30 yearsseparation engineering since 1993
PETRONAS-group recordthree decades of delivered work
Design → Commissioningthe whole system, in-house
Genuine Pentairvalidated media, backed in-region
GENUINE PENTAIR TECHNOLOGY
Solids and ingressed hydrocarbon in the amine loop drive foaming, foul exchangers and column internals, carry amine out with the acid gas, and — worst case — destabilize the downstream sulfur recovery unit to the point of plant shutdown or emissions violations. The standard responses (antifoam dosing, derating throughput, ever-faster cartridge change-outs) treat symptoms and become their own operating cost.
Current-generation M-pleat coreless particle element: 50% longer lifetime or 20% more flow than COMPAX, Beta 5000 rated. The headline media for amine solids.
Coreless elements with positive O-ring sealing — no cap-and-spring bypass. Spent elements compact to about one-fifth of their volume, cutting disposal cost.
Hydrocarbon Removal Technology strips the emulsified hydrocarbon that residence tanks and flash drums cannot break — the root cause behind chronic foamers.
All of it fits existing filter housings: reusable stainless cores go in once, coreless elements seal onto them. No new vessels, no cutting, no welding — the same zero-capital upgrade path ITSB has been installing across this region’s amine systems for 30 years.
A large U.S. refinery running conventional pleated polypropylene cartridges in amine service upgraded to Pentair coreless technology in its existing housings. Solids fell from ~5 ppm to under 0.5 ppm within 12 months — and the economics moved with the fluid quality:
