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SAIREM offers the possibility of testing the performance of the INTLI technology for chemical synthesis & extraction

In collaboration with École Nationale de Chimie in Montpellier, SAIREM have installed a platform unique in Europe for experimentation at a semi-industrial scale. The facility has the advantage of an analytical chemistry laboratory for the immediate characterization of the products as well as all the means for understanding and checking the industrial feasibility of a chemical synthesis or extraction process carried out in continuous flow or batch mode. The available capacity ranges from a few mL to several L/hours.

The main parameters of the pilot-scale installation in Montpellier are:

• Installed maximum microwave power of 30 kW, 915 MHz;
• Fast control of forward and reflected power;
• High attainable microwave power densities;
• Integration between microwave generator and reactor ensures internal compatibility and control of all system components;
  
• Continuous flow reactor up to 5 L/min;
• Batch reactor with variable speed mechanical stirring, with maximum volume of 60 L adapted particularly for vegetal-type extraction in aqueous phase or solvents;
• Possible recirculation of the extracted product back in to the reaction mixture;
• Process could be carried out under an inert atmosphere (N2, Ar, CO2 etc.);
• Possibility of on-line filtration or distillation of the products;
• Reactor external cooling via a cooling jacket with automated temperature control;
• In-situ temperature measurement;
• Range of interlocks for safe & reliable operation.