Scale-up fails in the interfaces
Many new technologies do not fail because the core chemistry is wrong. They fail because engineering, controls, safety, utilities, operations and commissioning are not integrated early enough.
What Promacon helps with
Promacon helps structure the design basis, process description, test objectives, pilot requirements, equipment needs, deliverables, risk register and scale-up roadmap.
From pilot to industrial package
A pilot plant should generate the data needed for engineering decisions. Promacon helps define what must be tested, measured and documented to support the next scale-up step.
FOAK mindset
First-of-a-kind projects need more open-item control, assumption tracking and commissioning preparation than standard repeat projects.
Frequently asked questions
As soon as the process concept is mature enough to define design assumptions, interfaces and test requirements.
Mass balance, energy balance, product quality, impurity behaviour, kinetics, equipment performance, control behaviour and safety data are often critical.
Yes. This can include process descriptions, design basis documents, PDP structures, pilot test plans and scale-up roadmaps.