J. Peter Clark

Labs and pilot plants serve a wide range of purposes in universities, companies, and government agencies. The way in which a pilot plant is designed and how it is equipped and staffed are all affected by which mission is most important. Usually, flexibility is a dominant goal because missions can change, and many facilities have multiple missions.University of California, Davis, students work in the pilot scale J. Lohr Vineyards and Wines Fermentation Room, part of the teaching and research complex located within the university’s Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science.

University Pilot Plants
Universities have the simultaneous missions of education, research, and service. How do these affect a lab or pilot plant? In …

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