A Complete Solution for All Co-products at New Plant
The Problem
A chemical manufacturer created a novel process and built a new plant to manufacture a commodity chemical from plant derived materials. While the process was much more efficient than the traditional manufacturing process, the new process produced 6 separate co-product streams that would have to be disposed of if a reuse solution could not be found. The co-products were all mixtures that included several chemical constituents and 35 percent water overall and were not re-usable as produced. The manufacturer, who was originally combining all the co-products into a single stream, reached out to Altiras Chemicals for help.
The Altiras Solution
The Altiras Team evaluated the co-products as follows:
- Evaluated the combined co-product stream, including historic analytical, samples, and assessed usability in our known markets to determine the combined stream was not usable as-is in the combined form with 35% water.
- Assessed the details of the manufacturing process to evaluate the individual streams as produced.
- Requested and received samples of each stream for evaluation.
- Performed laboratory analysis and processing on the 6 streams to determine the best overall options.
Made preliminary assessment of the viability of the 6 individual streams, concluding that 4 of the 6 streams could be used as-is, without further processing. The other 2 streams could be processed to yield viable products.
Results
The Altiras Chemicals team made a proposal to the manufacturer to purchase the 4 streams and to process and recover the 2 remaining streams either on-site or at an off-site location. The solution minimizes waste, significantly enhances value, and significantly improves ESG scores and carbon footprint for the manufacturer.
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