Technical Center / Pilot Plants

Since 2008 it has been possible to conduct tailormade trials for thermal separation processes - and recently also for CO₂ valorization – at the GIG Karasek Technical Center in Gloggnitz, Austria. The technical center offers a state-of-the-art test infrastructure for individual tasks and is equipped with following testing facilities:

• Laboratory evaporator
• Thin-film evaporator
• Short-path evaporator
• Horizontal thin-film dryer
• High-viscous evaporator
• Falling-film evaporator
• CO₂ electroreduction system

The entire equipment can be operated with different process parameters in parallel generating operating data. Relying on its long-standing expertise our team elaborates optimum process conditions for the industrial plants and research objectives of our customers.

Our capabilities:

• Production of samples for customer analyses
• Trials with provided sample substances
  Test your own product on small scale!
• Laboratory trials
• Pilot trials with demonstration plants
• Comprehensive trial reports including scale-up engineering
• Toll evaporation

Your advantages:

• Safeguard of planned investments thanks to meaningful test results
• Testing of new feed streams, temperature- and concentration ranges as well as wiper types
• Basis for achieving process guarantees (e.g. degree of purity, final concentration, etc.)
• Optimum conditions thanks to state-of-the-art equipment
• High flexibility and tailormade trials
  Components can be combined/configured according to requirements
• Qualified personnel with extensive expertise in thermal separation and CO₂ valorization (electroreduction)
• Wide-ranging offer – from concept development to advice for investment decisions