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Achievements
The Chemithon list of "First Achievements" includes the following:
(see "patents" for the actual documentation)
1954 - Continuous Sulfonation based on oleum
1960 - Continuous Air/SO3 Sulfonation based on sulfur burning
1964 - Commercial AOS Sulfonation
1968 - Commercial Heavy Alkylate Air/SO3 Sulfonation
1975 – Commercial Hydrotrope Sulfonation
1976 - Pioneered Lowest Dioxane AES Sulfation
1989 - Ultra High Viscosity Air/SO3 Sulfonation (US Patent 5,136,088)
1989 / 1996 - Highest Active Neutralization with Lowest Energy Consumption
1965 - Pioneered Single Step Neutralization for low residence time and best control
1985 - Pioneered Mass Flow Control for sulfonation plants
1985 - Pioneered Atomizing Spray Type Sulfur Burner technology
1987 - Pioneered welded Hot Gas Piping without flanges or expansion joints
1988 - Pioneered “Fail to Safe” Plant Interlock system
1988 - Pioneered fully automatic Computer Control for Sulfonation plants
1990 / 1997 – Developed commercial SASME technology
1993 / 1997 – Developed commercial high active dry needle technology with the patented
Turbo Tube® Dryer for MES, LABS and AS/SLS
1995 / 1997 – Developed Turbo Tube® Dioxane Removal System technology (DRS) to remove 1,4-dioxane from AES products
1998 – Developed advanced AOS drying systems
1999 – Advanced the design for the Dioxane Removal System (DRS)
2000 / 2001 – Developed advanced SAFEDENOX ammonia-from-urea-on-demand
2002 / 2003 – First large-scale commercial operation of latest Chemithon MES technology
2003 - First large-scale commercial operation of Chemithon SAFEDENOX system
2004 – Optimized MES process for lowest disalt and best disalt/active ratio in the industry
2005 – Patented Method and Apparatus for dividing the flow of a gas stream
2006 – Patented Process & Apparatus for converting urea to ammonia on demand
2008 - Improving on soda ash neutralization of methyl ester
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