High throughput experimentation enables researchers to obtain reliable and versatile data on chemical processes. These highly-dimensional datasets are input par excellence for advanced computer modeling or machine learning. Researchers from the KAUST Catalysis Center...

In this video, Tiago Vilela walks us through his article 'Data quality obtained in refinery catalyst testing' published by PTQ Magazines. He explains how refiners can confidently determine the most efficient catalyst for their process units with high data quality such...

Pyrolysis is increasingly used technique for obtaining valuable renewable carbon feedstock and recycle waste biomass and plastics.  However, pyrolysis feedstock contains contaminating elements that are passed on to the pyrolysis oil phase. This makes crude pyrolysis...

Isomerization is one of the key processes in (e)-SAF production. It allows to tune the chain length, hydrogenation rate and viscosity of combustion fuels. David Farrusseng and Quentin Rivet from Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l'Environnement de Lyon...

Naphtha-to-gasoline refining plays a significant role in the petrochemical refining industry. This refining process requires a heterogeneous catalyst. A typical feature of this process is that coke (or carbon) deposits are formed on the catalyst particles, resulting...

Hydrogen storage in the form of Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC) is seen as a key enabler for storing and transporting green hydrogen. LOHC are organic compounds that act as a rechargeable hydrogen battery: they undergo a reversible chemical conversion to take...

Adsorption is the most energy-efficient technology for purification and separation in the biorefinery process. As Avantium R&D Solutions, we are dedicated to design ideal biorefinery which converts biomaterials such as trees or other sources of cellulose into...

When you explore new chemical reactions, you ideally want to carry out many reactions.   Typically, you are testing different temperatures, sets of process conditions, such as different reactants, catalysts, or concentrations.   Now, on top of that, you need a kinetic...

With an increasing amount of focus on closing the carbon loop, reusing waste materials is a key. Many strategies are being explored, with a focus on pyrolysis emerging as a highly promising strategy to transform plastic waste into valuable resources. In this...

Avantium's Flowrence® high-throughput technology is extensively used for the parallel testing of heterogeneous catalysts over of a wide range of process conditions and applications. The Flowrence®XR testing system can handle the most challenging feedstocks and...

Welcome everyone! In this video we want to show you 'behind the scenes' of our R&D services with a practical example of selective acetylene hydrogenation and how we develop and build a testing unit for specific customer requirements. Enjoy the video and please...

Direct Air Capture (DAC) and high-throughput testing using small adsorption columnsApplying and developing adsorbents for Direct Air Capture involves studying the influence of the parameters like adsorption/desorption kinetics, temperature, relative humidity and...

Accelerate reaction screening with BatchingtonHow our parallel batch screening platform became a reliable R&D workhorse Custom synthesis and initial process development require the systematic screening of feedstocks, solvents, catalysts and reaction temperatures....

Respiratory Adsorption Unit delivered to IRCELYONIn our last newsletter we shared some facts about the Respiratory Adsorption Unit and now we are a proud to announce the successful design, development, and delivery of a new Respiratory Adsorption Unit, in...

Even Faster Analytics! Matching the Speed of your ChemistryFor chemistry applications where data-density is important to monitor your processes, “normal” Analytics like online-GC can be too slow, requiring other techniques to collect the relevant data. We have...

How the Flowrence XD can boost your research output Converting CO2 from waste contaminant to valuable chemicalsThe Flowrence XD excels at producing valuable data promptly leveraging Avantium’s Flowrence® high-throughput chemical technology with operating ease. It...

Hydroprocessing of renewable feedstocks Testing Vegetable Oil hydrotreating catalysts in high-throughput micro-pilot plants   With the current megatrend of renewable feedstocks (vegetable oils, liquefied waste plastics), refineries face new technical challenges....

High-Throughput test equipment for performance evaluation of respiratory adsorption materialAvantium has developed a novel system for high-throughput testing of adsorption material used in respiratory masks for IRCELYON(CNRS, Lyon Univ). Breakthrough experiments are...

Chemical Processes are becoming more diverseRecently, we have noticed a clear shift in the type of chemical process our customers come to us for. While in 2018/19 almost all Services project were executed for 4 major Chemical processes this has now more than doubled...

Multi column solutions for tailored for adsorbent Meet our revolutionizing multi column solutions. Tailored for adsorbent users and developers. Ready to fast and accurately test your adsorbent performance. Fast adsorbent screening and reduced time to market through...

Fast adsorbent screening services and process optimization Meet our revolutionary multi-column solutions. Tailored for adsorbent users and developers. Ready for fast and accurate testing of your adsorbent performance. Fast adsorbent screening and reduced time to...

Liquid phase purification by means of adsorption   Biorefineries play a central role in the quest for a sustainable bio-based future. One challenge is the selection of the separation technique due to the large water volumes processed, the product inhibition, the...

Selective hydrogenation of acetylene   Selective acetylene hydrogenation units plays a fundamental role in the purification of polymer-grade ethylene produced in steam cracker plants and with the increased interest we recently see we expanded our internal...

Flowrence® XC Reforming – Accurate, reliable, fully automated testing of reforming catalysts Avantium is proud to extend its Flowrence platform with a new high-throughput system for testing commercial naphtha reforming catalysts – The Flowrence® XC Reforming. This...

Flowrence XD –我们的早期催化研发旗舰 过去的几年中，Avantium扩展了其Flowrence技术平台， 使其适用于研发期的每个阶段。 在本版《催化内幕》中，Avantium重点介绍了用于早期研发的四通道固定床平行反应器系统– Flowrence XD。 自2017年推出以来，我们已经看到了强劲的市场需求，以向公司，研究机构和大学出售了10多台Flowrence XD装置。 目前，有6台Flowrence XD在现场运行中。高需求源于其操作灵活性以及适用于阶段性的各种有价值的系统功能的实现。 高度的灵活性...

Pilot plant studies of lubes hydrotreating catalysts Studies of catalysts for hydrotreating lubricant base oil delivered similar results from conventional and high throughput pilot plantFor a commercial evaluation of two different catalyst loading schemes for a...

Batchington – Discover the isolated truth What if we told you that there is an easy to use parallel high-pressure reactor system that will accelerate your R&D screening and optimization experiments? Avantium’s Bachington! After many years of in-house use, this...

High-throughput catalyst testing adoption in oil & petrochemicals   In our continual efforts to understand the current and future needs of our customers, we have recently surveyed the degree of adoption of high-throughput catalyst testing for the oil and...

Pilot plant studies of hydrotreating catalysts 25 Mar 2020 | Publication Catalysis 2020 Studies of catalysts for hydrotreating lubricant base oil delivered similar results from conventional and high throughput pilot plants Proposed catalyst systems for a lubricant...

How can high-throughput testing enable the transition to a circular economy?Over the last decades, the chemical industry has been challenged with the target to reduce the fossil resource dependency, mitigate climate change and resolve pollution. Waste recycling can...

Sneak Preview – A new tool to accelerate your R&D Watch this space! Early next year Avantium will launch a new tool to accelerate your R&D…. and it will not be a Flowrence! Apart from some Avantium-blue, it will not look like anything you have seen from us...

QIQO, or how 5 questions can improve your Flowrence uptimeQuality In Quality Out - the golden rule of catalyst testing. But the quality of the “In” is often disturbed by unforeseen events. In a simple world each upset of a test has only one reason. However, as all of...

Highlighting non-idealities in C2H4/CO2 mixture adsorption in 5A zeolite Ilona van Zandvoort, Jan Keesvan der Waal, Erik-Jan Ras, Robbert de Graaf, Rajamani Krishna Separation and Purification Technology Volume 227, 15 November 2019, 115730 Abstract Gasification of...

Smart Data Visualization for High-Throughput Data Whether you are operating high-throughput equipment or you only work with the results, visualizing the data efficiently is key for sending a quick and clear message. At Avantium, we operate units that test up to 64...

Crude-to-Chemicals testing enabled by FlowrenceThe increased demand for chemicals is setting a global trend of reconfiguring refineries from pure fuels output to the delivery of more base-chemical components. As a result, there is a raising demand for testing catalyst...

Catalyst Testing Campaigns you haven't thought ofCatalyst testing is an important practice in the process of developing a new or improved catalyst. Over the years, Avantium has executed numerous catalyst-testing projects in the various phases of a catalyst development...

Troubleshoot your hydrocracking catalyst test Catalyst testing in parallel reactors is common practice in hydroprocessing; the accurate control and distribution of gas and liquid makes results are more reliable than ever. Tests are more cost-effective and more options...

Flowrence XD – Our Flagship for Early Stage Catalysis R&D Over the last years, Avantium expanded its Flowrence technology platform to be suitable for each stage of R&D. In this edition of the Catalysis Insider, Avantium highlights the four fixed-bed parallel...

Manage uncertainties in R&D to increase success rates Research projects are by definition uncertain in their outcomes. Over the years, Avantium has executed many challenging catalyst testing projects and helped customers to stay competitive by accelerating their...

Milestones for successful Refinery Catalyst Testing Successful catalyst testing requires early planning to allow sufficient time to make necessary arrangements and timely obtain test results. The proposed milestones and indicative timeline are best practices and...

Parallel testing of Hydroprocessing Catalysts Conventional refinery catalyst development and selection are done in micro or bench scale reactors and pilot plants. Evaluation at this scale is time, material and labor intensive. We have developed a small scale parallel...

Fischer Tropsch Catalyst Testing Project   Customer objective Our customer asked us to run a catalyst improvement program by testing some 500 catalysts. The prerequisite to the study was that the various experiments should be easily reproducible. Our approach...

Performance Testing of Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts Using a Single-Pellet-String Reactor   Dedicated to Professor Rüdiger Lange on the occasion of his 65th birthday Small-scale parallel trickle-bed reactors were used to evaluate the performance of a commercial...

Evaluating Naphtha Reforming Catalysts The ability to test all catalysts simultaneously, under rigorously the same feed and conditions, combined with the proprietary Flowrence® technology used to accurately control all the key process parameters, provides unparalleled...

Representative Pilot Plant Testing of Hydrocracking Catalysts Hydrocracking is a petrochemical process that converts a heavy oil fraction, typically obtained from crude oil fractionation into lighter fractions e.g. naphtha, kerosene, diesel or jet fuel, by means of a...

Smart testing strategies for catalysts Using statistical design and mathematical models to maximize chance of success Designing experiments is something every researcher does on a daily basis, by carefully considering not only objectives but also experiments carried...

Precision and accuracy in fluid and pressure control for parallel reactorsThe key to success in small scale parallel reactor systems is to be able to test catalysts at exactly the same process conditions over multiple tests, and to translate these directly into...

Compare catalyst activities in the same way you do on industrial scale Developing industrially scalable tests with high accuracy at lab scale is a key to success for our customers. In a typical laboratory test, fixed temperature protocols are used to evaluate catalyst...

Introducing the Flowrence XR Accelerate your catalyst research Over the years Avantium’s Flowrence has been recognized by R&D organizations globally as a powerful high-throughput catalyst testing system allowing accelerated screening of new catalysts and...

How to get even more value out of your Flowrence? In Avantium we are focused on continuously improving our Flowrence platform to maximize precision and uptime. To this aim we have developed unique, Avantium designed modules, tailored for the needs in high-throughput...

Yes, We Can! Handling your sensitive chemistry A common concern in the chemical industry is the testing of chemistries with moisture and oxygen sensitive catalysts. Doing so in a reliable, reproducible and safe manner can prove prohibitive to many R&D facilities....

Access to Accelerated Catalyst Testing Did you know that we have more than 700 reactors for catalyst testing available in our laboratories in Amsterdam? This includes various high-throughput, multi-parallel catalyst testing platforms, both fixed-bed and batch.What...

Smart Management of R&D Capacity and Catalyst Testing Programs Based on requests from and discussions with our customers in recent years, we see a marked increase in the demand for so-called application testing compared to screening tests. This type of testing...

Accelerated testing with Advanced analytics In the Flowrence platform, reactor products are kept in the gas phase as much as possible in order to be able to directly feed the complete sample stream into online GC’s. This allows for complete speciation as well as the...