Solvent Recovery Systems

Acetone Recycler

About Recycling

     The SRS unit is a Closed and Sealed Distillation based Solvent-Recovery System.  It offers you a 50% savings in replacement solvents and up to a 75% savings related to waste disposal.

 

     Distillation begins when the solvent is heated to its boiling point (Acetone 134º F).  Once the contaminated solvent reaches this prescribed temperature, vapors are given off.  The vapors are then collected in a special heat exchanger and condensed into clean, 99% pure solvent ready for reusing.  After approximately 75% of the available solvent has been recovered the unit will shut itself off automatically with a heat sensor and/or timer shut-off.  The contaminants, usually 25%, are left over in a high temperature nylon bag for proper waste disposal.

 

     Example:  If you place 55 gallons of clean acetone in a plant today, and it is used in the operation of clean-up, etc., after a 24-hour period you would have lost approximately 25% (14 gallons to evaporation, spillage, waste).  This would leave 41 gallons of dirty acetone that could be distilled in the recycler.  Out of these 41 gallons, you will average 75% (31 gallons) of pure acetone solvent, and would leave 10 gallons as solid waste to be properly disposed of.

 

     ** Most waste is classified as Hazardous and must be disposed of accordingly.  Therefore, even before the process begins, all waste solvents with resin would probably be considered Hazardous.  But with a Recycler, you would end up with only 25% for disposal after distillation rather than the 100%.  In some counties and states, if the waste is cooked to a hard substance, then it can be tested for flammability.  If none is found, it may be declassified by the state.