In recent years, modularization of chemical production plants has become a widely\ndiscussed trend to overcome some of key issues the chemical industry struggles with. High volatility\nin raw material and customer markets, shorter product life cycles, cost pressure and increasing\ncompetition are just a few of them. Modularization of chemical production offers the opportunity\nto deal with these issues. The unit operations, which are capable to be applied in modular plant\nconcepts, are subject of on-going research. On the reaction side, tubular continuous flow reactors\nare typical assets and methods for design and operation are available on a high technical level.\nSeparation units on the downstream side are not yet developed to technical maturity. This paper\nfocuses on extraction centrifuges, which are promising devices due to their large range of application,\nsmall volumes, high separation efficiency and excellent scalability. Industrial examples show the\nperformance of extraction centrifuges in multi-purpose large-scale production facilities and prove\nthat these units are predestined for application in modular plants.
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