Case studies
Real projects.
Real numbers.
Most case studies below are deployed Petro Sep systems; ongoing and pending projects are marked. We pick projects to publish based on what is most useful for prospects evaluating similar separations, not on what makes the best marketing photo.
Chemical & Petrochemical · 2012
200,000 L/day hybrid refinery, solvents recovered at pervaporation scale
An innovative multi-process refinery in Virginia, USA. Petro Sep engineered, fabricated, and deployed AQUA-SEP®, AZEO-SEP®, and VOC-SEP® systems on the same site. Featured as one of the largest pervaporation deployments of its kind.
Virginia, USA
Industrial Manufacturing & Environmental · 2014
Mobile AQUA-SEP® vacuum skid for hazardous water treatment
An AQUA-SEP® vacuum skid for a mobile hazardous water treatment plant in Rhode Island, USA. Petro Sep's company profile dates the project to 2014 and shows the skid under construction.
Rhode Island, USA
Industrial Manufacturing & Environmental · 2016
Sarnia bioethanol and ABE refinery, three feeds piloted over six months
Petro Sep deployed a hybrid AZEO-SEP®, VOC-SEP®, and AQUA-SEP® plant at a Sarnia, Canada bioethanol and ABE (acetone/butanol/ethanol) refinery. The site is also home to PSC's 'Lean Water' VOC-SEP® pilot, which validated three industrial wastewater feeds over six months.
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Industrial Manufacturing & Environmental · 2008
Full-scale AQUA-SEP® skids for RO reject and brine concentration
A full-scale AQUA-SEP® membrane skid installation in China, 2008, for reverse osmosis (RO) reject water treatment and brine concentration. AQUA-SEP® is Petro Sep's vacuum membrane distillation platform for high-TDS brine, especially RO reject.
China
Oil, Gas & Energy
Two Acid Gas Oxidizer (AGO) STACK units, fabricated and welded in our Kerteh shop
Petro Sep Engineering Sdn. Bhd. fabricated two AGO STACK units (each OD 2,800 mm × 40,000 mm length) plus a combustion chamber (OD 4,200 mm × 36,000 mm) at our Kerteh facility.
Kerteh, Terengganu, Malaysia
Food, Beverage & Biofuels · 2016
China dairy plant, 1,000 m³/day
Completed dairy project in China. From PSC's 2024 Project Highlights.
China
Industrial Manufacturing & Environmental · 2002
Saudi Arabia desalination pilot, modular AQUA-SEP® skid
A modular AQUA-SEP® skid for seawater desalination: Petro Sep's desalination pilot in Saudi Arabia, 2002.
Saudi Arabia
More projects
More from the project record.
Further Petro Sep deployments across our portfolio. These are documented projects; on-site photography is still being sourced for them.
Industrial Manufacturing & Environmental · 2023
Canada bioethanol production, 100,000 L/day
Ongoing bioethanol production plant in Canada. From PSC's 2024 Project Highlights table.
Industrial Manufacturing & Environmental · 2023
Malaysia bioethanol production, 100,000 L/day
Ongoing bioethanol production plant in Malaysia. From PSC's 2024 Project Highlights table.
Mining · 2023
Latin America mining project, 100,000+ m³/day
Ongoing mining project in Latin America. From PSC's 2024 Project Highlights.
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences · 2019
USA CBD extraction plant, 500+ kg/day
CBD extraction plant in the United States. Engineering (3D modelling, P&IDs, distillation column design) delivered by Petro Sep Engineering Sdn. Bhd. for Petro Sep Corporation.
Industrial Manufacturing & Environmental · 2018
China water treatment, 2,000 m³/day
Completed water project in China. From PSC's 2024 Project Highlights.
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences · 2014
Malaysia pharmaceutical production, 1,000 m³/day
Completed pharmaceutical production plant in Malaysia. From PSC's 2024 Project Highlights.
Industrial Manufacturing & Environmental · 2010
Canada biofuel production, 50,000 L/day
Completed biofuel production project in Ontario, Canada. From PSC's 2024 Project Highlights.
Industrial Manufacturing & Environmental · 2008
United States solvent recovery, 25,000 to 35,000 L/day per site
Multiple completed solvent recovery deployments across the United States between 2005 and 2008. From PSC's 2024 Project Highlights.
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