The Center for Professional Advancement, New Brunswick, NJ
September 24-26, 2007
Who Should Attend:
development, process translation, scaleup and pilot plant studies will benefit from this course. This includes those in:Pilot plant operations
Specialty chemical production
Food processing
Chemical reactor design
Waste processing
Pharmaceutical production
Process and project design
Composite material manufacturing
Biotechnology and fermentation
Description:
This course will provide concepts, methods and advice on how to scaleup or translate a process or model to larger sizes. Emphasis throughout the course will be on proper designs, modeling and processing. The importance of the process geometry will be emphasized. The course will cover the different scaleup methods and how to establish viable process objectives. A general scaleup method is presented and a number of examples are worked as illustrations. Scaleup traps and pitfalls are reviewed as well as ways to avoid these. The importance of process objectives will be emphasized. Basic concepts of importance are reviewed using different areas as examples. Power analysis will be presented as a useful tool in scaleup. Examples will show how to use the power analysis in applications and to establish the controlling mechanisms. Detailed suggestions for pilot studies will be given. Scaleup in the mixing and contacting area is reviewed. Equipment, operating conditions, optimum designs and processing conditions will be discussed. Methods to perform process translation in mixing will be developed and examined as to their practicality. Correlations and data use will be reviewed for process accuracy and use in pilot studies. Pitfalls and the use of analogies in solving processing problems will be discussed.
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