Pilot Scale-Up Capabilities

Equipment and Materials of Construction Selection

Non-linear scale-up effects can be managed with the proper equipment, skid sizing and materials of construction, but at what cost?

Design Engineers must balance cost savings and equipment selection without compromising the end goal of proving viability of final scale-up. Data collection is extremely important in pilot and demonstration plants but can be costly. Our depth of data collection and instrumentation knowledge allows our engineers to select the proper amount of instrumentation and testing stations, keeping costs under control while proving process technology.

Easily available materials of construction that work in bench scale, can be expensive and hard to find in large quantities. Finding feasible substitutes requires experienced scale-up skid design specialists with knowledge of material properties and available equipment. Occasionally the equipment ultimately used at production scale must be used at pilot scale to prove process viability.

Project Management

A pilot plant scale up specialist with experience in your family of processes will serve as a single point of contact. This engineer will be your Project Manager, overseeing your project through skid design to plant fabrication, installation and commissioning. With an average of 17 years of project management experience, our plant engineering specialists are well qualified to guide your project through the plant development process.

Your plant will be designed in-house by the same engineers that specify and program the instrumentation and controls. The skid construction will happen in our State-of-The-Art fabrication plant, with direct supervision by the same Project Managers and Design Engineers. Client witnessed Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) will be completed prior to shipment, and your plant will arrive fully assembled and tested, ready for installation and start up.