Main applications and potential benefits
- Drying
evaporation, dehydration, pasteurization and sterilization -
Electrotechnologies Benefits - Induction
- Extremely precise, highly localized temperature for heating liquids and certain solids
- Electric resistance
- Heating system that's economical
to buy and operate - No combustion gases
- Easy to use
- More precise than conventional heating systems
- Current-conducting tube
- Suitable for heating pumpable fluids
- Precise temperature control
- High energy efficiency
- Compact equipment
- Microwave
- Inertia-free through-heating system for even heating of products in aqueous form or with high moisture content
- Little heat absorbed by ambient air
- Infrared (IR)
- Suitable for dehydration applications
(heating of surfaces or thin layers) - High speed; very good energy efficiency rating
- Suitable for controlled-atmosphere treatment
- Can also be used for focalized heating
- Can be easily adapted to
work with existing equipment
- Ultraviolet (UV)
- Suitable for sterilization or surface treatment applications, or for treating thin materials
- Low specific consumption
- High processing speed
- Easily adapted to work with existing equipment
- Separation
Distillation, concentration, purification and regeneration -
Electrotechnologies Benefits - Mechanical vapor compression (MVC)
- Suitable for concentrating solutions or separating liquid mixtures
- Highly efficient: coefficient of performance (COP) ranging between 5 and 80 (1 kWh of electricity can produce the equivalent of between 5 and 80 kWh of thermal energy.)
- Membrane filtration
- Suitable for separating the components of a compound according to weight, molecular size or chemical affinity
- Easy to control
- High energy efficiency
- Compact, modular equipment
- Electrolysis and electrodialysis
- Suitable for the in-plant manufacturing of value-added products such as chemical reagents
- Fewer steps involved
- Can be used to make high-purity products
- High energy efficiency
- Chemical reactions can be controlled by regulating the power or voltage supplied to the electrodes
- Electrolysis
- Particularly suitable for electrochemical reactions
- The rate and/or degree of oxidation or reduction of a compound can be increased or decreased as needed
- Electrodialysis
- Particularly suitable for the separation of ionic solutions, but can also be used for various chemical reactions
- Electroflotation
- Suitable for separating out solid-liquid and liquid-liquid phases
- Sludge can be recycled
- Extremely fine particles can be removed
- Modular equipment
- Easy to control
- Heat recovery
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Electrotechnologies Benefits - Heat pump
- Suitable for generating heat
and cold simultaneously - Highly efficient: COP ranging between 3 and 5 (1 kWh of electricity can produce the equivalent of between 3 and 5 kWh of thermal energy).
