Filtration Systems Automag greatly reduces Raney Nickel contamination Solvent Processing Company Name: Oxea Chemicals Location: Bay City, Texas Eclipse Product Installed: Automag 6 Industry: Solvent Processing Process Type: Chemical Reaction and Distillation Our Client OXEA is a world leader in Oxo chemicals. At this Propanol processing plant, Raney Nickel is used as a catalyst in the first part of the process. The Raney Nickel residue must then be extracted before reaching the next distillation process or the finished product. Raney Nickel has a very low magnetic permeability as a result magnetic filtration had not previously been considered. The previous filtration system being used was filtration bags and cartridges which could extract particles down to 3 or 5 microns in size.The Challe

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