Multidisciplinary expertise and research insights our clients need to develop, demonstrate and commercialize new or existing products and processes
Our state-of-art equipment and facility and world class expertise provide lab scale R&D, scale up demonstration, data validation, data analysis and analytical needs for various chemistries at different temperature and pressure ranges to meet your product synthesis needs and/or shape a project in the areas of renewable and upcycled materials, bio-products, biomass analysis, clean energy, environmental sciences, separations, and others. We apply our capabilities that intersect with the needs of our clients, academia, commercial entities in the following practice areas of chemistry:
We are committed to the highest standards of scientific integrity, impartiality, and objectivity.
Process Development
Process development is the key step to achieving commercial success of any technology. Many promising technologies fail because of lack of robust process knowledge at small scale. We have low pressure glass reactors, high-pressure (up to 5000 psi) and high temperature (up to 500 °C) batch and fixed bed flow reactors to meet customer’s proof-of-concept process development needs. Our expert engineers, chemists, technicians, and quality control experts work hand-on-hand to generate critical process data that ensures efficient scale-up, cost effectiveness, and process safety enabling successful translation of the project to the next step.
Process Demonstration
Process Demonstration is a critical step to validate the process conditions at a reasonably larger scale, assess the process risk and mitigate risks. RiKarbon has different sized batch and fixed bed flow reactors at different pressure (up to 5000 psi) and temperature (up to 500 °C) ratings to meet customers’ process demonstration needs. Our expert engineers, and chemists critically assess the process demonstration and any inherent process risks to develop solutions for customers. Our existing reactors, material of construction (MOC), dimension and operating ranges for various reactions are given below.
| Reactors | Dimension/MOC | Operating Range |
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5L mechanical stirred Parr Capacity – 5 liter |
Internal Diameter: 15 cm Height: 31 cm | SS316 |
Max Pressure: 150 bar Max Temperature: 300 °C |
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250 ml mechanical stirred reactor Capacity – 250 ml |
Internal Diameter: 5.7 cm Height: 10.8 cm | SS316 |
Max Pressure: 220 bar Max Temperature: 350 °C |
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OH/FH-FBR-HP-1 OH: Oil Heated | FH: Furnace Heated FBR: Fixed bed reactor |
Internal Diameter: 10.1 cm Height: 26.6 cm | SS T316 |
Max Pressure: 340 bar Max Temperature: 500 °C |
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OH/FH-FBR-HP-1 OH: Oil Heated | FH: Furnace Heated FBR: Fixed bed reactor |
Tube OD: 1” | Shell OD: 2” (OH) Length: 20” (OH) | Length: 18” (FH) | SS316 |
Pressure: 68 bar Oil Heated T: 350 °C Furnace Heated T: 1250 °C |
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OH/FH-FBR-HP-2 OH: Oil Heated | FH: Furnace Heated FBR: Fixed bed reactor |
Tube OD: 3/8” | Shell OD: 1” (OH) Length: 36”(OH) | Length: 18” (FH) | SS316 |
Pressure: 50 bar Oil Heated T: 350 °C Furnace Heated T: 1250 °C |
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OH/FBR-HP-3 OH: Oil Heated | FBR: Fixed bed reactor |
Tube OD: 1” | Shell OD: 2” (OH) Length: 72” | SS316 |
Pressure: 68 bar Oil Heated T: 350 °C |
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FH FBR-HP-4 FBR: Fixed bed reactor |
Tube OD: 2” Length:72” | Hastelloy |
Pressure: 68 bar Temperature : 750 °C |
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OH FBR-HP-6 OH: Oil Heated | FBR: Fixed bed reactor |
Tube OD: 2” | Shell OD: 2” (OH) Length: 144”| SS316 |
Pressure: 68 bar Oil Heated T: 350 °C |
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Distillation set up Capacity – 20L |
Borosilicate |
Up to 300°C |
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10L jacketed glass reactor with thermal liquid circulator Capacity – 10L |
Borosilicate |
Vacuum controlled Temperature: 300 °C |
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Analytic Services
An accurate and precise characterization of products and impurities including trace impurities ensure development and delivery of acceptable quality products for desired applications. An early assessment of the products’ composition helps to optimize the process to deliver products with accepted quality. We offer a host of state-of-the-art analytical capabilities such as HPLC, GPC, GC, GCMS, viscometry (ASTM D4603), -OH number (ASTM D4274-99), carboxyl number (ASTM 4662-08) to meet clients’ analytical needs as their projects move along from process development to demonstration stages. Our expert analytical team analyzes each clients’ sample with utmost care to deliver custom reports to as-generated analytical data.
Process Simulation
Process simulation before constructing a pilot plant is vital for several reasons. It allows engineers to virtually test and optimize the production process, predicting how different variables and conditions will affect the outcomes. This minimizes risks, reduces costs, and ensures efficient resource utilization during the actual plant setup. Simulation helps identify potential bottlenecks, hazards, or inefficiencies that could arise, aiding in making informed design decisions. It also facilitates the evaluation of various scenarios, aiding in process improvement and decision-making. Our expert process engineers will use advanced process simulation tools to develop detailed models thereby enhancing the likelihood of a successful and cost-effective pilot plant implementation and subsequent full-scale production.
