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Onshoring this capability will enable faster response times, fewer supply chain disruptions   SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va., March 2, 2022 – The Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research & Innovation Center (AVN®) today announced it will establish the Center of Excellence (CoE) for process design, defining a new standardized process development framework to streamline chemical manufacturing… Read More

A major chemical producer was looking for assistance with a crystallization process that was being carried out in a batch process. The objective was to redesign the process and increase its capacity by use of a continuous process. Simultaneously, the purity of the product needed to be improved to meet… Read More

A major industrial company was investigating a new process for production of a commodity chemical and had concerns about whether the product of the new process would meet the current industry quality specifications. Final purification of the product was done by distillation, so AVN assembled a distillation system capable of… Read More

A chemical producer had a commercial-scale distillation column that either needed to be upgraded or replaced with an improved design. AVN set up several software simulations that modeled the performance of alternative designs and sizes. With that information, potential vendors were contacted, and potential upgrading or replacement costs were developed. These studies… Read More

The patent literature described a catalyst for a carbonylation reaction of potential interest to a customer. AVN set up a stirred pressure reactor capable of carrying out the reaction under CO pressure. The unit was designed for semi-continuous operation, which allowed product to be removed and catalyst to be added during operation. An experimental program… Read More