Ann: OHD Project Update, page-242

@fooca @anatol Morning guys , I note that Thermaquatica has 3 OHD reactor systems and one Process Development Unit. I have no idea if these are the same things ???

Are Thermaquatica still using there PDU unit for research , or are they using it to benefit other parties in the USA . With the amount of money GPP have pumped into the research for Thermaquatica and if there PDU unit is sitting idle , or just being used for research . Surely GPP management could request it gets shipped to Monash Uni so we can really figure out if the bloody thing works

Thermaquatica has designed and constructed three OHD reactor systems, and regularly uses these in research activities in Carbondale, IL. Two laboratory-scale microreactors are used for determining feed behavior and establishing basic OHD parameters such as temperature and oxidant loading. The semi-continuous system, which typically uses a 40mg sample size, allows oxidant flow to be delivered either continuously or as timed pulses, while a micro-scale continuous system allows for gram scale samples to be subjected to OHD where feed and oxidant are continuously delivered as two separate, continuous feed streams. A larger, small engineering scale fully instrumented Process Development Unit (PDU), with a slurry feed stream of up to 5 kg/h, was designed and constructed to maintain steady-state control over all important variables, including pressure, temperature, mass flow rates, residence time, and mixing. The PDU, shown in Figure 1, is used for process refinement studies, larger volume product generation, and the investigation of overall process economics


Small engineering scale, fully instrumented Process Development Unit (PDU, up to 5 kg/h feed) in Thermaquatica’s laboratory in Carbondale, Illinois.

Something just stinks here , and I do not know what it is !