RTI Pilot Xcelerator

Transform innovations into deployable solutions.
Bridging Research
to
Commercialization
RTI provides technical, engineering, and commercialization services, combined with plug-and-play infrastructure, to reduce risk and accelerate scale-up. We help innovators who are ready to prove performance, not just pitch potential.

Unlock value with…

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Commercialization Expertise

Prepare technology for market deployment through de-risking and advisory services, including technoeconomic, regulatory, and business case support.

Two engineers at a monitor of a process unit.

Engineering Depth

Accelerate technology validation through pilot prototype piloting at engineering scale.

An engineer tightens a valve fitting in a bay full of equipment.

Prototype-to-Pilot Infrastructure

Flexible space that allows applications across energy, chemicals, biotechnology, agriculture, circular economy, and critical minerals. This infrastructure is adaptable to your technology’s needs.

Want to learn more about how the RTI Pilot Xcelerator can help scale your innovation?

Projects & Partners

Real-World Results,
Real-World Impact

We’ve partnered across sectors – from government agencies to Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, startups, and commercialization ecosystem partners – to transform innovation into impact.

Expertise and specialties include:

  • Next-gen fuels and chemicals production
  • Industrial decarbonization
  • Circular economy
  • Waste-to-value
  • Critical minerals
  • Bioprocessing

Dig Deeper

How We Help Accelerate Your Tech

Our team of engineers and commercialization experts guides clients in all stages of the technology de-risking process, from assessing early-stage technologies to enhancing commercial readiness.

We provide full laboratory and plug-and-play pilot-scale facilities, including the ability to integrate with several existing unit operations. This allows for quicker operations and flexibility, resulting in projects that scale technologies faster, cheaper, and with less risk.

Services

Partner with RTI to Accelerate
Your Innovation

A scientist checks pressure meters on a network of insulated pipes. An engineer stands on scaffolding among conduits and thick pipes. A technician using pressurized air in a process unit bay.

Engineering & Designing

Process and systems integration, including hazards analysis, and engineering support to design, build, and commission your pilot-scale demonstration unit.

Testing, Demonstrating, and Validating

Test systems under real-world conditions to validate performance at scale and identify gaps in quality.

Scaling-Up & De-risking

Identify scale-up risks, including failure modes, finances, partnerships, and deployments.

Innovation & Commercialization

Prepare technology designs for next-stage facilities, commercial partnerships, and deployment.

The Facility

Uniquely Suited Facility to Help You Scale

Configurable Bays

Indoor and covered outdoor bays with plug-and-play infrastructure designed for process skids.
A configurable bay with complex pipes, conduits, control panels, and barrels. A person wearing a hardhat, coveralls, and safety glasses inspects the equipment.

Control Rooms

Dedicated specialized rooms for safe and continuous monitoring.
A scientist in a control room sitting at a workstation with four monitors.

Indoor Laboratories

Infrastructure and instrumentation for online testing, analysis, sampling, and troubleshooting.
Indoor laboratory space filled with equipment. A scientist fills a container with liquid.

Utilities & Process Support

Electrical power, process water, compressed gas, and data and controls infrastructure configured for each process bay.
pipes

Safety Systems

Built-in safety and operations systems to support pilot-scale chemical processing, energy conversion systems, and industrial emissions testing.
valves

Solar Field (Future Development)

A planned adjacent solar field for “behind-the-meter” renewable energy integration.
Solar panels on the RTI International campus.

Accelerate Your Project

Whether you are a researcher, entrepreneur, or industry partner, RTI is here to help you scale your innovation and bring it to the world.

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