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About ideaCHEM

We are closely-knit team driven to deliver real solutions.

The Idea Behind ideaCHEM.

Keith Flanegan
Founder & CEO

At ideaCHEM, we partner with our clients to deliver process technology breakthroughs. We collaborate to understand your business and technology needs, then use a combination of process tools to deliver real, industrial solutions.

Our team has delivered many projects in the renewable fuels and chemicals industries, including successful demonstration-scale biomass conversion processes that included the design and operation of pretreatment, hydrolysis, fermentation, and downstream separations.

@ ideaCHEM, we understand the bottom line. We've worked at large companies and small start-ups, and it is always about getting to practical, timely solutions. We use appropriate methods to design processes: it could be quick excel sheets or complex simulations, depending on the task at hand. We stay connected with equipment suppliers, researchers, and leaders. But most importantly, everything we do is about finding the best economical solutions for our clients.

We have experience developing and operating processes in a wide range of industries:

  • Grain milling
  • Biomass and starch conversion: pretreatment, hydrolysis, and fermentation
  • Sterilization processes
  • Sterile seed train design
  • Distillation and purification of ethanol, butanol, acetone
  • Alcohol catalysis to other fuels and chemicals
  • Anaerobic digestion
  • and more...

Selected Clients

Learn more about our past projects and the clients' we've worked for, with, and whose processes we've improved.

Process technology and development

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Leading in Process Engineering

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Expansion & Improvement Studies
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Laboratory Research & Pilot Project
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