Why we leads the industry
> 99.99% Purity
Exceed 99.99% purity while safeguarding products quality and integrity
> 70% Energy Savings
Cut energy use by > 70% with reduce number of stages and reflux under vacuum
Zero Waste
Lower emissions and costs with compact, efficient systems
Performance Guaranteed
Sulzer’s in‑house pilot facilities test your actual feedstock before full‑scale implementation to provide:
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Verified separation performance
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Process guarantees based on pilot plant trials using your process sample
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Reliable scale‑up parameters
From key equipment packages to fully integrated modular plants, Sulzer delivers solutions with guaranteed performance.
Main Applications
Pulp mills (condensates, side streams, wastewater)
Biorefineries processing lignocellulosic feedstocks
Pretreatment and steam explosion processes
Tall oil upgrading to renewable diesel / SAF
Yes. Sulzer pilot facilities test your actual feedstock to verify separation performance and provide reliable scale‑up parameters, enabling process guarantees based on pilot trials with your process sample.
Sulzer combines integrated liquid‑liquid extraction (OptimEXT™), mass‑transfer separation (distillation/fractionation/stripping with anti‑fouling internals), electrified distillation (VoltaSplit™), and tailored evaporation (EvapCare™) into one optimized process system.
Yes. VoltaSplit™ electrified distillation using MVR or heat pump optimizes energy use, reduces steam and cooling needs, and offers high decarbonization potential.
Sulzer solutions cover separation and purification of methanol, acetic acid, furfural, 5‑HMF, aromatics/(poly)phenols, glycol, glycerol, pinene, vanillin, organic acids and fatty acids, and wastewater/water reclamation.
Yes. BioFlux™ converts tall oil fatty acids into premium renewable diesel or SAF with advanced hydrogen and heat management and a modular, energy‑efficient design.
What we recover / separate
Methanol
Acetic acid
Furfural
5‑HMF
Aromatics, (poly)phenols
Glycol
Glycerol
Pinene
Vanillin
Organic acids and fatty acids
Wastewater / water reclamation
Experience / Feedstocks
Sugar and starches
Cellulosic
Plant oils
Flue gases
Tall oil
Aqueous waste streams
Chemical waste streams
SUCCESS STORY
Nordic Nutraceuticals Achieves 85% EPA/DHA with DistilCare™
Challenge
Scale up purification of EPA and DHA while minimizing product losses, handling high working temperatures, and simplifying a multi-step system.
Solution
Implemented EvapCare™-W with DistilCare™ under deep vacuum (<1 mbar) in a single-pass operation for efficient purification.
Results
EPA purity increase from 16% to over 85%
DHA purity increase from 11% to over 60%
High yields: EPA (95%), DHA (75%)
Major resource savings (energy, cleaning, time) to single pass
Proven reliability:
+10
years
operation
0
unplanned
downtime
Pulp mills • Biorefineries • Lignocellulosic value recovery
Maximize lignocellulose economics with proven separation & purification
Traditional lignocellulose conversion methods pulping, pretreatment, and steam explosion generate condensates and side/waste streams that contain valuable chemicals. Sulzer Chemtech helps you recover those by‑products, transform them into high ‑value biobased chemicals and biofuels, and reclaim water even from challenging process streams.
85 wt%
Recover value from side streams
Extract, fractionate, and purify valuable organics from aqueous condensates and complex waste streams
10 years
Optimize energy & decarbonize separation
Integrate electrified distillation with MVR/heat pump to reduce utilities and support decarbonization
97%
Guaranteed performance at scale
Validate separation on your real feedstock in Sulzer pilot facilities and scale up with verified parameters and process guarantees
