Preliminary Program subject to change
T5002 Unit Operations: Scale up and Scale-down in Pilot Plants
OverviewScale up of unit operations from laboratory to commercial is a critical issue for successful process development. Scale down is often needed to design laboratory or pilot equipment to reproduce commercial performance, for testing of new process concepts, catalysts, solvents, or conditions. This session is devoted to case studies and best practices in scale up and scale down in process development and pilot plants.
Primary SponsorTopical 5: Pilot Plant Design and Optimization (T5)
Co-Sponsor(s)Pilot Plants (12b)

Chair

Joseph B. Powell
Chief Scientist -- Chemical Engineering RDS
Chemical Process Technology
Shell Global Solutions US Inc.
Westhollow Technology Center, P. O. Box 1380
Houston, TX 77251-1380
Phone Number: 281-544-8976
Email: joe.powell@shell.com

CoChair

Osman Aboul-Nasr
Process Development Division/Group 12
Fluor
100 Fluor Daniel Drive
Greenville, SC 29607-2762
Phone Number: 864-281-5167
Email: Osman.Aboul-Nasr@fluor.com
Introductory Remarks
Pilot Plant Testing Results in Successful Liquid-Liquid Extraction Scale-up
Donald J. Glatz, Extraction Equipment, Koch Modular Process Systems, LLC, 45 Eisenhower Drive, Paramus, NJ 07652 and Wendy Parker, Koch Modular Process Systems, LLC, 45 Eisenhower Drive, Paramus, NJ 07652
Pilot Plant Politics: Scaling up from Small Pilot Plants to Commercial Production Plants
Jonathan H. Worstell, HODer, Shell Global Solutions, 3333 Highway 6 South, Houston, TX 77082 and David S. Brown, Catalysis, Shell Chemical Company, Martinez, CA 94553
Reactor Scale-down for Pilot Plant, Bench Scale, and Multi-Throughput Units
Joseph B. Powell, Chemical Process Technology, Shell Global Solutions US Inc., Westhollow Technology Center, P. O. Box 1380, Houston, TX 77251-1380
Scaling Two Phase Batch and Semi-Batch Chemical Processes from Laboratory Scale to Commercial Scale
Jonathan H. Worstell, HODer, Shell Global Solutions, 3333 Highway 6 South, Houston, TX 77082
Development of an Adsorption Model Using Aspen Custom Modeler as a Troubleshooting and Optimization Tool for Plant Processes
Salvador Aldrett, Reactive Hazards Assessment, Shell Global Solutions US, 3333 Highway 6 South, Room E-2061, Houston, TX 77082 and Jonathan H. Worstell, HODER, Shell Global Solutions US, 3333 Highway 6 South, Room E-2061, Houston, TX 77082
Concluding Remarks

Topical 5: Pilot Plant Design and Optimization