Process Engineering Projects

Evaluate options for reducing the overall volume of wastewater generated and the total dissolved solids (TDS) so that production can be increased while complying with anticipated permit limits at a specialty metals processing plant site.

Evaluate applicable technology solutions to treat/mitigate NO₂ emissions from gas cylinder storage cabinet at a specialty gas manufacturing facility.

Develop a ROM level preliminary capital cost estimate for a new modular Naphtha Processing Plant.

Develop draft operating procedures (startup and shutdown) for a new modular Crude Distillation Unit.

Perform an independent engineering technical design review of a modular Crude Distillation Unit.

Develop a preliminary process simulation model for a new modular Crude Distillation Unit.

Modify and develop HYSYS simulation models for a Crude Distillation Unit designed to maximize Arctic Diesel grade fuel production.

Provide a third party review of P&IDs developed for a novel asphalt production technology package.

Develop an FEL-2 level process design package and cost estimate for an MSW to electricity production and technology demonstration facility.  

Assess, recommend, and re-tune a series of existing control loops on all the fired heaters throughout the plant in an effort to improve heater performance and reduce trip events.

Conduct a process evaluation and optimization study to improve a adsorption system at a chemical production facility.

Perform a capacity evaluation study for an existing process that produces materials used in Desulfurization (DeSOx) processes.

Provide process engineering Subject Matter Expert support to an EPC engineering company during detail engineering of a new Polypropylene production facility.

Serve as Subject Matter Expert on a full-service EPC team during the development a Process Design Package covering the Polymerization section for a new Gas-Phase Polyethylene Plant.

Develop a conceptual process design for the treatment of a complex nuclear transuranic waste material.

Identify and define testing needed to minimize process design risks for a new waste treatment system designed to treat a complex mixture of nuclear waste.

Determine appropriate inlet/outlet PSV pipe sizing and atmospheric discharge stack sizing for a relief header system on a nitrogen skid as part of a PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) process.

Provide debottlenecking process engineering services in support of on-going refinery optimization planning efforts and develop FEL-1 level preliminary process design information for identified improvements.

Evaluate the suitability of an existing third-party production facility for the toll production of a sweetener product.

Design a modular process Vacuum Distillation Pilot-Plant to process heavy oil feed streams.

Perform an independent, high-level review of design progress using the Process Design Review Index (PDRI) checklist for the design of a Commercial Demonstration Unit for an environmentally friendly, synthetic fuels production process.

Utilize computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to model fuel blending in large storage tanks in order to develop recommendations for in-tank mixing eductor configurations to blend a specified fuel mixture within a specified cycle time.

Develop an FEL-1 preliminary process design and cost estimates for a Demonstration Scale Rubber Recovery Plant utilizing used tires as a raw material feedstock.

Develop process simulation models to aide in the development of preliminary process design information and the evaluation of several small-scale electric generation power cycles.

Determine changes required at a coating manufacturing plant to facilitate the utilization of 93% sulfuric acid in their wastewater treatment process and develop an FEL-0/1 process design study including a cost estimate.