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Analytical Chemistry

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

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Renewable Fuel Additive

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

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Novel Polyolefin Products

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

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AVN Brooke Albin Authors Chapter 1: Crystallization 

AVN Manager of Laboratories Brooke Albin authored “Chapter 1: Crystallization” in the recently published Integration and Optimization of Unit Operations: Review of Unit Operations from R&D to Production: Impacts of Upstream and Downstream Process Decisions. This book, edited by Barry A. Perlmutter of Perlmutter… Read More

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Heterogeneous Catalyst Dual Reactor System 

A reaction system consisting of two fixed-bed catalyst reactors in series was design and constructed for use in trickle-bed operation. The reactors were each about 1 meter long and 5 cm in diameter, with internal multipoint thermocouples. The reactors were valved to allow their individual operation as needed. This unit allowed operation of the… Read More

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