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Develop a summary table of safe operating limits (SOLs) for each of the processing units within a U.S. based refinery.
Calculate process conditions for various key refinery instruments to support instrumentation purchases in various refining process units.
Conduct a hydraulic study of a crude atmospheric furnace and reduce pressure drop in the furnace while maintaining throughput capacity. Also evaluate the crude supply and pre-heat train for pressure drop optimization.
Evaluate the an existing lube-oil filtration system for the Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Unit Wet Gas Compressors and provide recommendations for improving filtering efficiency and operability.
Evaluate and recommend modifications to reboiler heat exchangers associated with the refinery’s stabilization and splitter distillation columns.
Evaluation of the existing tank farm condensate recovery system hydraulics to determine throughput capacity, existing limitations, and options for increased capacity.
Evaluation of an existing firewater system's hydraulics to determine capacity, supply pressure, and modification options to support a new refinery processing unit.
Perform an evaluation of a refinery's existing wastewater effluent system's hydraulics to determine throughput capacity and make debottlenecking recommendations.
Update a refinery relief header/flare model prior to the installation of a new refinery flare and a seal pot as part of a flare gas recovery unit installation.
Develop options for the relocation and replacement of an existing refinery flare system.
Provide an independent engineering evaluation study of ways to reduce plant utility energy consumption for a proposed waste lubricant recycling facility.
Determine the maximum intended hazardous liquid inventories for two refineries to help the client fulfill its obligations specified in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Regulation, 29 CFR 1910.119.
Perform process safety and risk management Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) meetings to mitigate the possibility of accidents or releases.
Perform regulatory compliance audits at multiple petroleum refineries to comply with OSHA Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals and EPA Risk Management Program regulations.
Computer process operations simulation of two different NaHS sour gas sweetening units.
Refinery pressure relief valve evaluation for determining relief valve capacities at current process throughput rates.
Provide a process design for a hydrogen sulfide scrubber on a refinery sour gas stream.
Evaluation of refinery pressure relief valves to determine relief valve capacities relative to current process throughput rates.
Refinery pressure relief valve evaluation for determining relief valve capacities at current process throughput rates.
Refinery pressure relief valve evaluation for determining relief valve capacities at current process throughput rates.
Review operations of existing butane vaporizer associated with railcar unloading facilities to determine overpressure scenarios and design pressure relief devices for protection.
Capacity evaluation of a flare system for various relief scenarios. Simulation Diagram