The AVN Blog

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

This week, we’re celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGIS) on Saturday, February 11th. While women and girls play a critical role in various fields of science, a significant global gender gap still exists in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This year,… Read More

A company in the service industry relied on several analytical providers to determine the detailed composition of complex product streams. Samples were being sent to various locations for analysis, and slow turnaround times meant that the results of process changes could not be tracked in a timely manner. The result was lost time and… Read More

A concept had been proposed by a customer for production of a fuel additive derived from biomass. The process was investigated first in a small-scale stirred autoclave, which led to modifications to improve the procedure. Quantities of the product were required for performance evaluation, so the process was moved to a larger… Read More

A novel family of polymers with a polyolefin backbone was being produced in small batches at laboratory scale by a customer.  AVN undertook a process development project to investigate the effects of a number of process variables on the polymerproperties. A semi-continuous process was instituted, which allowed the production of multiple kilograms of product… Read More