Pilot Plants to Demonstration Systems
Scale Your Process from R&D to Commercial Production
Take your idea from initial concept development to final system integration, and gain a successful solution on time and on budget.
With a singular point of ownership, EPIC is centered around your needs to guarantee faster project delivery, less interruptions, and higher quality solutions.
from uncertainty to execution
Scaling a process doesn’t have to be a guessing game.
With the right pilot plant or demonstration system, you can:
eliminate technical uncertainty
reduce financial risk
accelerate time-to-market
make confident, data-backed decisions
R&D Scale-Up Solution Types
Skid Mounted Pilot Systems
Validate Your Process with Confidence
When you need to prove your process works outside the lab, a pilot plant gives you the data and insight to move forward.
EPIC designs skid-mounted pilot plants that replicate real operating conditions while capturing the data you need to:
- Understand process behavior at scale
- Identify risks before full investment
- Optimize performance and operating parameters
- Build confidence with internal stakeholders
modular pilot plants for faster scale-up
Reduce Time, Cost, and Risk
Traditional pilot systems are slow to build and difficult to modify. EPIC’s modular pilot plants are designed to solve that.
With skid-mounted systems, you benefit from:
- Faster project timelines through parallel fabrication
- Lower costs compared to traditional construction
- Higher quality through controlled shop fabrication
- Easier installation with minimal disruption
- Portability for testing in different locations
demonstration
plants
Prove Commercial Viability Before You Commit
Once your process is validated, the next challenge is proving it works at a meaningful production level.
A demonstration plant helps you:
- Show that your process can operate at near-commercial scale
- Produce enough product for market testing
- Demonstrate ROI to investors and leadership
- Reduce financial risk before full-scale investment
Solving the hardest part
process scale-up
Scaling a process isn’t linear. EPIC designs and fabricates custom pilot plants tailored to your process, production goals, and data requirements. Our experience includes:
- Batch Mixing Pilot Plants for formulation development, blending validation, and product optimization
- Batch Reactor Pilot Plants for validating reaction kinetics, temperature control, and process performance at scale
- Distillation Pilot Plants for separation, purification, solvent recovery, and specialty chemical processing
- Reaction-to-Distillation Pilot Plants that integrate reaction and downstream separation into a single process system
- Continuous Process Pilot Plants for validating continuous production technologies and operating conditions
- Separation & Purification Pilot Plants for chemical recovery, product refinement, and process optimization
- Demonstration Plants for proving commercial viability and producing product at near-commercial scale
Our Proven Scale-Up Process
You don’t just need equipment—you need a process that gets you to results.
From concept to commissioning EPIC follows a structured, collaborative approach to ensure your success:
1. Connect with an Engineer
Discuss your process, goals, and requirements
2. Front-End Engineering (FEE)
Define scope, risks, and technical approach
3. Detailed Design & Modeling
Equipment selection, 3D modeling, simulation
4. Controls Engineering
Integrated automation developed alongside build
5. Modular Fabrication
Parallel construction reduces schedule and cost
6. Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
Full system validation before delivery
7. Installation & Startup
Seamless commissioning with knowledge transfer
Our parallel modular approach reduces downtime, increases safety, and accelerates project delivery.
Client
Success Stories
Accelerating Carbon Capture Innovation with Mixed-Salt Process
EPIC Systems partnered with SRI International and the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) to design, build, and integrate a modular pilot plant for testing the innovative Mixed-Salt Process (MSP) carbon capture technology. By validating process assumptions, optimizing for a small footprint, and delivering turnkey automation and controls, EPIC helped accelerate realworld testing and scale-up of this energy-efficient CO₂ capture solution.
start scaling your process
Ready to move beyond the lab and prove your process at scale? We can help.
Speak with an EPIC engineer today.
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