Specify the decision and acceptance criteria
State whether the pilot is screening a process, comparing options, resolving an inhibition concern or informing a design step. Identify which performance, residual, operability and monitoring measures will determine the next decision.
Make the tested conditions visible
Document feed composition, loading, retention time, temperature, pH and important interventions. Record variability and periods of reduced performance as well as successful runs. Readers should be able to see which part of the intended operating range the test represents.
Review the whole response
Assess consistency, recovery after disturbance, by-products, sludge or other residuals and downstream implications. Keep analytical limitations visible. A result is harder to interpret if input conditions, system boundaries or measurement methods changed without explanation.
Separate demonstrated results from extrapolation
Identify questions that remain about hydraulics, mixing, transfer limitations, process control and operation at a larger scale. The next step may be additional testing or engineering review. A useful conclusion states both what the pilot supports and what it does not yet establish.
Sources & context
Background reading checked 9 October 2026. The review questions and structures above are BGF editorial guidance; the references are not BGF project evidence or endorsements. Apply them to the relevant site, data and agreed scope.