| In the race to commercialize new technology, or to improve existing technology, it is widely accepted that pilot plants play a key role in the overall process development scheme. Furthermore, a successful pilot plant project can pave the way for commercial success, or, at the other extreme, help expose a possible commercial failure. You are invited to share your Pilot Plant Success Stories along the following suggested (but not exclusive) themes:
• Pilot plants that paved the way for commercial success, or helped avoid a potential commercial failure
• Unusually challenging pilot plant projects that were delivered on time and on budget
• Pilot plants that were used to develop and prove novel technologies
• Pilot plants that helped identify or solve a major health and safety issue
• Pilot plants in parallel with commercial units to test process changes
• Successful scale-up or scale-down in pilot plants
• A unique team approach to executing a pilot plant project
• Successful funding models for pilot plants
• How major difficulties were overcome in pilot plants |
Pilot Plant Success- Versipol® Alpha Olefin Technology Development
John C. Fisher1, David A. Berg1, Tuyu Xie1, Darwin Kiel2 and Trevor Hilderman2, (1)Research Development & Engineering, E.I. du Pont Canada, 461 Front Road, Kingston, ON K7L 5A5, Canada, (2)Coanda Research and Development Corp., 110A- 3430 Brighton Ave., Burnaby, BC V5A 3H4, Canada |
Arizona American Water Coagulation Filtration Process Evaluation – the Significance of Scheduling and Process Variable Selection during Pilot Testing
Robert E. Boysen, Damon S. Williams Associates, LLC, 2355 East Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85016, Robert R. McCandless, Separation Processes Inc., Tempe, AZ 85280 and Peter J. Keenan, American Water, 213 Carriage Lane, Delran, NJ 08075 |
An Industrial Slurry Oxidation Pilot Plant Program
Joseph B. Powell, Chemical Process Technology, Shell Global Solutions US Inc., Westhollow Technology Center, P. O. Box 1380, Houston, TX 77251-1380 |
A Scale-up Success Story: How a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor Was Scaled down Uccessfully
James Oldshue, Oldshue Technologies International, 2250 Gulf Gate Drive - Suite A, Sarasota, FL 34231 |
Scale-up and Evaluation of a Pilot-Scale Electrothermal–Swing Adsorption System for the Capture and Recovery of Organic Vapors from a Painting Facility
David Ramirez1, Eduardo X. Vidal1, Hamidreza Emamipour1, Mark J. Rood1, K. James Hay2 and Deborah Thurston3, (1)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801-2352, (2)U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Lab, Interstate Research Park, P.O. Box 9005, Champaign, IL 61826-9005, (3)Department of General Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801-2352 |
Control of an Exothermic Reaction under Cryogenic Conditions by Direct Liquid Nitrogen Injection to a Glass on Stainless Steel Vessel
Aaron Moment1, Osama Sudah1, Paul Fernandez1, Mahmoud Kaba1, Richard Osifchin1 and Todd D. Nelson2, (1)Chemical Engineering R&D, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065, (2)Department of Process Research, Merck & Co., Inc., P.O. Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065 |
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