A customer had sponsored initial studies at a university to explore the possibility of olefin oligomerization or polymerization to prepare a range of potentially useful products. When the need for larger quantities of materials arose, MATRIC was identified as an organization that could help scale up the technology. Working closely with the customer, MATRIC was [...]
A client’s research had discovered that an unexpected product was obtained in a fermentation process. Although this product had no established market, it was a potential intermediate for production of other valuable products. MATRIC helped identify three specific target molecules of value, and then carried out proof-of-concept studies that demonstrated the efficient catalytic conversion to [...]
With more than two dozen West Virginia-based craft breweries making a growing economic impact across the state, the Charleston Area Alliance teamed up with MATRIC to help these small businesses operate more efficiently. Working with the West Virginia Craft Brewers Guild, MATRIC will now conduct all of the state breweries’ testing from their headquarters in [...]
MATRIC was proud to sponsor the 36th annual “Fun in the Sun: Symphony Sunday” event in Charleston, W.Va., hosted by the West Virginia Symphony. Held on Sunday, June 3, this free outdoor festival featured music, food, games and artisans, and the West Virginia Symphony closed out the event with a concert and fireworks finale. MATRIC [...]
In our previous blog posting, we discussed Potential Design Implications of Certain Objectives for a Pilot Plant. In that discussion, we highlighted some of the most common market development, technology development and risk mitigation goals and explained how these goals can affect pilot plant design. This blog will focus on some important considerations for pilot [...]
In our previous blog posting, we discussed The Importance of Understanding Owner’s Project Objectives for a Pilot Plant. In that discussion, we emphasized that clear understanding of the sponsor’s underlying objectives is the key to a good design. The project team must make an effort to define and comprehend the sponsor’s primary objective and the [...]
In our previous blog posting, we discussed Possible Drivers and Goals for Building and Operating Pilot Plants. We highlighted the major reasons for the use of pilot plants could include not only scale up, but also, overall process validation, economic process validation, and production of sample or market development quantities of product. In reality, there [...]
A Four Part Blog Series Over the coming weeks, MATRIC Matters will be exploring the possible drivers and objectives for pilot plants and, just as importantly, how those objectives can impact the pilot plant design. We will start out by exploring some of the basic goals and drivers for building and operating pilot plants. From [...]
Appalachia Storage & Trading Hub progress continues So. Charleston, W.V.; November 9, 2017 – Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research and Innovation Center (MATRIC) is pleased with today’s announcement of West Virginia Department of Commerce and China Energy Investment Corporation Limited’s plan to invest $83.7 billion in shale gas development and chemical manufacturing projects in West Virginia over [...]
Early in 2014, one of our customers was experiencing high impurity concentrations in their product. High levels of both the typical impurities and unexpected oxidized contaminations were present in their product overhead. This was problematic because a high-value stream was failing specifications and the only solution was to sell it as a lower-value commodity. Using [...]