Process Development and Decarbonization Consulting
Spitfire Research provides chemical process development and scale-up consulting services across the breadth of the chemical process industry, with a focus on transitioning the industry to a decarbonized future .
No Bullsh*t
We call a spade a shovel, in the interest of clarity and to save you time and money. If you’re looking for someone to flatter you and buoy confidence in your precious new idea, you probably should look elsewhere. But if you want clear, direct, no-bullsh*t advice about process development and decarbonization matters, you’ve come to the right place.
Pilot and Demonstration Plant Assistance
We can help you to make the right decisions about how big your pilot plant needs to be, which unit operations it should include, and how you should design and build it to gather the necessary scale-up data.
We can help you to work with a world-class pilot plant design-build specialist like Zeton, putting together a plan and a package that will set the stage for a successful project.
Or, if that’s not the approach that is best for your project’s current scale, we can help you to deliver a world-class project using whatever approach you select, whether it be to self-build, to pursue a self-designed and project managed approach, or using an EPC/M partner with fabricators.
We can review deliverables, provide strategic advice, and ensure that you obtain the best value for your investment of both schedule and budget.
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Experience
Our principal has 5 years hands-on experience developing, patenting and scaling up chemical process technology, and 26 years experience designing, building and testing pilot, demonstration and first commercial plants of a bewildering variety. Experience includes program and project management, strategy, partnerships, technoeconomic analysis, and nuts and bolts engineering across hundreds of projects.
Services for Potential Investors
While we don’t provide investment advice, we can help you make sense of innovator claims, detect bullsh*t, and separate the marketing #hopium and “forward looking statements” from the technical and economic reality of new innovations.
We review pitch decks, datarooms, technology evaluation reports, experimental data etc. and provide reports identifying the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in new technology development programs.
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada