Laboratory trials

Laboratory scale tests are typically carried out using a maximum of 2 litre test columns and ancillary equipment, designed in house by Separation Technologies, and will have the aim of obtaining:

• Process achievable on the full-scale plant
  
  
• Information which will form the basis of the operation of the main plant, including that necessary for optimum washing cycles, loading volumes, flow rates and correct backwashing and resin regeneration procedures. Regeneration procedures may be modified from those normally suggested by resin manufacturers in view of the process being considered, and to achieve the highest commercially viable operational efficiency
  
  
• Information required for correct plant commissioning and performance test runs
  
  
• Data and information, partially forming the basis for the instruction manual for the operation of the plant
  
  
• The dynamic capacity of the resin, and possibilities of optimising the dynamic capacity under a given set of conditions, such as pH, flowrate, temperature and regeneration