Solvent Recovery System

The Global Antico Solvent Recovery System is a comprehensive multi-solvent distillation and purification plant designed for the recovery, upgrading, and reuse of industrial solvents from manufacturing process streams. The system integrates three complementary separation technologies: atmospheric distillation for standard boiling-point solvents, vacuum distillation for high-boiling or thermally sensitive solvents, and thin film / wiped film evaporation (WFE/TFE) for high-viscosity residues, polymeric-contaminated streams, or solvents susceptible to thermal degradation. Solvent mixtures are characterized at feed sampling and the distillation sequence is configured accordingly, separating mixed solvent streams into individual recovered products meeting reuse purity specifications.

The WFE stage is particularly critical for pharmaceutical and fine chemical applications, where product decomposition at high temperature must be avoided. A rotor-driven thin film ensures a residence time of only seconds on the heated evaporator surface, dramatically reducing thermal stress. The entire plant is engineered to ATEX Zone-1 classification — all motors, instrumentation, and electrical components are explosion-proof, with inert gas (N₂) blanketing throughout to eliminate ignition risk. A heat recovery system integrating condenser duty with feed pre-heating reduces specific energy consumption by 30–45% compared to conventional designs. Systems are available for batch, semi-continuous, or fully continuous operation, with capacities from 100 L/hr to 20,000 L/hr, in SS 316L, Hastelloy C-276, or glass-lined construction based on solvent chemistry.