​​​Chemical Industry

The chemical industry is a pillar of Europe’s and North America’s society and economy. The chemical industry supplies consumer chemicals, petrochemicals, basic inorganics, and special chemicals such as crop protection substances, inks and paints, plastics, and synthetics. Chemical companies are the backbone of industry, providing other industries with quality raw materials.

Desotec’s sustainable filtration solutions support chemical producers to:

• Meet the terms of operating licenses by protecting the environment and human health with regard to the operation’s emissions.
• Create a more hygienic environment for workers and ensure a fresh-smelling air for area residents.
• Add value by purifying chemical streams and by-products.

Our filters can be installed or replaced in half-an-hour, minimizing costly downtime. With a small footprint, our filters fit wherever needed. In addition, being mobile and available for rental makes them ideal both for temporary and permanent use. Thanks to our varying filter sizes, the highest level of efficiency can be reached for batch production processes or production volume ramp-ups.

By installing Desotec filters at your plant to reduce VOC emissions from solvent-based adhesives, paints, inks, and coatings, your company will protect human health and the environment.

Common sources of VOC emissions where filters may be placed include: spraying, painting and drying booths, truck loading and unloading, and storage tank vents. Our filters can handle discontinuous emissions and peaks in concentrations.

Each site has a permitted emissions limit, often around 50 mgC/m³. As legislation is expected to become tighter over the coming years, your company should take VOC removal and industrial odour control action now to future-proof your business.

Chemical producers around Europe have long recognized the effectiveness of Desotec’s mobile activated carbon filters. Some of these producers are even replacing existing technology such as scrubbers and regenerative thermal oxidizers (RTOs) with our plug-and-play, sustainable solutions.

Our mobile filters treat air emissions from various sources, including vented storage tanks, cleaning and maintenance processes, production halls, and channeled emissions from production processes.

Activated carbon filtration removes a wide range of compounds in the chemical industry. These compounds include aromatic or aliphatic solvents, oxygenated and sulfur-containing hydrocarbons such as MTBE, DMS, halogenated materials such as MCB, DCM, and bromopropane, but also air-borne raw material traces or side products such as dioxins, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) such as naphthalene, aromatic hydrocarbons such as styrene, and so on. Specially impregnated activated carbon grades can also effectively capture highly volatile chemicals such as ethylene oxide, ammonia.