Industry Plants

Contrary to Lab- and Pilot-Plants, plants for large-scale industrial production are generally single purpose and specifically built for a particular application. Oftentimes the process requires the combination of two or more distillation units. Industry units are optimized to meet challenging targets, including

• capacities and throughput
• cut ratio, yield
• energy consumption
• cost effectiveness
• robustness, ease of operation, maintainability
• compliance with environmental requirements

Success critically depends on the competent orchestration of different areas of expertise:

• Process Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Vacuum Technology
• Fabrication, Quality Assurance
• Monitoring, Control, Automation, remote Access
• Codes and Standards: DIN or ASME, Pressure Equipment Directive, ATEX, GMP

The basic design document for each production plant is its specific Process Flow Diagram (PFD) which depicts all relevant information including battery limits and standard components from third parties. The PFD is further refined to the Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) and a 3-dimensional floor plan. Samples of a PFD, a P&ID and a floor plan may be found below.

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