The industry is facing considerable challenges in terms of increasing the efficiency of its processes, establishing a functioning circular economy, and reducing its carbon footprint. Companies and research institutions worldwide are therefore working either on developing new chemical processes or optimizing existing ones. hte offers complete lab-scale R&D workflows and supports research and development teams worldwide in achieving better results more quickly in their innovation projects.
Our experts develop and optimize processes for the refinery, chemical, petrochemical, and battery industries, as well as for customers in the electrolysis and fuel cell sectors. We also assist with the evaluation of alternative raw materials. Downscaling a commercial process to the laboratory environment is just as challenging as scaling up lab conditions to an industrial level here.
hte therefore offers you the following for process development and process optimization:
Work with us to overcome new challenges: With our comprehensive lab-scale R&D workflows, we expedite your process development and the evaluation of new raw materials.
No matter whether the goal of process optimization is greater efficiency, whether new feeds and catalysts are to be used, or whether a process needs to be adapted to new regulations: hte can downscale commercial processes to lab-scale, facilitating rapid screening of a wide range of parameters thanks to use of a parallelized and automated process.
There are many unknowns when looking to develop a new process. hte has a great amount of experience in providing support here and offers a wide range of test systems that are matched to the customer’s specific needs. Parallelized processes can be used to quickly test broad parameter spaces to secure optimum chemical process development and better information.
Alternative feedstocks are not easy to integrate into industrial processes. hte’s test systems facilitate evaluation of renewable and bio-based raw materials under real conditions and with commercial feeds and catalysts. A parallelized test procedure allows a quick evaluation of processability.
Since even small deviations make a massive difference, ensuring a high degree of accuracy is imperative when testing parameters and materials. The data management solutions from hte enable real-time data monitoring, as well as fast and customized reporting of the relevant parameters.
hte not only offers flexible lab facilities, time-saving catalyst and materials research, and the development of efficient processes – it also supports R&D teams at various stages of their research journey. Our specialists, for example, help with their expert knowledge in formulating and adjusting research and development strategies, assessing technologies, and evaluating studies.
