Equipment List — Brooks Road Plant

Reactors Auxiliary Equipment Laboratory Equipment
4,000 gallon, glass lined, 316L condenser on load cells
2,500 gallon, 316L, 316L condenser, hot oil system
(550°F / 285°C) on load cells
2,000 gallon, glass lined, 316L condenser on load cells
2,000 gallon, glass lined, 316L condenser on load cells
2,000 gallon, 316L stainless steel on load cells
100 gallon, 316L stainless steel, 316L condenser,
hot oil system (550°F / 285°C)
30 gallon, glass lined, glass condenser & receiver


All reactors equipped with variable speed agitators, batch controllers, and temperature recorders

Molten Maleic Anhydride
2.25 million BTU Hot Oil System
50 ton refrigeration unit
Stainless steel mix tanks, with heating and cooling
600 - 7,000 ** gallon capacity
Ribbon blenders, stainless and carbon steel, liquid injection
Heated storage tanks with nitrogen blanketing
300,000 gallons of bulk storage
"Sparkler", bag filtration and cartridge filtration
Ross homogenizer
** Larger vessels on load cells

FT-IR and visible Spectrophotometers

Gas Chromatography

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Karl Fisher Water Analyzer

Equipment List — Callahan Road Plant

Reactors Auxiliary Equipment Laboratory Equipment
5,000 gallon, 316 stainless, 316 condenser, high torque
agitator **
5,000 gallon, 316 stainless, 316 condenser on load cells1
5,000 gallon, 316 stainless, 316 condenser on load cells1
4000 gallon, glass lined, graphite condenser on load cells
4,000 gallon, glass lined, titanium condenser on load cells
2,000 gallon, glass lined, graphite condenser on load cells


1Equipped with stainless weigh tanks and flow meters
All reactors equipped with variable speed agitators, batch
controllers, and temperature recorders

Molten Maleic Anhydride
Tempered water, Steam
Multiple large SS storage tanks
Six monomer feed tanks with pumping system
Nitrogen
Deionized water
Bulk caustic
Truck scale
"Sparkler", bag filtration and cartridge filtration
Wet Chemistry Analysis


Polymer QA equipment


Karl Fischer Water Analyzer


Moisture Balance

 

Equipment List — Kimberly Park Plant

Reactors Auxiliary Equipment Laboratory Equipment
6,500 gallon, 316L, 316L condenser, hot oil system
(550°F / 285°C), Vacuum < 10 mm, on load
cells
2 - 2,500 gallon, 316L, 316L condenser, hot oil system
(550°F / 285°C) on load cells
2 - 2,000 gallon, 316L, 316L condenser on load cells
2,000 gallon, glass lined, 316L condenser on load cells
1,500 gallon, 316L stainless steel on load cells
500 gallon, glass lined, 316L condenser on load cells
100 gallon, 316L stainless steel, 316L condenser,
hot oil system (550°F / 285°C)
250 gallon, 316L stainless steel


All reactors equipped with variable speed agitators, batch controllers, and
temperature recorders

Molten Maleic Anhydride
4.0 million BTU Hot Oil System
1.0 million BTU Hot Oil System
2 - 2000 psi homogenizers
4500 gallon, 304 SS mix tank,
Heated storage tanks with nitrogen blanketing
300,000 gallons of bulk storage
"Sparkler", bag filtration and cartridge filtration
HP Liquid Chromatography


Gas Chromatography/Mass Spec


Karl Fischer Water Analyzer


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FTIR


PARR reactor (2 liter)