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Clark, B.

AVN Corp., South Charleston, West Virginia

Benjamin Clark is a Research Engineer at AVN Corp. He has 10 yr of experience in large-scale commercial manufacturing and pilot-scale process development, designing equipment for the safe handling of more than 10 highly hazardous chemicals. In his role, his focus is to design and operate processes to enable the commercialization of novel technologies that will be major industry processes in the future.

Utilizing pilot plant operations for new chemical process technology development: A roadmap to scale up success and commercial plant safety

AVN Corp.: Clark, B.  |  Nunley, M.  |  Phillips, G.

To demonstrate a new chemical process technology (flowsheet, raw materials, product) or improve an existing one, pilot plants are designed and operated at a scale between laboratory benchtop and commercial scale—often with specific goals for operability, product quality, economics and process safety. Identifying where potential safety, technical risks or uncertainties may occur is always a key goal in evaluating a new process.

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