Reasons for Choosing 02Diverse facilities

Facilities

2. Laboratory research (30 to 5,000 mL)

Reactor vessels and separatory flasks (30 to 5,000 mL), SUS autoclave (100 to 3,000 mL), Glass-lining autoclave (300 to 1,000 mL), SUS Press filter (200 mL), Glass-lining press filter(1 L), Rectifying column, Thin-film evaporator, Pure water system, Ultrapure water system, Constant temperature and humidity oven, Refrigerant device (minimum -15 ℃), Vacuum dryer, Homogenizer, Light flow synthesizer, Syringe pump, etc.

• Laboratory
• Thin-film evaporator
• Rectifying column

3. Kilo lab (10 to 50 L)

Reactor vessels (10 to 50 L), Mantle heater, Separatory flasks (10 L), SUS Press filters(1.5 to 10 L), Nutsche funnel (300 mm diamete), Glass filter (185 mm diameter), Vessels (up to 100 L), etc.

4. Pilot plant (50 to 2,000 L)

• Fukui Research Institute (pilot plant)
• Inside of Fukui Research Institute (three stories)
• Thin-film evaporator
• Reactor (Hastelloy)
• Autoclave (Ni cladding)

Pilot plant

Equipment	Type	Material	Size	Temperature	Pressure
Reactors	Autoclave	GL	100 L, 500 L	Max. 150 °C	Max. 0.8 MPa
		Ni cladding	200 L	Max. 260 °C	Max. 0.8 MPa
	Reactor	HS	200 L	Max. 150 °C	Ambient pressure
		GL, SUS	50-2000 L	Max. 130～150 °C	Ambient pressure
Filters	Centrifuge	ETFE	24, 36 inches
	Press Filter (vertical single plate type)	PTFE, GL	50 L	Filter area: 0.125 m3	Max. 0.2 MPa
Dryers	Conical Dryer	GL	300 L, 1000 L	Max. 80 °C	Max. 10 hPa
Distillation and Extraction Column	Rectifying Column	SUS	200 Φ x 4000 H	Max. 190 °C	Max. 5 hPa
	Thin-film evaporator	SUS	0.4 m3	Max. 200 °C	Max. 1 hPa
Extraction Column	Ion Exchange Column	FRP	20 L, 50 L	Electrical conductivity : 0.1 mS/m or less

5. Trial production (3,000 to 12,000 L)

6. Commercial production (3,000 to 12,000 L)

• Reactors
• Thin-film evaporator
• Conical Dryer (inside cleanroom)
• Centrifuge
• LNG Satellite Station
• Incinerator and Activated sludge facility

Wakayama Site

Equipment	Type	Material	Size	Number	Temperature	Pressure
Reactors	Autoclave	GL	5 m3	3	Max. 160 °C	Max. 0.44 to 0.98 MPa
			8 m3	2	Max. 150 °C	Max. 1.0 MPa
		SUS	7 m3	2	Max. 160 °C	Max0.98 MPa
	Reactor	GL	3 m3	2	Ambient temperature to Max. 160 °C	Ambient pressure
			5 m3	2	Max. 160 °C	Ambient pressure
			7 m3	1	Max. 150 °C	Ambient pressure
			8 m3	12	Max. 150 to 160 °C	Ambient pressure
			10 m3	5	Max. 150 to 160 °C	Ambient pressure
			12 m3	7	Max. 150 to 160 °C	Ambient pressure
		SUS	5 m3	2	Max. 150 to 160 °C	Ambient pressure
			7 m3	5	Max. 150 to 160 °C	Ambient pressure
			8 m3	8	Max. 150 °C	Ambient pressure
			9 m3	2	Max. 130 °C	Ambient pressure
			10 m3	1	Max. 160 °C	Ambient pressure
			15 m3	1	Max. 130 °C	Ambient pressure
			16 m3	1	Max. 130 °C	Ambient pressure
Filters	Centrifuge	ETFE	48 x 30 inches	2	Max. 80 to 100 °C
			48 x 38 inches	2	Max. 100 °C
		SUS	48 x 30 inches	1	Max. 100 °C
		RL	48 x 30 inches	2	Max. 100 °C
	Pressure leaf Filter	ETFE	300 L	2	Max. 100 °C
		ETFE	500 L	2	Max. 100 °C	Single plate type
		SUS	300 L	2	Max. 100 °C
	Filter Press	PP	0.25 m3	1	Max. 80 °C
			1 m3	1	Max. 80 °C
Dryers	Horizontal mixing dryer	SUS	3 m3	2	Max. 150 °C	Max.Vacuum 0.4 kPa
		HS	3 m3	1
	Conical Dryer	GL	3 m3	1	Max. 95 °C
	Tray type	SUS	500 kg	2	Max. 80 °C (warm air)	Ambient pressure
Pulverizer	Mesh screen	SUS	large	1
			small	1
Sieve	vibratory type	SUS	small	1
	centrifugal type	SUS/PE Mesh	big	1
Packaging machine	scew feeders	SUS	300 kg	2

Fukui Site

Equipment	Type	Material	Size	Number	Temperature	Pressure
Reactors	Autoclave	GL	4 m3	1	Max. 150 °C	Max. 0.97 MPa
			5 m3	1	Max. 130 °C	Max. 0.48 MPa
			8 m3	4	Max. 140 to 175 °C	Max. 0.19 to 0.98 MPa
			10 m3	2	Max. 140 °C	Max. 0.98 MPa
		SUS	6 m3	1	Max. 150 °C	Max. 0.97 MPa
			8 m3	1	Max. 140 °C	Max. 0.98 MPa
			12 m3	1	Max. 150 °C	Max. 0.97 MPa
		HS	4 m3	1	Max. 150 °C	Max. 0.70 MPa
	Reactor	GL	3 m3	1	Max. 140 °C	Ambient pressure
			5 m3	3	Max. 130 to 140 °C	Ambient pressure
			6 m3	3	Max. 150 to 170 °C	Ambient pressure
			8 m3	15	Max. 130 to 165 °C	Ambient pressure to Max. 0.20 MPa
			10 m3	6	Max. 120 to 140 °C	Ambient pressure to Max. 0.19 MPa
			12 m3	4	Max. 130 to 150 °C	Ambient pressure to Max. 0.20 MPa
		SUS	2 m3	1	Max. 150 °C	Max. 0.29 MPa
			5 m3	2	Max. 140 to 170 °C	Ambient pressure
			6 m3	1	Max. 150 °C	Ambient pressure
			7 m3	1	Max. 150 °C	Max. 0.19 MPa
			8 m3	4	Max. 140 to 170 °C	Ambient pressure
			9 m3	1	Max. 40 °C	Ambient pressure
			12 m3	3	Max. 100 to 150 °C	Ambient pressure to Max. 1.0 MPa
			14 m3	1	Max. 40 °C	Ambient pressure
			35 m3	1	Max. 0 °C	Ambient pressure
Filters	Centrifuge	ETFE	48 x 20 inches	2	Max. 80 °C	Ambient pressure
			48 x 30 inches	4	Max. 80 °C	Ambient pressure
			48 x 38 inches	2	Max. 80 °C	Ambient pressure
		SUS	48 x 30 inches	1	Max. 80 °C	Ambient pressure
	Candle type filter	SUS	3㎡	3	Max. 80 to 150 °C	Max. 0.30 to 0.49 MPa
	Leaf filter	SUS	5㎡	1	Max. 80 °C	Max. 0.49 MPa
	Single plate filter	SUS	2 to 3 m3	2	Max. 40 to 100 °C	Max. 0.30 to 0.35 MPa
Dryers	Conical Dryer	GL	2 to 3 m3	3	Max. 90 to 100 °C	FV
	Horizontal mixing dryer	SUS	4 m3	1	Max. 150 °C	FV
	Vertical mixing dryer	SUS	3 m3	1	Max. 130 °C	FV
		SUS	3 m3	1	Max. 100 °C	FV
Rectifying Column	-	SUS	356 mm diamter 17 stage	1	Max. 151.1 °C	Ambient pressure
	-	SUS	700 mm diamter 26 stage	1	Max. 151.1 °C	Ambient pressure
Thin-film evaporator	-	SUS	24-30 thin-film evaporator	1	Max. 300 °C	Max. 0.13 kPa
Ultrapure Water System	-	FRP (storage tank)	with manufacturing capacity 0.5 m3/hr	1

Analytical instruments

HPLC, GC, GPC, GC-MS, LC-MS, DSC, TG/DTA, IC, Reaction calorimeter, Atomic absorption spectrophotometer, Combustion ion chromatography, IR moisture meter, Karl Fischer moisture meter, pH meter, B-type viscometer, UV spectrophotometer, IR spectrophotometer, Digital microscope, Automatic titrator, Colorimeter, Turbidity meter, Total organic carbon (TOC) meter, Conductivity meter, Vacuum dryer, Electric furnace, Pure water system, Ultrapure water system, etc.

• HPLC
• LC-MS
• GC
• DSC, TG/DTA
• Reaction calorimeter
• GC-MS
• GPC