During scale-up efforts at AVN, a customer encountered problems with heavies accumulating within their renewable process. AVN used a pilot-scale wiped-film evaporator (WFE), deep vacuum skid, and heating oil unit to operate at 0.1 Torr and 300 °C. The equipment was tested independently of the full process, then integrated into the full system and demonstrated over 100 hours continuous operation.
Date Posted
Mar 11,2026
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