Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations

1. ACTIONABLE (AND HUMOROUS) ENGINEERING TIPS
FOR DIFFICULT SEPARATIONS
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Separations Savvy Newsletter
Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations
The Case of the Fermentation Broth & the Process Performance Guarantee
Vol. 1, No. 1
The client was a private greenfield biorefining company that converted biomass to renewable chemicals.
Challenges were myriad, starting with the puzzle of extracting acetic acid from an aqueous fermentation
broth that had a propensity to emulsify…
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The Left Hand Always Knows What The Right is Doing…
Separations Savvy Newsletter
Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations
Vol. 2, No. 1
Chemical processing industry projects still suffer from poor communication. The
ole’ left-hand, right-hand lack of coordination still plagues projects today…
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Capturing CO2 from Power Plant for Underground Sequestration
Separations Savvy Newsletter
Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations
Vol. 2, No. 2
No one realized the implications of the CO2 capture project that came through on Koch’s web inquiry page.
This project, which would end up in the New York Times and Scientific American, became the first
operating carbon capture and storage facility…
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5. M O D U L A R S Y S T E M S | D E V E L O P I N G T E C H N O L O G I E S | D I S T I L L A T I O N | L I Q U I D E X T R A C T I O N | P I L O T T E S T I N G
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On The Trail of Don Glatz On His Liquid-Liquid Extraction Travels
Separations Savvy Newsletter
Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations
Vol. 2, No. 3
As Manager of Extraction Technology at Koch Modular Process Systems, Don Glatz certainly gets around. You may
have been able to track him down in Brazil when he was supervising testing on a pilot KARR® Column that eventually
resulted in the design and purchase of production columns for a well-recognized petrochemical company…
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Innovative Chemical Processes – Developing Technology Companies
Separations Savvy Newsletter
Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations
Vol. 2, No. 4
When you start with a great process idea, or even just a great new application of an innovative chemical process,
bringing that idea to full-scale manufacturing reality can feel daunting. While large CPI projects are a big part of what
we do, our team here at Koch Modular really digs in when a developing technology comes our way.
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7. M O D U L A R S Y S T E M S | D E V E L O P I N G T E C H N O L O G I E S | D I S T I L L A T I O N | L I Q U I D E X T R A C T I O N | P I L O T T E S T I N G
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Do you remember what LLE means?
Separations Savvy Newsletter
Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations
Vol. 2, No. 5
When it comes to Liquid-Liquid Extraction (LLE), much of the basic equilibrium data needed for design,
that exists for, say, distillation design, just does not exist. When LLE is being considered we often measure
liquid-liquid equilibrium data as a first step at our pilot plant…
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8. M O D U L A R S Y S T E M S | D E V E L O P I N G T E C H N O L O G I E S | D I S T I L L A T I O N | L I Q U I D E X T R A C T I O N | P I L O T T E S T I N G
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We’re Not Changing Our Spots – Just How We Talk About Them
Separations Savvy Newsletter
Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations
Vol. 2, No. 6
While our official name – Koch Modular Process Systems, LLC, remains the same, we’re dropping the “KMPS” and
focusing on the “Koch Modular”. To go along with this, we are introducing a new domain name kochmodular.com.
Don’t worry, our old website and email addresses will still work during this transition…
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9. M O D U L A R S Y S T E M S | D E V E L O P I N G T E C H N O L O G I E S | D I S T I L L A T I O N | L I Q U I D E X T R A C T I O N | P I L O T T E S T I N G
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Solvent Recovery Increasing Priority in Pharmaceutical Industry
Separations Savvy Newsletter
Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations
Vol. 2, No. 7
The pharmaceutical industry has largely overlooked the benefits of recovering and recycling solvents on-
site, preferring instead to rely on the purchase of virgin solvents or recovery of used solvents off-site, to
replenish process-necessary solvents…
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10. M O D U L A R S Y S T E M S | D E V E L O P I N G T E C H N O L O G I E S | D I S T I L L A T I O N | L I Q U I D E X T R A C T I O N | P I L O T T E S T I N G
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Fermentation in Your Process?
Separations Savvy Newsletter
Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations
Vol. 3, No. 1
In recent years there has been a large emphasis on the production of organic
chemicals from biomass generated via processes such as fermentation.
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11. M O D U L A R S Y S T E M S | D E V E L O P I N G T E C H N O L O G I E S | D I S T I L L A T I O N | L I Q U I D E X T R A C T I O N | P I L O T T E S T I N G
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Emulsification: No Match for the KARR® Column
Separations Savvy Newsletter
Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations
Vol. 4, No. 1
Have you seen the last issue of Separations Savvy, “Fermentation in Your Process?”,
which generated a lot of discussion among our biotech and pharmaceutical readers…
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12. M O D U L A R S Y S T E M S | D E V E L O P I N G T E C H N O L O G I E S | D I S T I L L A T I O N | L I Q U I D E X T R A C T I O N | P I L O T T E S T I N G
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Straight Talk about Modular Construction
Separations Savvy Newsletter
Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations
Vol. 4, No. 2
Do you have a project that requires a faster than normal schedule? Do your decades
of experience tell you that stick-built construction just won’t get you there in time?…
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13. M O D U L A R S Y S T E M S | D E V E L O P I N G T E C H N O L O G I E S | D I S T I L L A T I O N | L I Q U I D E X T R A C T I O N | P I L O T T E S T I N G
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A Practical Approach to Process Engineering
Separations Savvy Newsletter
Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations
Vol. 4, No. 3
With decades of experience in designing and installing modular separations
systems on-site, Koch Modular has built up a reputation for expertise in this area…
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14. M O D U L A R S Y S T E M S | D E V E L O P I N G T E C H N O L O G I E S | D I S T I L L A T I O N | L I Q U I D E X T R A C T I O N | P I L O T T E S T I N G
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Liquid-Liquid Extraction: Generating Equilibrium Data
Separations Savvy Newsletter
Actionable (And Humorous) Engineering Tips For Difficult Separations
Vol. 4, No. 4
Liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) utilizes differences in the relative solubilities of
compounds in two immiscible liquids, typically one aqueous and one organic…
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