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Perform a technical evaluation and preliminary FEL-1 designs for process improvement modifications to correct shortcomings related to the controls of an existing hot oil system providing heat to multiple users within a monomer production plant.
Provide process troubleshooting for reducing fouling in a metals electroplating process.
Perform a debottlenecking study of an aging Gas Dehydration Unit (GDU) treating natural gas from a declining gas field.
Develop a preliminary process design for a modified ammonia scrubber system to increase the overall system capacity at a chemical manufacturing facility.
Evaluate the problematic operation of a batch reactor and accompanying overhead condenser at a pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturing plant.
Develop an AspenPlus simulation model and other process design information for a novel alternative electricity pilot-plant unit for a technology development company.
Provide an independent 3rd party design review for process design information developed by the client for oil/water/gas treatment units which process injection gas that is above the critical point.  
Identify alternative cooling configurations in an operating plant to minimize or eliminate the use of a legacy river water cooling system.  
Perform CFD modeling and heat exchanger evaluation of large mixed nuclear waste tanks at the Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Site.
Process design of a new monomer tank for the storage of Butyl Acrylate at a synthetic organic materials manufacturing facility.

Define technically feasible process alternatives and develop a preliminary FEL-1 level design for a process to purify a newly available dirty hydrogen stream and recycle it back into the client's refinery operations.

Provide process engineering services to develop an FEL-2.5 detailed process design package of a polyester polyol pilot unit suitable for competitive bidding to process skid fabricators.

Design a custom 3-phase heat exchanger and separation system.

Develop a conceptual process design for the treatment of a complex nuclear transuranic waste material.
Perform a plant relief valve study for an ethanol production facility.
Develop a process design of heat transfer fluid cooling loop, perform a Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and purchase and install equipment for conversion and operation with Paratherm
Assist a detail engineering design firm with a refrigerant (R-23) storage tank and tank truck loading system design.
Develop and teach a course on advanced process simulation techniques using CHEMCAD, MS Excel, and Visual Basic programming. Learn more...
Provide on-site chemical engineering support to an engineering firm with limited process engineering resources for a variety of different projects.
Develop a set of specialized calculations for plate-and-frame heat exchangers that could be used while running refrigeration loop simulations to help optimize and streamline a complex heat exchanger design process.
Develop a design for a skid mounted distillation column for the separation of glycol/water mixtures resulting from commercial airline deicing operations.
Provide air pollution control systems process modeling assistance in order to improve and optimize waste incineration facility performance.
Perform sizing calculations of depressurization orifices and pressure safety relief valves on a mol-sieve based hydrocarbon dehydration and desulfurization skids.
Determined the feasibility of operating a propane fractionation system using chilled glycol instead of air-cooled overhead condensers.
Preparation of a preliminary process design package for a natural gas well condensate splitter unit.