath, Poole, Dorset BH16 6LT, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1202 627000; Fax: +44 (0) 1202 632299
www.heatric.com
Heatric makes compact heat exchangers (the PCHE) and heat exchanger-reactors
(the PCR). Heatric also make microreactors.

Laminova Production AB
PO Box 30, SE-662 21 ml, Sweden
Tel: +46 (0) 532 611 00; Fax: +46 (0) 532 128 63
www.laminova.se

Microinnova Engineering GmbH

Europapark 1, 8412 Allerheiligen bei Wildon, Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 3182 62626-0; Fax: +43 (0) 3182 62626-101
www.microinnova.com
(See also micro heat exchangers.)
The company also makes PI mini flow plant.

Porvair Ltd
Brampton House, 7 Regis Place, Bergen Way, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 2JN, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1553 765500; Fax: +44 (0) 1553 765599
www.porvair.com
Porvair is a specialist filtration and environmental technology group, with operations in both the UK, US and China. The foam (ceramic or metal) can be used for
compact heat exchangers and/or reactors. The company promotes the filtration
more than the heat exchanger capabilities (2012).

SWEP International
Hjalmar Brantings vag 5, PO Box 105, 261 22 Landskrona, Sweden
Tel: +46 418 40 04 00; Fax: +46 418 292 95
www.swep.net
SWEP is a manufacturer of highly compact plate heat exchangers, including specialised units supplied for the Rotex heat pump.

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Thermatron Engineering Inc

687 Lowell Street, Methuen, MA 01844, USA
Tel: +1 978 687 8844; Fax: +1 978 687 2477
www.thermatroneng.com
Thermatron specialises in the design and manufacture of compact liquid-to-air heat
exchangers and above ambient cooling systems, utilising state-of-the-art technology such
as fins and enhanced plates. Electronics thermal control is the main application area.

Within Lab
8A Petworth Street, London SW11 4QR, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7617 7316
www.within-lab.com
The company makes highly compact heat exchangers using 3D printing methods
(additive layer manufacturing).

Drying
GEA Process Engineering Inc.
9165 Rumsey Road, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
Tel: +1 410 997 8700; Fax: +1 410 997 5021
www.niroinc.com
A combination of vacuum and microwave drying can be beneficial (preferably at
lower moisture contents for it to be economically viable) for the pharmaceutical
and food industries.

Effluent Treatment
Hidrostal Process Engineering Ltd
The Galloway Centre, Hambridge Lane, Newbury, Berks RG14 5TL, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1635 550440; Fax: +44 (0) 1635 550140
www.hidrostal.co.uk
(Venturi aeration.)
Hidrostal manufacture pumps and pumping systems, particularly for the water and
waste industry.

Extractors
Beggs, Cousland and Company
Studio 3, Doges, Templeton on the Green, 62 Templeton Street, Glasgow G40 1DA,
Scotland, UK

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Tel: +44 (0) 141 556 5288; Fax: +44 (0) 141 554 7447
www.beggcousland.com
The company manufactures the Becoflex rotary demister/scrubber.

Extruders
B&P Process Equipment and Systems
Baker Perkins Ltd., Manor Drive, Paston Parkway, Peterborough,
PE4 7AP, UK
Tel: +44 1733 283000; Fax: +44 1733 283001
www.bakerperkinsgroup.com
B&P provides twin screw and single screw extruders to a wide variety of processing industries.

Thermo Electron Corporation

Emerald Way, Stone, Staffordshire ST15 0SR, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1785 81 36 48
www.thermo.com/mc

Fluidised Bed Systems

Torftech Ltd
188 First Street, Greenham Business Park, Thatcham RG19 6HW, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 845 868 7241; Fax: +44 (0) 845 867 5199
www.torftech.com
Torftech is a Canadian company with major offices in the UK and Canada, offering reactor technologies for more rapid and accurate control of processes requiring
gassolid contact, often at higher temperatures than those experienced in conventional equipment.

Fuel Cells
INI Power Systems Inc
175 Southport Drive, Suite 100, Morrisville, NC 27560, USA
Tel: +1 919 677 7112
www.inipower.com
INI Power Systems produces direct methanol laminar flow fuel cells mainly for use
in laptops, although other applications exist.

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Heat Pipes
Los Alamos National Laboratory
PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Tel: (505) 667 5061; Fax: +1 505 665 4411
www.lanl.gov
LANL has an extensive history in developing heat pipes and their many applications within and out with chemical engineering applications. Current work is
further developing the use of heat pipes in outer space although presently, applications are extremely vast; from cooling CPUs to nuclear power cells.

Thermacore International
780 Eden Rd., Lancaster, PA 17601, USA
Tel: +1 (717) 569 6551; Fax: +1 717 569 8424
www.thermacore.com

Thermacore Europe Ltd

12, Wansbeck Business Park, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 8QW, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1670 859 500; Fax: +44 (0) 1670 859 539
www.Thermacore.co.uk
Thermacore has supplied heat pipes for use in process reactors.

Induction Heated Mixers

T. Giusti Ltd
Rixon Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN8 4BA, UK
www.giusti.co.uk

Instrumentation
ATA Scientific Pty
ATA Scientific, PO Box 2172, Taren Point, NSW 2229, Australia
Tel: +61 (02) 9541 3500
www.atascientific.com.au
The company supplies instrumentation for measuring rapid kinetics and is also
involved in high gravity spinning mixers.

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Intensified Process Plant Design, Development and

Manufacture
Advanced Heat Engineering Ltd
Unit 2, Capenhurst Technology Park, Capenhurst, Chester CH1 6EH, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 151 347 2900
www.ctechinnovation.com
The company concentrates on processes where electric field can be used to enhance
performance e.g. microwaves and induction heating.

Alfa Laval Thermal

PO Box 73, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Tel: +46 46 36 65 00; Fax: +46 46 32 35 79
www.alfalaval.com
Heat exchanger reactors are now in the companys inventory (the Art Plate reactor),
as well as heat exchangers and separators; and whole process plant design and build.

AM Technology Ltd
The Heath Business & Technical Park, Runcorn,Cheshire, WA7 4QX
Tel: +44 (0) 1928 51 54 54
www.amtechuk.com
Reactor control systems, innovative continuous reactor technologies including the
variable geometry reactor, Coflore flow reactors and micro CSTRs.

B&P Process Equipment and Systems

Baker Perkins Inc., 3223 Kraft Ave. S.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49512-2027, USA
Tel: +1 616 784 3111; Fax: +1 616 784 0973
www.bakerperkinsgroup.com

Parr Instrument Company

211 Fifty Third Street, Moline, Illinois 61265-1770, USA
Tel: +1 (309) 762 7716; Fax: +1 (309) 762 9453
www.parrinst.com
The Parr Instrument company manufactures combustion bombs, calorimeters,
chemical reactors (including tubular and CSTRs), pressure vessels, and related
equipment developed specifically for laboratory use.

Xytel Corporation
4220 South Church Street Extension, Roebuck, South Carolina 2937, USA
Tel: +1 864 576 9777; Fax: +1 864 576 9799
www.xytelcorp.com
Turnkey projects on miniature process plants, demonstration units, etc.

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Zeton B.V.
PO Box 9, NL-7500 AA Enschede, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0) 53 428 4100; Fax: +31 (0) 53 428 4199
www.zeton.com
PI pilot plant specialists.

Micro-Fluidics and Mems

Atotech Deutschland GmbH
Postfach 21 07 80, D-10507 Berlin, Germany
Tel: (+49) 30 349 85 0; Fax: (+49) 30 3485 777
www.atotech.com
Atotech manufactures for the electronics and micro sectors and has a wide range of
capabilities, including etching.

Dolomite Microfluidics
Unit 1, Anglian Business Park, Orchard Rd, Royston SG8 5TW, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1763 242491; Fax: +44 (0) 1763 246125
www.dolomite-microfluidics.com
Dolomite Microfluidics applies microfluidic systems in instrument design.

STMicroelectronics
39, Chemin du Champ des Filles, C. P. 21, CH 1228 Plan-Les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 929 2929; Fax: +41 22 929 29
www.st.com
Systems on chips including MEMS.

Tronics Microsystems
55 rue du Pr de lHorme, 38926 CROLLES Cedex, France
Tel: +33 (0) 4 76 97 29 50; Fax: +33 (0) 4 76 97 29 51
www.tronicsgroup.com
Tronics Microsystems manufactures and delivers unique MEMS components.

Micro-Heat Exchangers
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Tel: +49 721 608-0
www.kit.edu

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Developing micro heat-exchangers for use in lab, pilot and production scale processes. Improving heat transfer by combining aspects of different traditional designs.

Microinnova Engineering GmbH

Europapark 1, A-8412 Allerheiligen/Wildon, Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 3182 62626 0; Fax: +43 (0) 3182 62626 101
www.microinnova.com
Counter-flow micro heat exchanger: the novel Wt-series was developed as a heat
exchanger for liquid/liquid, gas/liquid or gas/gas applications and can also serve for
evaporation or condensation.

Microreactors (See Also Compact Heat Exchangers & Heat

Exchanger-Reactors)
Clariant Competence Centre
Brningstrasse 50, 65929 Frankfurt am Main Germany
Tel:+49 6196 757 60; Fax: +49 6196 757 8856
www.clariant.com

Corning S.A.S.
CETC Research Centre, Centre de Recherche, F-77210 Avon, France.
Tel: +33 1 6469 7521.
www.corning.com
Corning SAS manufacture glass microreactors.
See also www.micronit.com

Holst Centre/TNO
High Tech Campus 31, NL-5656 AE, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Tel: +31 40 40 20 400; Fax: +31 40 40 20 699
www.holstcentre.com AND www.tno.nl
The HELIX reactor is being developed here.

Micro Reactor Technologies Inc (Now part of Pall Corporation)

897 Independence Ave, Bldg. 3D, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Tel: +1 650 968 4527; Fax: +1 650 618 1878
www.pall.com

Oxford Catalysts
115E-H Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RZ, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 841 700; Fax: +44 (0) 1235 841 701
www.oxfordcatalysts.com
(See also Velocys both are part of Oxford Catalysts Group)

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Systanix, Inc.
7 Simon Ct, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Tel: +1 732 690 8870; Fax: +1 732 289 6111
www.systanix.com
Systanix, Inc. has developed a scalable and adaptable system for chemical synthesis called SysFlo. With its patent-pending microreactor and catalyst technology,
SysFlos modular design enables highly efficient, on-demand chemical production
while decreasing equipment footprint.

ThalesNano Nanotechnology Inc

Graphisoft Park, Zhony u. 7., H-1031 Budapest, Hungary
Tel: +36 880 8500; Fax: +36 880 8501
www.thalesnano.com
ThalesNano Nanotechnology produces nanotechnology solutions for pharmaceutical
and biochemical companies. Their products include the H-CUBE and the CATCART.

Velocys, Inc.
7950 Corporate Boulevard, Plain City, Ohio 43064, USA
Tel: +1 614 733 3300; Fax: +1 614 733 3301
www.velocys.com
Velocys produces a range of plant based upon the shims stacked to form microreactors and other unit operations. Now owned by Oxford Catalysts Group (see above).

Mixers
Charles Ross and Son Company
710 Old Willets Path, Hauppauge, NY 11788, USA.
Tel: +1 631 234 0500; Fax: +1 631 234 0691
www.mixers.com
The Batch Model High Shear Rotor-Stator mixer design consists of a single stage
rotor that turns at high speed within a stationary stator. As the rotating blades pass
the stator, they mechanically shear the contents. The batch model can be either permanently mounted to a vessel or suspended over a vessel on a portable lift. The
mobile configuration offers the flexibilty to use a single mixer in multiple vessels. It
also allows the user to vary the position of the stator to process a variety of materials.

Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik BTS GmbH

Mikroforum Ring 1, 55234 Wendelsheim, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 6734 919300; Fax: +49 (0) 6734 919 305
www.ehrfeld.com
Modular microreaction system micromixers for continuous precipitation of microand nano-particles. (Part of Bayer).

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T. Guisti Ltd
Rixon Road, Finedon Road Industrial Estate, Wellinborough, Northants NN8 4BA, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1993 229933; Fax: +44 (0) 1993 272363
www.briggsplc.co.uk
Magnetic mixers are suitable for simple, aqueous or low viscosity mixing where
hygiene is key. The unit is mounted, usually on the bottom of tank, air operated,
single phase, DC or flame-proof. There is no penetration of the vessel wall and
therefore no seal. The impellers are easily removed for clean-out-of place or can be
sterilised in place by spray ball or flooding.

Microinnova Engineering GmbH

Microinnova Engineering GmbH, Europapark 1, A-8412 Allerheiligen/Wildon, Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 3182 62626-0; Fax: +43 (0) 3182 62626-101
[email protected]
www.microinnova.com
The Falling Film Micro Reactor utilises a multitude of thin falling films that move
by gravity force, for typical residence times of seconds up to about one minute. Its
unique properties are the specific interface of 20 000m2/m3 and the good temperature
control by an integrated heat exchanger. High mass and heat transfer were achieved
performing direct fluorination of toluene with elemental fluorine in this device.

Mikroglas chemtech GmbH

Galileo-Galilei-Str. 28, 55129 Mainz, Germany
Tel: +49 6131/5555-0; Fax: +49 6131/55550
www.mikroglas.de
Specialist in glass microtechnology products.

Mixtech Ltd
Bredgar Road, Gillingham, Kent ME8 6PN, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1634 386 683; Fax: +44 (0) 1634 386 684
www.mixtech.com
US company with many offices worldwide. In-line mixers are provided to the process
industry in a wide variety of materials and sizes for low capital and operating cost mixing.

Pursuit Dynamics
Shackleton House, Kingfisher Way, Hinchingbrooke Business Park, Huntingdon,
PE29 6HB, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1480 422050; Fax: +44 (0) 1480 422059
www.pursuitdynamics.com
Highly efficient food mixing process.

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Silverson Machines Limited

Waterside, Chesham, Bucks HP5 1PQ, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1494 786331; Fax: +44 (0) 1494 791452
www.silverson.co.uk
Silverson manufactures high shear mixers.

Koch International bv
Molenbaan 9, PO Box 5177, 2900 ED Capelle a/d Ijessel, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0) 10 264 6526; Fax: +31 (0) 10 264 6525
www.koch-glitsch.com
Coalescers, mist eliminators etc. No longer do RPBs.

Sulzer Chemtech AG
Zrcherstrasse 14, 8401 Winterthur, Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0) 52 262 11 22; Fax: +41 (0) 52 262 01 01
www.sulzerchemtech.com

Mixer-Reactors
Corning Inc
One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, New York, 14831 USA
Tel: +1 607 974 9000
www.corning.com
Corning specialises in high quality glass and ceramics. As a company, they have
successfully applied their manufacturing process to microreactor manufacture.

Corning S.A.S.
CETC Research Centre, Centre de recherche, F-77210 Avon, France
Tel: +33 1 64 69 7044
www.corning.com
Corning makes glass-based three layer reactor heat exchangers which can be
stacked to increase throughput. Has the usual continuous process advantages. Also
makes microreactors.

Dena Technology Ltd

Beevor Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S71 1HN, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1226 388 805
www.dena.co.uk
Nanotechnology and intensive processing of tyre waste.

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Hitachi
Various sites.
www.hitachi.com
Hitachi has developed microreactors made by MEMS. Results show a bromination reaction yield up 40%. It uses a numbering up process, rather than scaling up, to move from lab to production more quickly. They are also working on
small-scale direct methanol fuel cells for mobile phones and laptops, as conventional battery technology has reached saturation, while devices require ever more
power.

Micronit Microfluidics
Colosseum 15, 7521 PV Enschede, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 53 850 6 850; Fax: +31 53 850 6 851
www.micronit.com
Micronit Microfluidics produces microchip applications including pumping equipment and micro reactors.

Syrris
UK head office: 27 Jarman Way, Royston, Herts SG8 5HW, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1763 242 555; Fax: +44 (0) 1763 242 992
www.syrris.com

Zeton B.V.
P.O. Box 9, NL-7500 AA Enschede, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0) 53 428 41 00; Fax: +31 (0) 53 428 41 99
www.zeton.nl/index.htm
Zeton B.V. produces a wide range of reactors for different industries including
microreactors.

Oscillatory Baffle Reactors (OBRs)

NiTech Solutions Ltd
www.nitechsolutions.co.uk
NiTech technologies are centered on the design and implementation of baffled chemical reactors and process reactors known as the Continuous Oscillatory
Baffled Reactor (COBR) and the Tubular Reactor (TBR).
Equipment made by: Alconbury Weston Ltd, Unit D3, Fenton Trade Park,
Dewsbury Road Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2TE, UK

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Porous Metals/Metal Foams

Porvair Ltd
700 Shepherd Street, Hendersonville, NC 28792, USA
Tel: +01 828 697 2411; Fax: +01 828 693 1868
www.porvair.com
See also Compact Heat Exchangers and Heat Exchanger Reactors for UK address.

Separators
Challenger Process Systems Co
21249 Hwy 110 South Troup, TX 75789, USA
Tel: +1 (903) 839 7291; +1 800 657 6576
www.challengerps.com

FL Smidth Krebs
5505 West Gilette Road, Tuscon, AZ 85743, USA
Tel: +1 520 744 8200; Fax: +1 520 744 8300
www.flsmidth.com
Krebs Engineers is a world leader in hydrocyclone separation solutions and was purchased by FL Smidth in 2007. Recognised for its knowledge/expertise in the use of
hydrocyclones for the recovery and classification of solids and removal of oil from water.

FMC Technologies (was CDS)

Business Park, Ijsseloord 2, Delta 101, 6825 MN Arnhem, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 26 799 9100; Fax: +31 26 799 9119
www.fmctechnologies.com
FMC designs and manufactures separation equipment and technologies for the oil
and gas industry.

GasTran Systems LLC

1768 East 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA
Tel: +1 866 427 8726; Fax: +1 216 391 7004
www.gastransfer.com
GasTran Units use specially engineered materials to shear an incoming fluid stream
into extremely fine droplets. This process dramatically increases the surface area of the
fluid to facilitate proven chemical processes. GasTran process intensification technology is significantly more efficient than current alternatives because it is continuously
shearing and coalescing the liquid, exposing surface area to the gas medium. Process

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intensification means the highly efficient GasTran System replaces many traditional
mass transfer methods such as tray or packed towers, membrane filtration systems,
aeration systems, venturis, activated carbon a nd chemical treatments, while reducing
operating costs.

Julius Montz GmbH

Postbox 530, D-40705 Hilden, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 2103 8940; Fax: +49 (0) 2103 89477
www.montz.de
Montz supply dividing wall distillation columns.

Thomas Broadbent and Sons Ltd

Queen Street South, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD1 3EA, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1484 477200; Fax: +44 (0) 1484 516142
www.broadbent.co.uk
The company manufactures batch and continuous centrifuges for separation, etc.

Twister BV
Einsteinlaan 20, 2289 CC Rijswijk (ZH), The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0) 70 303 0006; Fax: +31 (0) 70 399 6859
www.twisterbv.com

Weir Minerals
Halifax Road, Todmorden, Lancashire OL14 5RT, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 7106 814251; Fax: +44 (0) 7106 815350
www.weirminerals.com
Weir minerals are a global supplier of pumps and hydrocyclones to the minerals
industry. The company has developed the Cavex hydrocyclone which offers longer
life, greater throughput and classification efficiency than previous hydrocyclone
designs.

Wenzhou Jinzhou Group International Trading Corporation

Rm. 1112, Comprehensive Building, Jinzhou Industrial Zone, Caodai Guoxi Ouhai
Wenzhou, China
Tel: +577 89615569/88058180
jzgroup.machinery@gmail
www.jzmachinery.com
Manufacture rotating packed beds for high gravity distillation duties.

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Taylor-Couette Reactors
Kreido Laboratories
1140 Avenida Acaso, Camarillo, CA 93012, USA
Tel: +1 805 398 3499

Kreido Biofuels Inc

1070 Flynn Road, Camarillo, CA 93012, USA
Tel: +1 805 389 3499; Fax: +1 805 384 0989
info@kreido
www.kreido.com/fac_howbiodiesel.htm
Kreido Biofuels spent seven years researching and developing in fluid dynamics in
order to develop a novel method of biodiesel manufacture. The result is their STT
technology. STT (spinning tube in a tube reactor) is a chemical process intensification system which provides significant time and cost savings to the company.

R.C. Costello and Assoc., Inc.

1611 S. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 210, Redondo Beach, CA 90277, USA
Tel: +1 310 792 5870; Fax: +1 310 792 5877
www.rccostello.com
The company is also involved in other PI technologies including reactive distillation and divided wall columns, and the shock wave power reactor.

Tube Inserts
Cal Gavin Ltd
Minerva Mill Innovation Centre, Station Road, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 5ET, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1789 400401; Fax: +44 (0) 1789 400411
www.calgavin.com

Ormiston Wire
1 Fleming Way, Worton Road, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 6EU, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8569 7287; Fax: +44 (0) 20 8569 8601
www.ormiston-wire.co.uk

Ultrasound Systems
Hielscher Ultrasonics GmbH
Warthestr. 21
D-14513 Teltow, Germany

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Tel: +49 3328 437 420; Fax: +49 3328 437 444
[email protected]
www.heilscher.com
Industrial ultrasound processing plant.

Prosonix Ltd.
The Magdalen Centre, Robert Robinson Avenue, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4
4GA, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 784250; Fax: +44 (0) 1865 784251
www.prosonix.co.uk
Their technology aims at controlling and actively manipulating nucleation and subsequent crystal growth behaviour. For instance, this technology has been applied to
increase sodium oxalate impurity removal from the process liquor at the Aughinish
Alumina refinery in Ireland. The existing process of recycling precipitated seed
to act as a precipitation initiator was subject to the constraint that crystals rapidly
become poisoned by other species present in the liquor and therefore could not be
recycled in great quantity. The ultrasound technology is essentially applied very
simply by bolting-on to the pipe.