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- Oil and gas production reached 95% of planned maximum output
- Next MaxCap test with TAD 2 planned in the next two weeks
Dillingen /Saar, 10 October 2024 Pyrum Innovations AG (“Pyrum”, the “company”, ISIN: DE000A2G8ZX8) has successfully completed the first so-called MaxCap test, a trial run at 100% capacity, at the new plant in Dillingen/Saar. During the week from 27 September to 4 October, the solids throughput of the TAD 3 line was slowly increased to full capacity and maintained for one week after three weeks of partial load operation. The goal of four weeks of continuous operation with maximum throughput at the end was achieved and the scheduled maintenance shutdown took place.
During the first maximum capacity test, the solid part of the plant reached 100% of the designed maximum output. Oil and gas production reached 95%. A blockage occurred in the quench pump, which transports the oil and gas vapour from the reactor to the condensers, causing the oil and gas production to remain at 95% and not increase to 100%. In normal operation, a reserve pump is available for such cases, which was not used for the first MaxCap test operation.
Pascal Klein, CEO of Pyrum Innovations AG: “The results of our first MaxCap test are extremely satisfying. The fact that we were able to immediately ramp up the plant’s rCB production to 100% capacity and bring oil and gas production directly to 95% demonstrates the efficiency of our processes. We will also achieve the remaining 5% performance. We are already well ahead of our original ramp-up plan, which envisaged operating at 80% performance over a period of six months. The fact that we have already exceeded this plan confirms our progress. Our team has done an excellent job and we are motivated to tackle the next milestones and also to reduce the maintenance and optimisation interruptions between plant runs.”
The next MaxCap test is planned for the TAD 2 line in the next two weeks – both quench pumps will be ready for use already at the beginning of the three- to four-week operating period. Full capacity is then to be achieved in both rCB production and oil and gas production. At the same time, TAD 1 and TAD 3 will also continue to operate. The aim is to operate both new lines (TAD 2 and 3) stably at 100% capacity by the end of 2024.
