Burt Process Corporate

Specialty Solvent Collection

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Overview

Burt Process Equipment’s specialty solvent collection and handling systems are designed to ensure safe material handling while providing the automation needed in a high-tech manufacturing environment.

Solvent handling systems are complete modules including bulk storage as well as point of use vessels, loading stations, pumps, instrumentation, controls, containment, and ventilation.

Our specialty chemical handling systems are designed to the highest industry safety standards, focusing on operator safety while ensuring regulatory compliance. With a variety of options for materials, features, and certifications, each system is tailored to meet client requirements and provides a fully integrated solution for any industry.

Key Design Features

  • Engineered to contain hazardous solvents and vapors
  • Compact solutions designed to fit in any available footprint
  • Variety of material options to ensure compatibility including stainless steel 304, 316, or 316L
  • Lining options for volatile solvents: PTFE, PFA, Halar
  • Precise level monitoring and flow control to multiple points within the facility
  • Multi-point level indication with non-contact transmitters and load cells, plus redundant high-level alarm
  • Control panels compatible with existing control networks
  • Pneumatic pumps with flow rates up to 275 gpm
  • External air manifold with solenoid valves
  • Conservation vents, vacuum breakers, and nitrogen blanketing options
  • Automation of pumps and instrumentation to streamline the solvent-handling process
  • Capable of handling high-temp waste streams, corrosive solvents, alcohols, and other sensitive chemistries under hazardous conditions
  • Ease of installation: systems are skid modularized, pre-plumbed, and pre-wired

Inherent Safety Features

  • Containment options: double-walled tanks, leak pans, cabinet enclosures
  • Leak detection provided in containment for early detection of system failure
  • Tanks equipped with rupture disks or vacuum breakers
  • Fire suppression system options
  • Control panel alert lights and horn alarms for operator warning
  • Control panels can be divided into high and low-voltage compartments
  • Password protected or lockable operator options on control systems
  • Use of air-operated pumps to reduce electrical load on system
  • Cabinet options for isolation of point-of-use vessels
  • Options for vent scrubbers for carcinogenic compounds

Control Systems

  • UL 508A & 698A certification (standards for industrial control panel fabrication)
  • Compliance with NEC/NFPA 79 (electrical standards for industrial machinery)
  • NEMA 4/4X hinged door enclosures
  • E-STOP button with protective shroud
  • Lockable main power disconnect switch
  • PLC and PC-based control systems
  • High voltage and low voltage designs
  • Complete control integration to build system

Hazardous Area Certifications

  • Systems can be designed for Class I Div I or Class I Div II environments, as well as ATEX environments
  • Hazardous-rated instrumentation available
  • Class I Div I/II and ATEX compliant wiring and conduit
  • Automation systems can be designed as remote barrier panels or interlocked purge panels with surge protection or NEMA 7

Documentation & Support

  • Engineering documentation including P&IDs, electrical ladder logic diagrams, O&M manuals, component indices, CAD layout drawings, and 3D modeling
  • Options for FAT and SAT testing
  • On-site startup & training services with BPE service technicians to ensure system functionality and train site personnel in correct system operation
  • Maintenance plans for continued project success