A plant for concentrating a tartaric acid solution includes a first and a second evaporation unit arranged in series, a pump for feeding a diluted tartaric acid solution into the first evaporation unit, a barometric condenser placed downstream of the second evaporation unit, and a system for feeding a first low-temperature vapor into the first evaporation unit. A process for concentrating tartaric acid includes providing a plant according to the above description, performing a first concentration, by evaporation, of the diluted tartaric acid solution, inside the first evaporation unit, and performing a second concentration, by evaporation, of the partially concentrated tartaric acid solution from the first evaporation unit, inside the second evaporation unit. The plant and process for concentrating tartaric acid have the advantages of ensuring low energy consumption, allowing concentration of solutions tending to crystallization, and allowing the continuous measurement of the tartaric acid concentration to be concentrated.

Methods and systems are disclosed for concentrating a compound found in plant material from one or more species of the Cannabis genus. A system includes a capture/heating station having at least one heating element to heat a mass of material held within the capture/heating station; at least one release station in series with and liquidly isolated from the capture/heating station, each release station defining a volume at least partially filed by a release reagent formulated to release a target product from a substrate; and a conveyor configured to carry a belt through the capture/heating station and then the at least one release station.

System and process for producing steam in a steam-hydrocarbon reforming facility where oxygen is removed from demineralized water using a membrane degasifier. The membrane degasifier operates at a lower temperature compared to a deaerator, which is the conventional technology for removing oxygen.

A method for recovering hydrocarbon diluent present in froth treatment tailings, comprising introducing the tailings into a vessel; adding a first portion of steam into the vessel to form a vapour-tailings interface; and operating the vessel to increase the exposure of the tailings to the vapour-tailings interface formed in the vessel.

The invention is directed to compositions and processes concerning efficient downstream processing of products derived from organic acids pretreatment of plant materials.

The invention is directed to compositions and processes concerning efficient downstream processing of products derived from organic acids pretreatment of plant materials.

The present invention relates to a process for improving the quality of edible oils or fats and in the process an edible oil is passed through an oil refining equipment consisting of a stripping column with packing and not more than one oil collection tray. It further relates to the use of the refining equipment consisting of a stripping column with packing and not more than one oil collection tray, for degrading, decomposing or breaking down oxidation products of triglycerides, diglycerides, monoglycerides and/or fatty acids.

The present invention relates to a process for improving the quality of edible oils or fats and in the process an edible oil is passed through an oil refining equipment consisting of a stripping column with packing and not more than one oil collection tray. It further relates to the use of the refining equipment consisting of a stripping column with packing and not more than one oil collection tray, for degrading, decomposing or breaking down oxidation products of triglycerides, diglycerides, monoglycerides and/or fatty acids.

A remediation plant for remediating drilling mud, cuttings, and fluids. The preferred plant includes a reboiler that is adapted to provide heat to the drilling mud, cuttings, and fluid, a mud drum that is operatively connected to the reboiler, a distillation column that is operatively connected to the reboiler, a heat exchanger that is operatively connected to the reboiler, a condenser that is operatively connected to the distillation column, a condenser tank that is operatively connected to the condenser, an oil-water separator that is operatively connected to the condenser tank, and a pump that is operatively connected to the oil-water separator. The preferred remediation plant is adapted to remove synthetic drilling fluid from drilling mud, cuttings, and fluids. A method for remediating drilling mud, cuttings, and fluid.

Systems and processes are provided for upgrading a crude oil. In some examples, a heated crude oil can be introduced into an atmospheric distillation column where an overhead gas product comprising C.sub.4 hydrocarbons can be recovered and recycled back to the atmospheric distillation column to decrease the partial pressure of the C.sub.5+ hydrocarbons in the distillation column allowing higher boiling point fractions of crude oil to be vaporized and recovered.