Process Research & Development

Trimeric has worked on a variety of projects in support of new process development or selection. Trimeric’s staff has extensive experience designing, advising clients who are constructing, and operating bench-scale and laboratory-scale systems, both at Trimeric and prior to joining Trimeric.

Capabilities

Typical activities for Process Research and Development projects include:

  • Planning, designing, assembling, and operating of complete test units at laboratory-, bench-, and demonstration-scales
  • Performance proof testing, including extended-duration runs for bench- and demonstration-scale units
  • Research program planning, from concept definition through program development
  • Development of user-friendly computer applications for vapor liquid equilibrium from test data
  • Preparation of data to support patent applications
  • Hazards and Operability (HAZOP) studies for new or modified processes
  • Facilitation of Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) meetings, or participation as process expert

Project Examples

  • Developed processes from concept through pilot and/or commercial scale (e.g., R-BTEX, CrystaSulf, Double Loop, BSRP)
  • Planned, designed, provided process engineering services during construction, and tested multiple large demonstration units (e.g., SulFerox, CrystaSulf, R-BTEX, contactor for H₂S scavenging, glycol additives test system)
  • Contributed to the design of a pilot-scale flue gas desulfurization (FGD) unit to study the absorption of trace pollutants from flue gas for a Department of Energy project. The pilot plant was fed by a slipstream vent in a coal fired power plant, and Trimeric staff members both managed the pilot test program and provided on-site operations support.
  • Measured solubility behavior for water in solvents applicable to gas dehydration
  • Designed and tested a continuous bench-scale system to evaluate the adsorption of high-boiling sulfur compounds from commercial jet fuel and various regeneration options for the sorbents (~0.3 kg/hr feed rate). The data collected were used for the conceptual design of a desulfurization system for a military mobile auxiliary power unit using fuel cells powered by JP-8 (similar to jet fuel).