Limitations of Particle Disengagement Estimation Methods
written by Michael Tanzio, Process Engineering Associates, LLC; February 2021 The industrial literature is full of stories about poor separation…
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Megaproject OSBL Scope Development
Designing critical OSBL facilities for the Sadara Project presented the UPI team with some unique challenges, which required innovative solutions.…
Adsorption of Activated Carbon – Part 2
Adsorption on Activated Carbon – Part 2 Part 2 of this blog topic continues the discussion from last month of…
Adsorption on Activated Carbon – Part 1
Adsorption on Activated Carbon – Part 1, M. Tanzio 09/10/20 Background As a unit operation, many do not consider Adsorption…
CPI Unveils New Small Scale Ammonia Process
CPI has just announced significant news on some recent process technology developments, which we are happy to pass along. CPI,…
Carbon Engineering, Ltd. Announces New Strategic Investors
Carbon Engineering Ltd. (CE) in Squamish, B.C., Canada has just announced significant news on some recent strategic investments, which we…
PROCESS Completes Basic Engineering Design of Fracking Water Treatment Demo Plant
PROCESS recently completed a project for a technology development company for a demonstration scale process designed to transform spent fracking water…
Rame Sulaiman Earns Professional Engineering Registration
PROCESS is pleased to announce that Rame Sulaiman, working out of the Oak Ridge, Tennessee office, has just recently completed the…
Teaming Agreement with PetroDIAC in UAE
We are pleased to announce the signing of a teaming agreement between Process Engineering International, LLC (PROCESS) and PetroDIAC, an industrial…
PROCESS’ Mike Tanzio Featured on AIChE Website
Mr. Michael Tanzio who works for PROCESS out of our Gilbertsville, PA office, was recently invited by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) to share…
ENGINEERS BEWARE: API vs ASME Relief Valve Orifice Size
Many are not aware of the major differences between the orifice sizes and discharge coefficients suggested by the API and…
MINIMIZING PROCESS RISKS / MAXIMIZING CONFIDENCE IN YOUR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
Overview When executing capital projects, small or large, the ultimate objective is to produce something that works as planned, at…
2018 PHA Training Course Offered by PROCESS
PROCESS ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, LLC is pleased to publicly offer the following 3½-day PHA training: PROCESS HAZARD ANALYSIS (PHA) LEADER TRAINING COURSE…
Ventilating Your Processing Area
Overview A safe working environment requires the evaluation and careful consideration of both general exhaust ventilation requirements and localized capture…
2018 PHA Leader Training Courses Offered in U.S.
PROCESS ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, LLC is pleased to publicly offer the following 3½-day PHA training course: PROCESS HAZARD ANALYSIS (PHA) LEADER TRAINING COURSE…
How Many Pressure Relief Devices (PSDs) Do you have venting to Atmosphere? Are They Safe?
Determining if the atmospheric release from a pressure relief device (PSD) is safe is good engineering practice and a requirement…
Helping You With NFPA 652/654
The initial issue of NFPA 652, Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust, was issued in September 2015. OSHA uses…
Technical Information Supporting a Standard Technology Licensing Project
A successful technology licensing project will typically pass through three distinct phases from start to finish: · Phase I:…
PROCESS Opens New Office in Salt Lake City, Utah
October 24, 2016 – PROCESS announces the official opening of a new engineering regional office in Salt Lake City, UT. This office…
PROCESS Increases Refining Process Engineering Capabilities
PROCESS has added to its excellent staff a very high caliber process engineer who has significant petroleum refining design and…
Mike Sessions, P.E. Becomes Company Partner
Effective January 1, 2015, Mike Sessions has been made a partner (Member) of PROCESS. Since joining our company in early 2011,…
New Partnership Targets Turn-Key Projects
August 2014 – Walbridge Process Engineering & Construction (WPE&C) is a newly formed full-service EPC firm combining the process engineering capabilities of…
Alternative Natural Rubber Pilot-Plant Project for Ohio State University Makes News
Process Engineering Associates, LLC (PROCESS) was contracted by a major U.S. University research group to assist in the development of…
InvestorIntel Invterview: Hop Boyd on the Real Advantage of Having the Right Chemical Processing Engineer on the Job
Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – April 10, 2014) – Hop Boyd Jr., Chief Manager, Process Engineering Associates LLC (PROCESS) speaks to Tracy Weslosky,…
A PROCESS Biofuels Customer Making News
One of PROCESS’ biofuels clients recently made news with regards to their successful commercial scale advances in enzyme esterification in the production…
PROCESS Implements Management Changes Effective January 2014
Effective January 1, 2014 the following management changes took effect at PROCESS: Mr. Roger Efferson was appointed Business Development Manager for…
PROCESS Tennessee Client Receives Prestigious Safety Award
September 17, 2013 – One of PROCESS’ valued clients, the SI Group specialty chemical manufacturing plant in Newport, Tennessee has been awarded…
Jacqui Stewart, P.E. Becomes a Company Partner
Effective January 1, 2013, Ms. Jacqui Stewart has been made a partner (Member) of PROCESS. Since she rejoined the company in…
PROCESS Opens Pacific Coast Regional Office
PROCESS has formed a new office in the Richland, Washington area for the purpose of serving both commercial and nuclear (Hanford…
Mike Sessions Earns Professional Engineering Registration
PROCESS is pleased to announce that Mike Sessions, working out of the Daphne, Alabama office, has just recently completed the requirements…
PROCESS Opens Gulf Coast Regional Office
PROCESS has formed a new office in the Mobile, Alabama area for the purpose of serving our clients along the U.S.…
Robust Growth Returns to PROCESS
After the “down” years (by our standards) of 2009 and 2010, when we achieved only a 20% combined growth total…
‘Cracker’ Preliminary Design Project Makes News
PROCESS is performing a series of feasibility studies and preliminary process design work for a consortium in West Virginia called Invictus…
PROCESS Client Featured on “World’s Greatest” Television Show
May 2010 – Diversified CPC International, Inc. was recently selected by the ION Network to be in their “World’s Greatest”…
PROCESS Now Registered with SABIC
January 2010 – PROCESS was officially notified that it is now an approved contractor for process engineering services to Saudi Basic Industries…
PROCESS Launches New Subsidiary to Focus on International Projects
Oak Ridge, Tennessee – January 30, 2009 – Process Engineering Associates, LLC (PROCESS) announces the immediate formation of PROCESS ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL,…
PROCESS Now Registered with Saudi Aramco
Earlier this year PROCESS signed an agreement with a company named House of Energy & Industrial Technologies Co. Ltd. (HOEIT) to act as a…
National News Article
USA Today recently ran an article on a project to design and test a CO2 Capture Pilot-Plant at a Coal-Fired Power Plant. PROCESS provided…
Blind Chemical Engineer Interns at PROCESS
Mr. Noel Romey (B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas, 2004), is currently interning in PROCESS’ Oak Ridge, Tennessee office. Noel is unique…
PROCESS Recognized by SNS for Key Contributions
PROCESS was presented a plaque of appreciation and recognition by the Spallation Neutron Source Target Utilities Lead engineer, Lorelei Jacobs, shortly…