The commercial application of technology developed in the laboratory to industrial application requires the scaling up from the bench scale (.1 to 1L) to the industrial scale (10,000 – 1,000,000+ L), representing an increase of 10,000  to 1,000,000+ X, presenting a number of scale-up, process, equipment design, and technology risks.  The incremental scale up of process technologies to the pilot scale demonstrates the scalability of the technology and reduces the risks & costs associated with commercialization.

Advantages of Technology Piloting:

• Validation of Lab Scale Results,
• Demonstration of Process Scalability,
• Scaling Solutions (sterility, heat transfer),
• Effects of Technology Process Integration,
• Commercialization Risk Reduction,

Bio-Process conducts pilot scale technology demonstrations, providing third party technology verification, process / technology scale-up assistance, pilot scale design / construction / operation services, as well as identification & solutions for process scale-up issues.

Technology  & Process Piloting Resources:

• Experimental Design for Technology Scale-Up,
• Pilot System Process & Equipment Design,
• Equipment: Bio-Reactors, Tanks, Controls, Columns
• Construction of Pilot Scale Processing System,
• Pilot System Operation & Experimentation,
• Analysis of Pilot Scale Results & Reporting,

Recent BPI Pilot Scale Projects:

• Commercial Demonstration of Biomass to Ethanol Process,
• Production of Lactose Fermentation Organisms from Whey,
• Production & Concentration of Acetate from Xylose Sugars,
• Processing & Conversion of MSW Derived Fiber to Ethanol,
• Low Temperature Steep Delignification (LTSD) of Switch Grass,
• Separation & Conversion of Potato Processing Waste Water,

Bio-Process can provide the equipment, staff, design, and operations to scale-up, demonstrate, and pilot process technologies and systems.  Please contact us to learn more about our technology scale-up services and pilot systems.