UDK Distillation Series works with the innovative TEMS™ benefits, the core technology that enables you huge saving in time, energy, money and space. Thanks to our constant research and development we reached great results.

In the UDK series is achieved as follows:

Time Saving - Fast and frequent analyses; no heating delay between runs.
Energy Saving - Cooling water consumption starting from only 0.5 l/min; excellent insulation of internal parts.
Money Saving - Cost reduction is substantial, in line with reduced power consumption.
Space Saving - The extremely compact footprint saves useful laboratory bench space.

UDK reduces manual operations, guaranteeing reliability, repeatability, durability and huge savings.

Steam distillation is applied in laboratories for the fractionation of water insoluble liquids or solids according to Dalton's law of partial pressures in a gas mixture.
It is also used for the stripping of chemicals from mixtures or solutions after displacement of ionic equilibria by adding acids or bases, as in the well known Kjeldahl's method for total Nitrogen determination.
The method takes its name from the Danish chemist that conceived it more than a century ago.
The Kjeldahl method is still the most used for determining Nitrogen and protein contents in foods and feeds (official methods).
This is simply due to its precision and reproducibility.
From its first setting-up many improvements were introduced aimed at reducing energy consumption, space requirement and sample weight.

Velp Scientifica has developed and patented the innovative titanium condenser able to ensure high performance and considerable water savings.
The graph shows the high efficiency of the new condenser compared to the traditional glass condenser available on the market.
It is important to note that while maintaining a constant water flow rate of 1 l/min at a high water temperature, the titanium condenser guarantees that distillate temperature always remains below the safe threshold value (35°C), to retain total nitrogen, as indicated in the Kjeldahl method.
The graph shows that the titanium condenser allows a 34°C distillate temperature at a supply water temperature of 31°C to be attained. By comparison, the traditional glass condenser is able to produce a distillate with a temperature of 41°C (with the chance of losing nitrogen), supply water temperatures being equal.
The condenser’s high efficiency lets the laboratory technician perform analyses with minimum water consumption. The remarkable heat exchange in fact makes it possible to use a supply water flow rate of as little as 0.5 l/min for performing analyses correctly.