ITERG has powerful equipment from the Pilotte to the semi-industrial scale with its Semi-Industrial Platform

Equipment of theSemi-Industrial Platform (ASI)

Positioned on high value-added markets, the CEDOP platform offers you a range of Services (R&D&I, pre-series, contract manufacturing) that is unrivalled in Europe in the field of oleochemistry.

La plateforme CEDOP d’ITERG dispose de tous les équipements pour travailler sur différentes quantités allant de l’échelle laboratoire (<1 kg) en passant par l’étape pilote (de 2 à 100 kg) jusqu’à l’échelle de la tonne. Le hall industriel dispose d’un réacteur de synthèse basse pression 1500 L, d’équipements de post traitement (décanteurs, distillation, désodorisation) et de toutes les utilités correspondantes (vapeur, vide, froid, agitateurs, condenseurs, échangeurs à plaques, …).

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Applications

- Lipochemical synthesis using any type of catalysis, such as homogeneous, heterogeneous, organometallic or enzymatic catalysis, allowing the transformation of an oil (from oleaginous plants, fruits or microorganisms), an animal fat or an oily coproduct into the corresponding lipid derivatives,

- All the unitary pre- and post-treatment operations required to obtain the lipid derivative.
By unitary operation is meant operations such as complete or partial refining, decolourisation, deodorisation, molecular distillation, crystallisation, bleaching, filtration, blending, formulation, emulsification and dewaxing. These lipid derivatives thus obtained are intended to be used for the development of new products for non-food markets (detergents, lubricants, polymers, texturisers, additives),

- unit operations such as enrichment or concentration of an oil (from oilseeds, fruits or micro-organisms), an animal fat, a lipid derivative or an oily co-product, if these concentrates or derivatives are to be used for the development of new products for non-food markets.

ITERG is certified by Ecocert Greenlife SAS, in accordance with the COSMOS standard, for its Services of :
- pressing of organic seeds,
- refining and deodorization of organic vegetable oils
- hydrogenation of organic vegetable oils
- grinding of organic materials
- deodorization of organic raw materials.

Since January 2021, ITERG has also been certified ISO22716 - Good Manufacturing Practices for Cosmetic Products.

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Industrial Scale Pilot Equipment

Synthesis reactor

	Pilot Scale	Semi-Industrial Scale	Use
Synthesis reactor	100l, 30l, 4l, 1l	2000L useful, 250°C max, P.atm at 20 mbar, mixer, disperser, scraping blades and central	Batch chemical reactions: Transesterification, esterification, amidation, malenisation, metathesis... Simple distillation under reduced pressure
Preparation tank / Decanter	YES	2200L useful, 100°C max, P.atm at 20 mbar, conical bottom mixer	Raw material preparation aqueous washing, decanting, drying
Press filter	Stainless steel frame 40×40 cm 2m² Stainless steel frame 20×20 cm	Stainless steel frame 60x60cm and double envelope 6m².	Liquid and solid separation
Centrifuge	NO	2m³	Separation Aqueous phase

Hydrogenation reactor

	Pilot Scale	Semi-Industrial Scale	Use
Hydrogenator	2.5 L, 22°C, 175 bar	P.atm at 70 bar, 20 to 250°C, 300L	Hydrogenation, hydrolysis, pressure mixing, vegetable extraction (water-subcritical), recrystallisation

Distillation

	Pilot Scale	Semi-Industrial Scale	Use
Distiller	Scraped film (KD5) 100 ml at 2l/h Falling film and rectification column (20-220°C) up to 4l/h	From 2 mbar to 10-3 Mbar, from 20 to 250°C, 50 to 200l/h, falling film and 12 theoretical plate grinding column	Molecular distillation and/or continuous rectification, Double distillation system

Deodorization reactor

	Pilot Scale	Semi-Industrial Scale	Use
Air freshener	4l operating with steam or nitrogen (280°C max -0.1 mbar max)	De 20 à 240°C, <5 mbar, injection de vapeur sèche, batch 600 à 1000l ou continu 300l/h	Batch or continuous deodorization of oils or fatty acid derivatives

Ozonolysis pilot skid

	Pilot Scale
Ozone machine	4l reactor from -20°C to 200°C Ozone production 100gO3/h Production 10-100% Batch 1,5kg

Shredder

	Pilot Scale	Semi-Industrial Scale	Use
Shredder	Flail mill	Toothed rotor shredder (capacity: max. 1 ton /day, max. output grain size: 10 mm)	Crushing and grinding of solid materials (hydrogenated oils, waxes, non-sticky products)