The AVN Blog

AVN’s brand icon represents an innovative work process with various components that combine to form a whole operation. The “brand blocks” signify the series of capabilities and actions required to fulfill a customer’s business objectives.   The icon symbolizes a manner in which expert research, development and engineering methods fit together… Read More

Biofuels are critical in moving to lower carbon transportation options. A customer had developed technology for production of renewable jet fuel, diesel and naphtha from renewable raw materials and needed assistance in demonstrating the process at larger scale. AVN constructed a pilot unit capable of the process conditions required and… Read More

Used batteries contain valuable components that can be recovered for re-use. AVN assisted a customer in evaluating a process for dissolving battery materials and analyzing the composition of the different phases generated in the process. This information was useful in better defining the process for operation at a larger scale. Read More

Many organizations are pursuing the recycling or upcycling of used plastics to recover value from the components. In one project AVN assisted in demonstrating methods to purify a liquid product obtained from decomposition of a mixed plastics feed. Laboratory studies began with batch reactions, which helped identify methods having promise… Read More

A need was brought to AVN to carry out a hydrotreating process on a specific feed material using a sulfided catalyst. AVN designed and constructed a reaction system that allowed continuous operation with appropriate feeds, including hydrogen, liquid feeds, other gases, and sulfiding agent. The unit was designed for safe… Read More