Scale-up

Membrane separations only matter if they survive outside the lab. We work on the step between a coating on a coupon and a unit a plant can run.

What we work on

Lab-to-pilot progression, from single cells and coupons to multi-stack modules and pilot skids
Module and roll-to-roll fabrication that holds performance beyond bench coupons
Process simulation and separation-train design at plant throughput
Operating windows, solvent and catalyst recycle loops, and energy duty at scale

Plant and pilot-scale work

Bipolar membrane electrodialysis, lab cell to pilot skid

BMED carried from single-cell screening through bench multi-stack assembly to continuous pilot operation, producing lactic acid at about 110 kg/day and handling sodium sulfate streams above 100 kg/day. The pilot unit was built and is operated with the KRICT Carbon-Neutral Chemical Process Demonstration Center in Yeosu.

KRICT in-house technology | 2022.05 - present

3 kT/yr continuous plastic recycling plant design

Process design for continuous polystyrene depolymerization and downstream separation.

Lotte Chemical | 2023.02 - 2024.12

High-purity acetophenone purification plant design

Separation train design for high-purity product isolation.

SK picglobal | 2022.12 - 2024.07

Roll-to-roll membrane fabrication for a methoxy carboxylation pilot plant

Robust membrane and module preparation for pilot-scale operation.

Evonik Industries | 2020.07 - 2020.12