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Purity
Purity-focused solutions for profitability: OptimEXT™, Excelot™, and advanced reaction technologies.


Maximizing Resource Efficiency with Cresol and Xylenol Recovery from Coal Tar and Wastewater
Cresol and xylenol are important chemical intermediates commonly found in coal tar and wastewater streams from petrochemical and chemical...
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Efficient Glycol Recovery with Sulzer’s Advanced By-Product Recovery Technologies
Glycols such as ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol (DEG), and triethylene glycol (TEG) are widely used in industrial applications ranging...
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Maximizing Efficiency with Sulzer’s Amine Reclamation Technologies
Amines such as monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA), and methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) are widely used in refineries and...
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Efficient Recovery of Phenol and Acetic Acid with Sulzer Technologies
Phenol and acetic acid are valuable industrial chemicals often found in wastewater and process streams across petrochemical and chemical...
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Enhancing Profitability and Sustainability with Sulzer’s By-Product Recovery Solutions
In many industrial processes, valuable by-products are created as a natural outcome of production. Recovering these by-products can...
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Sustainable Product Recovery Using Sulzer’s Advanced Crystallization Technology
Crystallization remains one of the most effective and environmentally friendly techniques for product recovery and purification,...
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OptimEXT™: Integrated Liquid-Liquid Extraction and Solvent Recovery Technology
Liquid-liquid extraction is a vital separation technique widely used in chemical, pharmaceutical, specialty chemical, and...
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Enhancing Sustainability and Cost Savings through Solvent Recovery with Sulzer
Solvent recovery is a critical component of chemical, pharmaceutical, and specialty chemical manufacturing, reducing raw material costs...
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Achieving High-Purity Products with Sulzer’s Advanced Purification Technologies
Product purity is a critical factor for success in pharmaceutical, fine chemical, and specialty material manufacturing. Sulzer Chemtech...
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Maximizing Product Yield with Sulzer's Product Recovery Solutions
In today’s competitive chemical, pharmaceutical, and specialty materials industries, maximizing product yield while minimizing losses and...
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High Purity, Low Waste: How Sulzer Maximizes Selectivity and Product Quality
Introduction: Purity Meets Profitability In producing amines , glycol ethers , and other specialty chemicals, product purity isn’t just a...
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Safer, Smarter EO Dosing: Designing for Risk Mitigation and Process Control
Introduction: Ethylene Oxide - Essential and Challenging Ethylene oxide (EO) is indispensable in the production of ethanolamines,...
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Catalyst-Free, Compressor-Free: The ‘Less-is-More’ Philosophy in Reaction Engineering
Introduction: Simplifying Complexity in Chemical Production In traditional chemical synthesis, complex process steps, catalyst handling,...
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Flexible ‘Swing Plants’: Adapting to Market Demand with a Single Process Line
Introduction: The Need for Flexibility in Chemical Manufacturing In a competitive and fast-changing market, chemical manufacturers need...
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The Tech Behind Clean Chemistry: How Enhanced Mixing Improves Reaction Efficiency
Introduction: Why Mixing Matters in Modern Chemistry Whether you're producing specialty amines, glycol ethers, or ethanolamines, reactor...
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Designing for Purity: Reactive Distillation with Integrated Purification Solutions
Introduction Modern chemical manufacturing and specialty ester production are defined by one core requirement: purity . Achieving...
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Reactive Distillation vs Traditional Batch Reactors: Which is Better?
Introduction: The Chemical Industry’s Shift to Continuous Processes For decades, many chemical reactions—including esterification,...
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How Sulzer’s Katapak™ Boosts Reactive Distillation Efficiency and Selectivity
Introduction When it comes to maximizing both reaction and separation in a single column, Sulzer’s Katapakstructured catalytic packing ...
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From Waste to High-Purity: Reactive Distillation in Esterification and Hydrolysis
Introduction Esterification and hydrolysis are cornerstone reactions in the chemical and specialty esters industries. Traditionally,...
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Why Reactive Distillation Is the Future of Process Intensification
Introduction: A New Era of Chemical Engineering Process intensification is reshaping the chemical process industry driven by climate...
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