The AVN Blog

A customer had observed that a solvent being used in a reaction of interest gave varying results, depending on the purification method. AVN carried out a study of the impurities present in the commercial material and the effects of a number of treatments on the product purity. Samples were then provided for… Read More

A process concept was proposed that included a reactive distillation step. AVN created an Aspen model of the process and developed a design for a pilot scale installation to evaluate the process experimentally. After construction and commissioning, the reactive distillation was run under a range of conditions to compare the… Read More

A customer wanted to investigate the use of an alternative raw material for production of one of its major products since the cost difference would have a significant impact. The potential reaction route was broken down to its elementary steps and laboratory studies were carried out to test the feasibility… Read More

It’s National Engineers Week! Every year, various organizations and societies across the country take time to celebrate the amazing work engineers, technicians and technologists do each day. We sat down with AVN Corp.’s research engineer, Taylor Crammer to learn more about her background and why she is proud to be… Read More

An organization working on technologies for utilization of algae needed assistance with oil extraction from several sources of algae. AVN set up equipment to process kilogram quantities of the material and tested the process at selected conditions. Analytical measurements on the products helped select the preferred extraction protocol.  The operation… Read More