Project Synopsis
Provide a large multi-disciplined engineering firm engineering design reviews and construction phase support for an Army Ammunition Plant (AAP) Energetic Waste Incinerator and Contaminated Waste Processor (EWI/CWP) Facility project in support of the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Project Summary
The client, a large multi-disciplined engineering firm, contracted Process Engineering Associates, LLC (PROCESS) to provide engineering design reviews and construction phase support services for an Army Ammunition Plant (AAP) Energetic Waste Incinerator and Contaminated Waste Processor (EWI/CWP) Facility project in support of the US Army Corps of Engineers.
The new EWI/CWP will be able to process Energetic Waste classified as 1.1 explosives on-site. There are two (2) types of wastes, Energetic Waste (EW) and Energetic Contaminated Waste (ECW).
EW generated at the AAP comes from multiple sources, such as process waste (shavings), rejected material, pit waste, and other direct process sources. EW typically meets one of several hazardous waste classifications under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Currently, all EW generated at the AAP is either destroyed in an Energetic Waste Incinerator (EWI) or at an open-burning ground area. Both facilities are permitted under the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) hazardous waste program.
ECW is generated from material handling sources, such as pallets, filters, hoses, pipes, gloves, etc., that are slightly contaminated with energetics but are not classified as a RCRA hazardous waste. ECW can be either combustible solid waste (fiber drums, plastic drums, and plastic bags) or non-combustible contaminated metals.
The EWI/CWP major systems include a Contaminated Waste Feed System for combustible ECW, a Contained Burn Chamber for non-grindable EW and combustible ECW, a Car Bottom Decontamination Oven for non-combustible ECW, and an Air Pollution Control System. The major systems are supported by the operations control center and motor control center.
In this project, PROCESS performed a review of the following items:
- 35% Design Review:
- Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams
- General Arrangement
- Process Flow Diagrams
- Heat & Material Balance
- Process Hazards Analysis
- Process Narratives
- Equipment Datasheets
- Equipment Specifications
- 95% and 100% Design Reviews:
- Process Hazards Analysis
- Process Control Descriptions
- Equipment GA Drawings
- Equipment Manuals
- Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams
- General Arrangement
- Process Flow Diagrams
- Heat & Material Balance
- Process Narratives
- Equipment Datasheets.
Industry Type
Energetic Materials and Munitions Production
Utilized Skills
- Independent preliminary process engineering design review
- Independent final process design package (PDP) design review.