At the head of a consortium, RVT is currently researching how to reduce droplet entrainment in chemical and petrochemical plants to a minimum as part of the TERESA project. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.
Rectification, absorption or evaporation - all these words describe thermal separation processes that become more energy-efficient and safer with the help of this research.
Today, just such processes account for 40% of the global energy requirements of the process industry. The potential for savings in this area of the industry is therefore correspondingly large.
The joint research project TERESA started on November 1st, 2016 and will run for a period of almost three years. It is part of the 6th energy research program of the federal government. The goal is to optimize the end product of a rectification, absorption or evaporation by reducing the entrainment of the droplets and to reduce the proverbial "watering down" of the result. On the other hand, it should be prevented that droplets that are wrongly carried along lead to the corrosion of entire system components and thus pose a safety problem.
The results to be achieved in TERESA are of comprehensive importance for the entire process industry: They can be implemented in all branches of the process industry, from the chemical and petrochemical industry to the life sciences, from the food processing to the environmental technology industry.
TERESA: Drop formation and reduction in mass transfer apparatus
Über RVT
RVT Process Equipment GmbH is a medium sized family owned company located in Upper Franconia, Germany. Since 1976 our scope of supply has covered components for mass and heat transfer processes for chemical, petrochemical, refinery and environmental applications.
The overall array of products includes random packing, structured packing, column internals, mass transfer trays, complete columns and turnkey units for environment protection applications.
More than 140 employees work for the company in Steinwiesen and Marktrodach. Our two subsidiaries in Knoxville TN, USA, Kunshan PR China and representatives in all important market places are selling our products all over the world and are being used by many global players. Further information on RVT is available on the internet
www.rvtpe.com
