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Chemical &
Heat/Cool System
Pharmaceutical
for Jacketed Industry Case History
Reactor Vessel
Application:
Features and Benefits: A company producing photographic
chemicals for the printing industry wanted
Improved Product Quality better temperature control for heating and
cooling a gelatin-based emulsion in 480
Easy Heat/Cool Transition gallon jacketed vessels. A hot water system
Uniform Jacket Temperatures was considered to replace their steam jacket
method. The steam jacket method exposed
Accurate Temperature Control sensitive chemicals to hot spots and made
Total System Design Capability transition to cooling difficult. Batches were
very expensive, making product quality of
and Responsibility utmost importance.

Operating Conditions:
3-23F temperature rise per pass
CUSTOMERS
CASCADE PI PI
RTD 180F jacket temperature
CONTROLLER PUMP
120F product temperature in 1.1 hour
18 PSIG steam supply pressure
CUSTOMERS
JACKETED

Solution:
KETTLE
COOLING
VALVE
ARV
TI
RTD
I
P The Pick 6X7-3HCS Pre-Packaged
TO DRAIN, Heat/Cool System included the basic
COOLING TOWER
OR CHILLED WATER
RESERVOIR
Constant Flow Heater along with a cooling
STEAM
valve for "metered out" control during
PICK
PI VALVE HEATER cooling mode. Steam and cooling valves are
BPRV
I
P
controlled with separate I/P transducers
STEAM taking signal from customer supplied
INLET
cascade temperature controller. Complete
PI
WPCV
PI scope of supply including water circulation
COOLING
WATER
pump, check valves, shut off valves, relief
INLET
valve, piping and fittings assembled on
heavy duty angle iron frame.

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