Chemical engineering
Chempilots has a long track record in working with chemical engineering and process upscaling of polymerization processes, organic synthesis, and downstream processing. Our capabilities include:
- Reaction kinetics studies
- Mass balance and heat-transfer analysis
- Studies of miscibility, solubility, and thermodynamics of polymers and solutions
- Reactor design for polymerization processes and organic synthesis
- Process and equipment design for extraction, dissolution, fractionation, and drying
- Integration with other unit operations
Optimal process upscaling
Upscaling of chemical processes and equipment represent a mix of chemical engineering calculations and laboratory empirical data gained during lab-scale prototyping. We can assist you with:
- Upscale studies for polymerization and other chemical synthesis, plus downstream processes
- Upscale analysis based on processing scenarios and production cost estimates
- Plant design, technology assessment, materials transfers, and waste analysis
- Implementation phase including technology transfer, approvals, training, start-up activities, and process validation
Examples of Chempilots projects
For over 20 years, Chempilots has assisted companies throughout Europe and North America. Here are just a few of our projects:
- Upscaling studies of sulphation of heterocyclic hydrocarbons used for or as active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) starting materials. Some projects were established in-house as GMP production lines supplying materials for large-scale downstream production tests, for stability tests and for animal tests.
- Design of a reactor and processing equipment for bulk production of a known active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). The new process resulted in extraordinary high yields, low cycle-times and low chemical wastes due to recycling. Complete production plants were designed and build as ready-to-install modules.
- Assessment of process technology for making polymer composites for dental fillings. We provided scenarios with materials transfer analysis, production-cost estimates and capacities, and recommended a plant design.
- Upscale strategy and plant design for polymerization of a UV-light degradable polymer. Chempilots also designed a plant for production of UV-sensitive monomer used in the polymerization plant.
- Engineering of dip coating equipment for a hydrophilic coating of guidewires. The process included pre-cleaning, reactive primer coating, and hydrophilic coating with several drying steps with solvent recycling. Chempilots assisted the customer with process implementation in controlled production areas.
Contact us
For more information regarding our specific capabilities, please call Richard Schmidt on +45 4495 1661 or send us an e-mail.
