Mini Pilot Plant

The IMI mini-pilot plant is a 1600 m² permanent multi purpose unit for rapid process development on a small scale (up to several kilograms). The mini pilot plant enables reduction of the time required to get new products to the market, by using a scale-down technique that gives full process definition at the 25-50L scale.

The Mini Pilot Concept

• Scale down of industrial equipment
• Complete process development at small scale
• Controlled and flexible design, computer controlled and with ASPEN, CHETAH and VISIMIX simulators. 
• Batch or continuous operation
• Minimal manpower, raw materials & wastes
• Significant savings in process development costs and time

The Mini Pilot Capabilities

• Process development based on data supplied by the customer.
• Process improvement, verification, de-bottlenecking
• Preparation of samples for market development

The Mini Pilot Equipment

• 1600 square metres of a fully serviced facility
• 4 fully ventilated enclosed workstations (6m) 
• Multipurpose glass, glass-lined, stainless steel and Hastelloy C reactors (16-250L), all installed in walk-in cupboards.
• 4 high pressure bays with autoclaves ranging between 0.5-20L up to 100 bar
• RC1 reaction calorimeter
• RC-1 reactor equipped with FBRM (Focused Beam Reflectance Measurement) and PVM (Particle Video Microscopy) for study in real time of crystal habit and size during the crystallization process
• Downstream Equipment:
  • Thin/Wiped film evaporators, rotovapors
  • Fractional distillation columns
  • Extraction columns
  • Filters: centrifuges, vacuum and pressure filters
  • Various dryers including spray dryer and paddle dryer
  • Lasentec apparatus for studying crystal size and habit in real time during the crystallization process.

Membrane Technology Capabilities

• Full range of membranes: focusing on feasibility tests: micro, ultra, nano, reverse osmosis (RO) and forward osmosis (FO) 
• Laboratory scale high pressure driven membrane units (dead-end and cross flow) suitable for feasibility tests of a wide spectrum of applications
• Laboratory scale forward osmosis unit suitable for feasibility tests of FO applications 
• Process development by combination of various types of membranes

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