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Engineering projects to resolve approximately 150 process hazard analysis (PHA) action items related to process relief systems and flare loading.
Evaluation of process pressure relief valves and relief systems (including relief valve discharge piping, sub-headers, headers, and flares)to determine relief valve capacities relative to current process throughput rates and 30 case scenarios.
Project management for completing the process design of replacement Butamer dryers. Also provided project oversight for mechanical and structural design and equipment installation.
Design of new high-capacity alkylate pump in hydrofluoric (HF) alkylation process unit.
Preparation of as-built P&IDs for multiple petroleum refineries.
Update refinery relief header/flare simulation model for the addition of a Platformer Benzene Saturation Unit and its attendant relief valves, tail pipes, and relief sub-header.
Evaluate PHA open action items related to the flare header system and recommend changes to the equipment, piping, relief valves, and relief header system to ensure overpressure protection.
Design a specialty jet fuel distillation column.
Identify and document refinery-wide flare loading scenarios.
Process design for conditioning the refinery fuel gas using a central fuel gas knock-out drum to combine multiple fuel gas sources to provide a more consistent refinery wide fuel gas heating value, remove impurities, and stabilize supply pressure. Simulation Diagram
The client, an independent petroleum refinery, contracted Process Engineering Associates, LLC (PROCESS) to execute a refinery relief valve and flare system capacity evaluation project.
Pilot scale process design and front-end engineering design package for a novel bitumen / heavy oil upgrading unit designed to reduce the feedstock viscosity.
Design of an Air Blower system to convey coke from a petroleum refinery Coker unit.
Develop a plan and and execute a design for smoothing delivery of coker product streams to several different refinery hydrotreating units.
Provide designs, specifications and cost estimates for an Alkylation unit closed KOH blowdown system, a Crude Distillation unit overhead system and a Fuel Gas Knockout system for the refinery fuel supply.
On-site refinery process engineering support and refinery operations training.
Preliminary process design and capital cost estimates of multi-stage fractionation units for a solvent recovery system at multiple plant locations. Simulation Diagram
Computer process simulations and operational evaluations of a new acquisition hydrocarbon light ends fractionation system. Simulation Diagram
Execute a process design for the caustic scrubbing system, evaluate existing and new columns for use as the scrubber and evaluate fired heater.
Provide a variety of distillation research related assistance to a world-wide oil & gas production concern aimed at improving refinery operations performance on a company wide basis.
Revamp study of a mothballed sour water stripper for a new service.
Preliminary evaluation of an existing petroleum refinery crude distillation unit for potential revamp opportunities to increase throughput.