The AVN Blog

AVN Corp.’s distillation experts, Glenn Graham and Raymond Rooks authored an article on innovations in pilot-plant distillation process in the February 2024 issue of Chemical Engineering magazine. Graham is a corporate fellow and Rooks is a principal engineer. Small-scale distillation processes have specific concerns that are different than commercial-scale innovation. In this… Read More

A customer was interested in converting a polymer into a functionalized derivative that required a reaction at elevated temperature and pressure. AVN developed a reaction plan and carried out the process to prepare multiple samples for analysis and other testing. A GPC method was implemented to determine the extent of… Read More

A product of interest to a customer was obtainable by hydrolysis of an ester, and a continuous process was needed for scale-up. AVN began by carrying out a series of batch experiments to collect equilibrium and kinetic data on the hydrolysis reaction. A distillation column was then constructed containing a… Read More

Easy Engineering magazine recently featured a Q&A with AVN Corp. Business Development Manager Jeremy Rader. Jeremy highlights AVN Corp.’s key capabilities and provides thoughtful perspectives on key markets, innovation and industry trends. Click here to read the entire article. Jeremy Rader was student intern prior to… Read More

A customer wanted to demonstrate the extraction of a liquid hydrocarbon feed containing a mercaptan. A pilot scale pressurized packed extraction column was installed and a test program was carried out. Samples were collected and analyzed to generate the information needed to determine the performance of the column. – For… Read More