Among the plants that our engineers have designed are the following:
• Dow Chemical at Plaquemine, 1000 tons/day commissioned in 1969, expanded in 1993.
• Hooker Chemical Co. 1,500 tons/day in Taft La., commissioned in 1979, expanded in 1988.
• Solvay Process at Syracuse, N.Y. commissioned in 1976.
• Pittsburgh Plate Glass, 500 tons/day, commissioned in 1979.
• Penn Salt at Wyandotte, Michigan, 500 tons/day, commissioned in 1959, expanded in 1987, 1992.
• Reichold Chemical Co. Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 100 tons/day, to anhydrous, commissioned in 1962.
The above installations were all Nickel and Nickel Clad Construction and the 1st four were built under Dr. Chirico’s patent for conispherical design.
• USA, RO reject wastewater evaporator / crystallizer, 25,000 lbs/hr water evaporation, 2002.
• OSW, US Gov., RO reject wastewater evaporator / crystallizer, Roswell, NM, 1 MGD, 3,000 HP MVR.
• USA, 5,000 lbs/hr RO reject wastewater evaporator / crystallizer, 1998.
• USA, Bechtel Corp. for PG&E, RO wastewater evaporator / crystallizer 10,000 lbs/hr.
• IL, RO wastewater evaporator / crystallizer, 2,000 kgs/hr feed water, 2004.
• Canada, 40,000 lbs/hr water evaporation, Na2SO4 and K2SO4 evaporator, 1997.
• Dow Co: 1,500 T/day NaCl Evaporator/Crystallizer System.
• Dow Co: Triple Salt Crystallizer system – NaCl, KCl, Na2SO4.
• Hooker Chemical: 1,000 T/day NaCl evaporator / crystallizer, NY.
• PPG: 600 T/day NaCl evaporator / crystallizer system.
• Huber: MVR evaporator for Na2SO4 salt cake.
• Kalium Corp: KCl, K2SO4 evaporator / crystallizer.
• Pacific Coast Borax: KCl, K2SO4 evaporator / crystallizer.
• Sherrit Gordon Mines: 2x 300 T/d (NH4)2SO4 crystallizer.
• American Potash: Evaporators and crystallizers for – soda ash Na2CO3, 1,000 T/d potash KCl, 1,000 T/d K2SO4, boric acid and Na2SO4 salt cake.
• Sterling Fibers, Na2SO4 Evaporator / Crystallizer.
• KSA, NaCl table salt crystallizer, 2001, commissioning 2002.
• Among the plants that our engineers have designed and fabricated are the following:
• Wisconsin, USA. Whey MVR, water evaporation rate 50,000 lb/hr.
• Wisconsin, USA. Whey MVR, water evaporation rate 30,000 lb/hr.
• AZ, USA. Milk, whey, 6 effect TVR, 100,000 lbs/hr.
• Chile. Milk/Whey MVR, 30,000 lbs/hr water evaporation.
• Idaho, USA. Whey, MVR, 30,000 lbs/hr water evaporation.
• New York, USA. 1000 lbs/hr whey/milk evaporator, later expansion to 4,500 lbs/hr.
• Amalgamated Sugar, Falling Film, 50,000 lbs/hr evaporation.
• Spreckles Sugar, Long Tube Vertical, 30,000 lbs/hr evaporation.
• Sugana, Vienna, Austria , Calandria, White sugar, 30 m. tons/hr.
• Anguiano y Wong Asesores, Mexico, sugar concentrator, to 77 Brix.
• Asucar Guarani, Mexico, 1,700 kg/hr evaporator , 75 Brix concentrator.
• Iogen, Canada, 7,000 kg/hr water evaporation.
• Among the black liquor plants that our engineers have designed, the following are in the range of 100,000 to 250,000 lbs/hr.
• Weyerhauser Timber Co. for black liquor and sulfite waste liquors.
• Macon Kraft for kraft black liquor.
• Clacasieu Pulp and Paper Co.
• Brown Company.
• Mead Kingsport.
• Rayonier sulfite waste liquor.
• Rhinelander Pulp Co.
• Consolidated Water and Pulp co. Sulfite liquor.
• Northern Pulp Co. Sulfite liquor.
• Puget Sound Pulp and paper. Ammonia Base Sulfite Liquors.
• Proctor & Gamble, black liquor.
• Sunoco, sulfite liquor.
• Nekosa Edwards black liquor.
• International Paper, black liquor.
• Virginia Pulp and Paper, black liquor.
• Plymouth pulp and paper, black liquor.
• Russia, NOVASIBEROSK BLACK LIQUOR.
• India, Travencore Bagasse liquor.
• Tasman Pulp and Paper, Australia.
• Florida Pulp and Paper, Black liquor.
• Champion Pulp and Paper, Black liquor.
Among the plants that our engineers have designed are the following:
• Rayonier, Pulp & Paper, Hoquiam, WA, Sulfite waste liquor (Red Liquor), 3,000 HP MVR, 300,000 lbs/hr water evaporation.
• OSW, US Gov., Water Desalination, Roswell, NM, 1 MGD, 3,000 HP MVR.
• White Clover Dairy, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, Whey MVR, water evaporation rate 50,000 lb/hr.
• White Clover Dairy, Menasha, Wisconsin, Whey MVR, water evaporation rate 30,000 lb/hr.
• United Dairies, Tempe, AZ, Milk, whey, 6 effect MVR, 80,000 lbs/hr.
• Santiago, Chile, Milk/Whey MVR, 30,000 lbs/hr water evaporation.
• Idaho, Whey, MVR, 30,000 lbs/hr water evaporation.
• Acic (Canada), Alcoa, American Thermal Industries, Ameritec, Ampi, Anheuser Busch, Carotech (Malaysia), Chesapeake Finishing Metals Co.
• Construction Metalique De Provence (France), C.P. Chemicals, Dow Chemical, El Cafe (Ecuador), Frupatria (Colombia), Gogapolice Equipment (Russia), Harcross Pigments Inc., Hooker Chemical Co., Huller ( J.M.) Co.
• Huevelton Whey Co., Jugos del Sol S.A., Monsanto, Montecatini (Italy).
• National Steel (Midwest Division) Pacifico de Química S.A., Petrofac Inc., Petron (India), Pfaudler Co., Philip Mueller (Germany), Productos Industriales de León (México), Signa (México), Sulpaca (Venezuela), Southwest Hide Co.
• Designed over 20 systems in the chlor-alkali field, the largest of which were:
• Dow Co: 1,500 T/day NaCl Evaporator/Crystallizer System.
• Dow Co: Vacuum crystallizer, NaOH, monohydrate, salt purification system.
• Dow Co: Triple Salt Crystallizer system – NaCl, KCl, Na2SO4.
• Dow Co: NaOH Concentrator producing 75% caustic.
• Reichhold Chemical CO: NaOH Anhydrous Dehydration, heat transfer salt.
• Hooker Chemical: 1,000 T/day NaCl evaporator crystallizer, NY.
• PPG: 600 T/day NaCl evaporator / crystallizer system.
• Solvay Process: 550 T/day NaCl evaporator / crystallizer system.
• PennSalt: 5,000 T/day NaCl evaporator / crystallizer system, MI.
• Over 40 installations for evaporating and crystallizing organic and inorganic compounds: Ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, ammonium hydroxide, ammonium nitrate, sodium sulfate, sodium carbonate, urea, calcium acetate, calcium chloride, lithium chloride, chromium trioxide, cupric sulfate (blue vitriol), ferric chloride, barium chloride, sodium chloride, sugar, MSG, boric acid, adipic acid, MgSO4, KCl, silver nitrate, zinc sulfate, caprolactam, acetic acid, lactose, sodium cyanide, etc. Some of the larger units furnished: Dupont: Crystallizers for caprolactam sulfate and adipic acid.
• Allied Chemical: (NH4)2SO4, adipic acid and caprolactam sulfate.
• Ames Goldsmith: 100 T/d silver nitrate crystallizer.
• J. Huber: MVR evaporator for Na2SO4 salt cake.
• Kalium Corp: KCl evaporator / crystallizer.
• Pacific Coast Borax: KCl evaporator / crystallizer.
• Monsanto: Boric acid evaporator crystallizer.
• Sherrit Gordon Mines: 2x 300 T/d (NH4)2SO4 classifying growth crystallizer.
• American Potash: Evaporators and crystallizers for – soda ash Na2CO3, 1,000 T/d potash KCl, 1,000 T/d K2SO4, boric acid and Na2SO4 salt cake.
• National Lead: Sodium fluoride concentration systems.
• American Cyanamid: Sodium cyanide concentration and salt cake crystallization.
• Over 50 systems for Kraft, sulfite and soda liquors. Pioneered the development of processing calcium based sulfite waste liquor in WI, using a channel switching lamella evaporator. The first plants were supplied to Consolidated, Rhinelander and Northern Pulp. Developed the first.
• Evaporation process for concentrating magnesium base sulfite red liquor for Weyerhaeuser Timber in Longview, WA. This plant was the first pulp mill to convert to a soluble base cooking liquor. Designed and installed the first successful evaporator system handling ammonia base sulfite red liquor for Puget Sound Pulp and Paper. At Kraft Pulping developed the first successful concentrator to produce 65% solids concentrate, by designing a special unit capable of processing a very viscous liquor. Designed the first mechanical vapor compression pulp mill evaporator for Rayonier’s plant at Grays Harbor.
• Several installations in Decatur, Illinois for Staley’s and Corn Products Co., to process steep water. This liquor becomes very difficult to handle due to its rubber like nature when it gets thick. Supplied plants to VWR in Seattle for concentrating starch liquors.
• Supplied systems to Morton Salt, Diamond Crystal Salt and Speckles Sugar. Much of the crystallization design concepts were established with the classic Manistee pans that were extensively used in both sugar and salt production.
