Pilot scale operations

CanmetENERGY Devon houses a range of pilot plants to test various processes and conditions for both batch and continuous operation.

Our areas of focus

Our pilot plants include autoclaves of various sizes, hydroprocessing units capable of high temperatures and pressure, batch and continuous distillation, and specific process operations such as solvent deasphalting and froth treatment. Many of our pilot plants are multi-purpose and can be configured in to different process operations. Others can be modified to meet a client’s specific needs. Our staff are highly trained in the execution of pilot scale experiments.

Batch processes

Pilot plant	Capacity
PP-03: Laboratory scale coker	250 mL
PP-06: Batch autoclave	500 mL
PP-08: Batch autoclave	2000 mL
PP-10: Batch autoclave	1000 mL
PP-11: Batch autoclave	300 mL
P-108: Low temperature batch autoclaves	1L/2L/4L

Hydroprocessing

Pilot plant	Capacity
PP-01: Hydrotreater/hydrocracker	20-400 g/h
PP-05: Resid hydrocracker	400-2000 g/h
PP-12: Hydrotreater/hydrocracker	100-2000 g/h
PP-14: Hydrotreater/hydrocracker (clean service)	1-100 g/h
PP-15: Hydrotreater/hydrocracker and VLE unit	1-100 g/h
PP-19: Hydrotreater/hydrocracker	50-400 g/h
PP-20: Hydrotreater/hydrocracker (clean service)	50-400 g/h

Distillation

Pilot plant	Capacity
PP-04: Continuous distillation (atm or vacuum)	1-8 L/hr
PP-18: Batch distillation

Other

Pilot plant	Capacity
PP-05: Continuous visbreaking	400-2000 g/h
PP-17: Vaccum corrosion test unit	50-500 g/h
PP-24: Solvent deasphalting unit	2-10 L/hr
PP-25: Continuous delayed coker	1 to 10 L/h
PP-25: Continuous soaker visbreaker	0-2 kg/hr
PP-25: Slurry hydrocracker
Froth treatment	1 BPH