The AVN Blog

 A customer was interested in the properties of a family of co-polymers produced from ethylene and a selection of functionalized co-monomers. AVN set up a small 300 mL reactor to perform the polymerization under high ethylene pressure and prepared several small samples to prove the concept and evaluate the effects… Read More

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va.; January 31, 2022 – Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research & Innovation Center (AVN) today announced that its long-term partner, Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB), recently announced that it has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with another company for it to acquire ICPB’s patents, technology and rights for the… Read More

Catalysts were being developed for a liquid phase reaction of interest to a customer. AVN assembled three parallel fixed bed reaction systems with continuous feeds of the reactants. The units were operated around the clock with periodic mass balance and composition analyses over a period of more than 12 months. Read More

AVN undertook a project to assist a customer who wanted to improve the recovery and purity of a product obtained by solution phase crystallization. The situation was complicated by the presence of two crystalline polymorphs that differed significantly in their ease of separation from the mother liquor. AVN staff carried… Read More

A company was exploring technology for processing used motor oil into high quality lubricating oil. Distillation of crude used oil commonly generates undesirable levels of odorous emissions, so pre-treatment options to reduce the odor potential were of interest. AVN designed and carried out a series of laboratory tests of treatments followed by distillation. After evaluating the results,… Read More