Overview

This webinar provides key technical concepts and philosophy behind successful scale-up of chemical processes and equipment. The participants will learn not only theories but also real examples so that they can adapt the scale-up knowledge to their own projects. You will also learn about common mistakes that others have made during scale-up, which will help you avoid making the same mistakes and increase your chances of being successful scale-up.

The key is how to understand which parameters are more important than the others in each scale-up case, and to prioritize to confirm only key issues during scale-up. How does one select which item not to do while still being successful in scale-up?

Another key point is how to strike an optimum balance between extremely invalidated theoretical modelling and extremely trial-and-error experiments. Using an optimum and systematic approach in between these 2 extremes is the key to successful and timely scale-up. How does one correctly design laboratory and pilot plant units that can fulfill the challenging needs of successful scale-up?

Speaker

Wiroon Tanthapanichakoon, Global R&D Co. Ltd

The speaker has worked closely with several world-class scale-up experts where he gained in-depth scale-up methodologies and know-how. He is being endorsed by Mr. Joseph Bonem, the author of a famous book “Chemical Projects Scale-Up” to be the selected partner instructor for his scale-up training course in Thailand and SE Asia.

The speaker has been trusted by clients from PTTGC, BIOTEC, SCG, etc. in Thailand to provide consultancy on several industrial projects including scale-up, scale-down, pilot plant design & engineering, and conceptual process design from lab research. He has been invited to teach in-house scale-up courses for engineers and researchers at PTTGC, IRPC, Chulalongkorn University, Petroleum & Petrochemical College (planned in 2020). He is currently a member of the technical advisor team for the multi-billion-baht pilot plant complex project at the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) in Wangchan, Rayong.

The material presented has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Education Special Interest Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

Format

A one-hour online session: 40 minutes' presentation + 20 minutes' Q&A.

Webinar archive

This webinar is free of charge and open to all to attend, but if you wish to access the slides and a recording to replay on demand then you'll need to be a member of the Education Special Interest Group.

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