Tuesday, 1 November 2005: 8:00 AM-10:30 AM
205 (Cincinnati Convention Center)

Process Development Division (12)

#180 - Pilot Plant Economics (12005)
This session will focus on all aspects of the economics of pilot plants from justification through to operation. You are invited to share your experiences on the following suggested (but not exclusive) topics: * Economic justification for building new pilot plants * Economics of external pilot plant tolling vs. in-house R&D * Analysis of pilot plant costs (operating and capital), how they are measured, and how to control them * Economics of pilot testing vs. process modeling * Decision making on what to pilot and how much money to spend * Techniques for pilot plant resource prioritization * How to staff and fund pilot plants * How to allocate pilot plant costs: central R&D vs. per-project costing * New technologies and rules of thumb to reduce pilot plant costs * Utilization of academic labs vs. in-house testing
CoChair:David Edwards
Chair:Mitch Loescher
8:00 AMThe Effect of Pilot Plant Cost Estimates on Research Economics
Richard Palluzi
8:20 AMCase Study: Pilot Plant Testing Results in Reduced Cost for a Liquid-Liquid Extraction Column
Donald J. Glatz, Lori Mason
8:40 AMTo Build or to Contract: the Economics of Pilot Plant Decisions
Janine A. Toner, Jonathan H. Worstell
9:00 AMUse of Shortcut Methods in Process Development
Joseph Powell
9:20 AMEconomic Frameworks for Solving Problems of Operations Management in Pilot Plants
Ed Baier
9:40 AMWhat We Mean When We Talk about Pilot Plants
David Reeder, Timothy Oolman
10:00 AMTop Ten Economic Break Points in Pilot Plant Design and Construction
David Edwards, H. Troy Wong
Sponsor:Process Development Division

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