Process Engineering Projects

Prepare an FEL-1 level preliminary process design for a facility designed to significantly expand an existing production unit.

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

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

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.

Process engineering and design services for a mixed waste treatment facility treating a variety of mixed, RCRA-hazardous, and TSCA wastes.

Develop a computer process simulation model for predicting system operating parameters for various incinerator hazardous feed rates and compositions.

Design of a size-reduction and reacted/slurried ceramic in water mixture process for the production of a ceramic product as part of a waste thermal treatment system.

Detailed technical and economic evaluation of critical operations associated with a biological sludge pretreatment system to prepare a sludge stream for continuous processing through a thermal treatment system.

Process design of a pretreatment and bulk feed system for the continuous processing of a biological sludge stream through a thermal treatment system.

Provide air pollution control systems process modeling assistance in order to improve and optimize waste incineration facility performance.

Develop process design information for a system to separate hexane from a mixture of Invert Oil and hexane.

Preparation of a preliminary process design package for a natural gas well condensate splitter unit.

Design a water based scrubber system to scrub flue gases on an oxy-fuel combustion power generation system.

Provide an independent chemical engineering peer review of a novel heat cycle developed by a licensed technology provider.

Provide independent engineering evaluation and refinement in support of the development of a novel heat engine concept.

Cost savings project to develop a mass and energy balance of a recycle system on an SO₂ scrubbing unit that would return expensive unreacted di-basic acid additive to the system.

Perform a feasibility study by creating specific process simulation cases followed by development of a rough cost estimate of a new technology (liquid air energy storage system) when incorporated into a commercial scale electric power generation plant.

Subcontracted process engineering support on a new CO₂CO2 capture pilot plant project encompassing design, procurement, installation, and startup activities. Read USA Today article on this project and a subsequent News Article discussing the plant operation results.

Work with both a natural gas producer and an ammonia technology provider to develop a preliminary process design package and cost estimate for a small scale ammonia process using natural gas as a feedstock.

Engineering support for various operations associated with anhydrous ammonia (NH₃NH3) pipeline systems which include transport lines, booster stations, hot and cold (cryogenic) storage facilities and terminal flare systems.

Develop process design information needed to assist a polyurethane manufacturer in switching over an existing process from using water to using a hydrocarbon based material as the foam 'blowing agent'.

Provide process engineering support throughout detail engineering for the design, procurement, and construction of a specialty polymer pilot-plant.

Develop a process design package (basic engineering package) for a caprolactam drying system.

Provide process design services in support of a new high-purity titanium tetrachloride (TiCl₄TICL4) distillation train.

Investigate, simulate, and redesign a distillation train for series operation to purify titanium tetrachloride (TiCl₄TICL4) and remove unwanted color bodies.