Preliminary Program subject to change
12005 Pilot Plant Economics
OverviewThis session will focus on all aspects of the economics of pilot plants from justification through to operation. You are invited to share your experiences on the following suggested (but not exclusive) topics: * Economic justification for building new pilot plants * Economics of external pilot plant tolling vs. in-house R&D * Analysis of pilot plant costs (operating and capital), how they are measured, and how to control them * Economics of pilot testing vs. process modeling * Decision making on what to pilot and how much money to spend * Techniques for pilot plant resource prioritization * How to staff and fund pilot plants * How to allocate pilot plant costs: central R&D vs. per-project costing * New technologies and rules of thumb to reduce pilot plant costs * Utilization of academic labs vs. in-house testing
Primary SponsorProcess Development Division (12)

Chair

Mitch Loescher
CDTECH
10100 Bay Area Boulevard
Pasadena, TX 77507

Phone Number: 281-474-0685
Fax Number: 281-474-0660
Email: MLoescher@CD-Tech.com

CoChair

David Edwards
Sales Manager
Zeton Inc
740 Oval Court
Burlington, ON L7L 6A9
Canada
Phone Number: (905) 632-3123, ext. 228
Fax Number: (905) 632-6128
Email: dedwards@zeton.com
The Effect of Pilot Plant Cost Estimates on Research Economics
Richard Palluzi, Pilot Plant and Laboratory Engineering Section, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co, 1545 Route 22 East, Annandale, NJ 08801
Case Study: Pilot Plant Testing Results in Reduced Cost for a Liquid-Liquid Extraction Column
Donald J. Glatz, Koch Modular Process Systems, 45 Eisenhower Drive, Paramus, NJ 07652 and Lori Mason, Koch Modular Process Systems, LLC, 6611 Killough Road, Houston, TX 77086
To Build or to Contract: the Economics of Pilot Plant Decisions
Janine A. Toner, Shell Global Solutions, 3333 Highway 6 South, Houston, TX 77082 and Jonathan H. Worstell, HODer, Shell Chemical Company, 3333 Highway 6 South, Houston, TX 77082
Use of Shortcut Methods in Process Development
Joseph Powell, Process Development, Shell Global Solutions U.S. Inc., Westhollow Technology Center, P. O. Box 1380, Houston, TX 77251-1380
Economic Frameworks for Solving Problems of Operations Management in Pilot Plants
Ed Baier, The Procter & Gamble Company, 5289 Spring Grove Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45217
What We Mean When We Talk about Pilot Plants
David Reeder, Process Development Facility, Cargill, Inc., 12111 Lynn Avenue, Savage, MN 55378 and Timothy Oolman, Process Solutions Technical Development Center, Cargill, Inc., 2301 Crosby Road, Wayzata, MN 55391
Top Ten Economic Break Points in Pilot Plant Design and Construction
David Edwards, Zeton Inc, 740 Oval Court, Burlington, ON L7L 6A9, Canada and H. Troy Wong, Project Manager, Zeton Inc, 740 Oval Court, Burlington, ON L7L 6A9, Canada

Process Development Division