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OR-5 Plant Tests

Traditional Research Idea

Expected Benefit to Members: Increased confidence in the scale up of FRI correlations would provide for more economic designs. Present Situation and Proposed Research: This item has been attempted in the past and has failed due to the need for an industrial partner. Proposal: Identify an industrial partner who is willing to take the steps necessary to allow data collection on a large column. Instrument the column as needed for data collection. Conduct the plant test. Reduce the data using standard FRI data reduction methods. Compare the reduced data to comparable FRI data and FRI correlations. Proposed Internals and Test System: Whatever is installed in member column. Estimated Unit Time: Conducted in a member unit, so no column time is needed. Estimated Additional Costs (Beyond Unit Time): Additional instrumentation required for FRI data reduction; staff travel expenses to site ($50,000). Background and Discussion: None

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