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Perform an FEL-0 design of a pilot scale process to electro-chemically dissolve steel slag and produce calcium and magnesium hydroxide as part of a larger carbon sequestration process, as well as evaluate an additional downstream metals recovery process for a startup technology development company.
Develop an issued for design (IFD) process information package to support the safe installation of a new hydrogenation skid for a contract manufacturing/process development/custom fabrication firm.
Perform a plant-wide technical evaluation of existing metal dust ventilation/collection systems and pressure relief panels/rupture disks at an automotive components manufacturing plant to prevent deflagrations and explosions.
Perform a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for the expansion/debottlenecking of a specialty fiber dope preparation area for a major fiber spinning lines at a specialty fibers US manufacturing facility.
Develop an FEL-1 level preliminary process design and cost estimate for both a pilot and commercial scale process to produce Polycarbosilane based on scaling up from lab data for a defense related technology and manufacturing company.
Develop a detailed process documentation package to support the relocation of an existing large-scale pilot-plant to a new location for a specialty chemical manufacturing client.
Evaluate an existing HCl3Si/H2SiCl2 scrubber system to explore system modifications to prevent overheating during hot summer operating conditions for an industrial gas manufacturer.
Develop an FEL-3 process design package with Issued for design (IFD) documents, models, and calculations for a phosphate ore mining and processing facility as a sub-contractor to a detailed engineering firm.
Perform a technical evaluation of an existing wet scrubber to identify opportunities to reduce water usage at a dye and pigment manufacturing facility.
Provide process engineering support to address open action items from a previously performed Dust Hazards Analysis (DHA) at a specialty chemicals manufacturing facility.
Perform a conceptual process design (FEL-0) feasibility study for the production of titanium oxychloride (TiOCl2) using non-traditional methods for a specialty chemical manufacturer.
Provide process engineering staff augmentation services as part of a plant-wide pressure relief device (PRD) revalidation project at an integrated active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) chemical manufacturing facility in the United States.
Perform a technical evaluation of existing processes and WWTS to identify treatment technologies that would meet the goals of the plant to avoid metal limit excursions at a polymers specialty additives production facility.
Perform an analysis of CDU equipment, prepare a plan to return it to operation, and to oversee the execution of upgrades from a process engineering perspective, in support of starting up a mothballed condensate splitter facility for an investment hedge fund client.
Assist a major US defense contractor in submitting a proposal to the US Government for the management and operation (M&O) of a US Army ammunition plant.
Analyze and determine the root cause of issues that damaged a Urea Reactor at a plant site that produces agricultural, industrial, and animal feed chemicals.
Provide on-site process engineering support to a US chemicals manufacture at multiple different plant sites to support a wide variety of projects, products, and facility improvement initiatives.
Assist an engineering company client with a comprehensive utilities study of a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) production facility that included potable water, chilled water, cooling tower water, demineralized water, steam and condensate, natural gas, argon, nitrogen, hydrogen, compressed air, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer were studied.
Develop a dynamic simulation of a batch flash stripping operation (stripping vessel including the vessel jacket and overhead condenser) to understand the required stripping time, equipment limitations, and to inform the selection of heat transfer equipment and heat transfer fluids for a silicone polymers and lubricants manufacturer.
Perform an independent design review of a Distillation and Dehydration Unit process design package (PDP) developed by others.
Investigate / troubleshoot significant CO2 losses, and develop corrective process alternatives for correcting these losses at a sodium bicarbonate production facility in the US.
Develop and evaluate process alternatives for replacing an aging hot oil vapor system at a large chemical manufacturing facility.
Provide multiple technology and process design reviews of a client's pilot-plant core technology regarding novel approaches for utilizing electro-extraction to recover post-consumer electronics black mass metals.
Develop a scaled up stripping column to recover chloramine and an absorption column to concentrate the recovered chloramine in water for a pilot scale facility working to develop an efficient process to devulcanize rubber from used tires and recover the carbon black, rubber, steel, etc.
Provide a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for the expansion/ debottlenecking of the utility and auxiliary systems for a spinning line at a specialty fiber production facility.