Pilot Plant Services

HTI pilot units have been designed to exhibit a great deal of versatility from a process configuration and feedstock perspective, however, they can still be customized to efficiently meet client testing requirements. This customization is possible due to the diversity of HTI, that features Maintenance and Electrical/Instrumentation expertise responsible for unit modification.

HTI offers the following units for catalyst screening, feedstock reactivity evaluation, kinetic model development, process scale-up, and process development:

EBULLATED-BED

  • 2 x 3L true EB unit (10 to 70kg/day)
  • Catalyst ebullation tracking capabilities
  • Suitable for conventional and renewable feedstocks
  • Can be configured to fixed-bed or slurry operation

FIXED-BED

  • 2 x 300cc FB unit
  • 2 x 200cc FB unit with online recycling and liquid sampling capablities
  • Wide range of process configurations
  • Suitable for conventional and renewable feedstocks

DEMO UNIT

  • 2 x 300L (5 to 30 bbl/day)
  • Ebullated bed, fixed bed or slurry configuration
  • ADU/VDU capabilities for feedstock production purposes

CSTR & BATCH

  • 2 x 1000cc (CSTR or semi-continuous mode)
  • 1000cc (Batch)
  • 40cc (Batch)