Bench Scale Testing
Demonstration scale is essentially operating the equipment at full commercial feed rates over extended time periods to prove operational stability.
Bench scale testing. Fluidized bed pyrolysis reactor a continuous bench scale pyrolysis system approximately 2 lb h was developed for rapid pyrolysis and bio oil collection optimization. Pilot scale testing is the largest scale type of testing. Wastewater and water bench scale testing can be conducted at our laboratory facility or the customers designated test site. Engineering research in this area is being performed by government industrial and academic.
Bench scale testing of product recovery and waste treatment alternatives for distillery and brewery waste products for a central american beverage conglomerate. Where the results of bench scale testing have indicated that a specific treatment process or a select group of treatment processes can offer effective treatment a pilot plant project may be warranted. That bench scale reactor serves as a valuable test bed for developing novel pyrolysis technologies and bio oil upgrading technology. Bench scale testing can be performed for processes which require longer term steady state operation to obtain design data such as aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment.
Many site bench scale testing. From sample selection preparation to determine comminution characteristics through to optimising recovery and extraction als provides comprehensive testwork programs for every project stage. Vertex routinely completes bench scale and treatability testing in our in house laboratory such as determining the relative effectiveness of different types of oxidants and testing the optimal dosing and or activation methods of oxidants to remediate contaminants at specific sites. If the treatment plant experiences process variations pilot testing at the plant site may be necessary.
Bench scale testing into the effectiveness of bioremediation approaches. In bench scale testing the unit under test is subjected to well controlled conditions to determine collection rate collection efficiency level of detection and ability to preserve viable organisms. The use of and when assessing achievable processing performance for new processes. For batch processes in the pharmaceutical industry for example bench scale is typically conducted on samples 1 20 kg or less whereas pilot scale testing is performed with samples of 20 100 kg.
Typically bench scale is in a laboratory and uses systems that can t handle more than 50l at a time often much more per day depending on flow rates. Bench scale testing can be performed in our labs or at the client s site. Bench scale testing is the first step in determining which technology can achieve a desired result and what realistic performance might be for a certain technology.