Aduro pilot plant site preparations completed

Site preparations complete for Aduro Clean Technologies’ Hydrochemolytic technology next generation process (NGP) pilot plant.

The London laboratory facilities are ready to start the commissioning programme in September 2025.

The technology company is using the power of chemistry to transform lower-value feedstocks, like waste plastics and renewable oils, into resources for the 21st century is taking a key step forward.

The NGP pilot plant is designed to validate Hydrochemolytic Technology in continuous operation, establish operating parameters across target feedstocks, and produce product samples and quality data for customer evaluation.

It will reportedly confirm mass and energy balances, yields and controllability, supply data to support environmental assessments and lifecycle analyses, support standard operator training and procedures, and generate the key data to inform the design basis and integration approach for the previously announced demonstration plant with an initial capacity of 8,000t per year.

Equipment supplied by the original equipment manufacturers, process-skid fabrication, and automation and controls integration are being readied for delivery to site for installation, system integration, and the start of the commissioning programme in September 2025.

The NGP Pilot Plant comprises three main systems:

• An extruder that prepares and delivers feedstock
• A reactor system that converts plastics 
• A product recovery system that purifies and cools the liquid product.

The commissioning process is planned to occur in stages, with two systems scheduled to commence the commissioning process in September 2025, followed by the third system expected to commence commissioning in October 2025.

Commissioning will follow a structured programme including pre-commissioning, cold commissioning, phased systems integration, wet runs, and initial operating campaigns.

Siemens, responsible for supplying advanced control systems and engineering services, has shipped critical long-lead automation and electrical components.

The goal is to produce customer-relevant samples and generate operating data that will inform the design and integration of the next scale.