Industrial chemistry

Our industrial chemistry infrastructure supports companies in developing and piloting sustainable chemical processes. The facilities can be used for research and innovation projects from the laboratory to a larger pilot scale.

The industrial chemistry infrastructure housed in the VTT Bioruukki Pilot Centre offers a world-class setting for the experimental development of chemical process technologies. Our facilities enable you to pilot new technologies and find the right solutions before committing to big investments.

A multi-purpose process chemistry pilot plant with large-scale pressure reactors integrated to versatile downstream processing units
- Multi-purpose chemical reactors: 60–1800 dm3, up to 50 bar and 250°C
- Lödige reactors/dryers/evaporators: 5–600 dm3
- Pilot-scale separation units: filters, disc separators, decanters centrifuge, membrane filters
- Lab and bench scale chemical reactors, counter-current extractor
- Capabilities to handle dangerous and flammable chemicals
Lab to bench scale facilities for CO2 utilisation
- CO2 conversion to synthesis gas with reverse water gas shift (rWGS)
- Fischer-Tropsch synthesis from lab to bench scale (from 10 g/day to 10 kg/day production)
- Catalyst manufacturing and testing, reactor testing
High-pressure automatised reactors for solid catalyst testing and development
- Four parallel reactors and two feeding lines
- Up to 450°C and 180 bar possible