Your INDEPENDENT Technical Services Company List of Pilot Plant services PARC's thirty-two pilot plant units have been used by our clients to optimize or troubleshoot commercial refining operations, evaluate process and catalyst changes and provide the design basis for commercial applications. We offer the flexibility to adapt units to evaluate a wide range of chemical, petrochemical and synthetic fuel processing configurations. Around-the-clock unit operation and analytical control permit timely, cost-effective and accurate technology evaluations. Our pilot plants employ up-to-date automation including on-stream analyzers, computer data logging and material balance documentation. Up-to-date continuous pilot plant facilities are available to handle your petroleum refining process and catalyst evaluations from reforming and isomerization through resid hydrotreating and delayed coking. PARC welcomes the opportunity to handle customers' toll processing business. Our services include: Lube and Wax Processing: Solvent Deasphalting | Solvent Extraction | Solvent Dewaxing | Fixed-bed Catalytic Hydroprocessing | Isothermal Catalyst Screening | Isothermal Precision Studies | Adiabatic Reaction Operation Other Process Capabilities: Thermal Cracking, Visbreaking or Delayed Coking | Fluid Catalytic Processing | Customized Crude Assays and Fractionation | Crude Desalting | High Efficiency Batch Fractionation Lube and Wax Processing PARC has the equipment and technical capabilities to evaluate and demonstrate the full range of lube oil and wax processing alternatives. Studies can begin with samples of crude oil to identify the quantity and quality of lube oil and wax feedstock contained in a crude and evaluate extraction, dewaxing and hydroprocessing with small quantities of feedstocks to assess product quality and yields. Subsequent projects can optimize and demonstrate the processing requirements on continuous pilot units and produce large samples for customer lube oil and wax product quality evaluation and formulation studies. Solvent Deasphalting, feedstock preparation for lube oil and asphalt studies can be handled on our Unit (P73) which charges vacuum residue, handles light hydrocarbon solvents (C3, C4, C5, or mixtures) and has an operating range to 650 psig and 500 °F. back to services Solvent Extraction can be evaluated in our packed column Unit (P78). NMP or furfural extraction of lube stocks are the primary use, but the separation of aromatics and paraffin/naphthene concentrates can be evaluated for FCC, petrochemical and other process applications Operations up to 300 psig, 450°F and one barrel per day are possible. back to services Solvent Dewaxing services are available on our Continuous, Rotary Filter Unit (P71). Capabilities include charge rates up to 2.5 gal./hr. of waxy feedstock, and temperatures of -25°F with continuous solvent recovery. Typical solvents used are MEK, toluene and MIBK. back to services Fixed-bed catalytic hydroprocessing pilot plants (maximum pressure of 3,250 psig) include: Eight Isothermal Catalyst Screening Units - four reactors in a common heater block. Maximum catalyst bed capacity is 120 cc with a maximum feed rate of about 300 cc/hr. and maximum temperature of 800°F. back to services Nine Isothermal Precision Studies Units - Maximum single reactor catalyst bed capacity is 434 cc with a maximum feed rate of about 800 cc/hr. and a maximum temperature of 1000°F. Multiple reactor and multiple atmospheric tower configurations are possible on selected units. back to services Two Adiabatic, Commercial-Type Units including four bed first reactor with interbed H2 quench and a single bed second reactor over five liters of catalyst capacity can be achieved in each unit. Two Atmospheric towers, one pressure tower and two vacuum towers are included for product recovery. Lube and wax applications include: LP hydrogen finishing hydrocracking catalytic dewaxing HP hydrotreating Wax isomerization HP saturation including FDA white oils and waxes. back to services Other Process Capabilities The nineteen fixed-bed catalytic hydroprocessing units also are capable of: naphtha pretreating/reforming isomerization distillate and gas oil treating fuels hydrocracking resid hydroprocessing variety of chemical process applications Thermal Cracking, Visbreaking or Delayed Coking studies can be performed on our flexible Thermal Unit (P2) which has feed rate capability of 1-3 gal./hr. and maximum temperature of 1100°F. back to services Fluid Catalytic Processing studies, are handled on our Continuous Riser FCC Unit (P91) with fluid processing applications ranging from light hydrocarbons catalytic processing to fluid catalytic cracking. Maximum temperature of 1400°F and pressure of 30 psig. Feed rates of 1-3 liters per hour. back to services Customized Crude Assays and Fractionation PARC can tailor fractionation and assay services to meet your program needs and timing including detailed characterization of crudes, as well as refining intermediates and products. Supplementary services include lube and wax assay supplements using batch dewaxing and continuous deasphalting and Scheibel extraction to characterize feed and products. Continuous vacuum flash vaporization to 1100°F is used to prepare resid and vacuum gas oil fractions. Complementary small scale batch equipment for desalting, atmospheric and vacuum fractionation and clay treating are available for preliminary project scoping and specialized product yield and quality determinations. Capacity ranges from one liter to over 200 gallons. Customized fractionations and handling are offered to meet our customer's diverse needs. Continuous stills are available with capacities up to 25 gallons per hour at atmospheric pressure and 15 gallons per hour at 2-3 mm Hg vacuum, with or without steam assistance. back to services Pilot Plant Services | Automotive | Analytical | Client Info | History | RODA | How Can We Help? | Contact | Home 100 William Pitt Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 Phone (toll free): (800) 826-5063, Fax: (412) 826-5444 Phone: (Pittsburgh, PA): (412) 826-5024