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Provide process engineering support to aide in bringing a mothballed biodiesel plant back on-line by providing plant test run support.
Develop process design information and perform a detailed technical review including process alternatives evaluations of an existing pilot-scale process that converts waste plastics/fiber to an engineered fuel product for use in power plants.
Provide a process engineering evaluation of a mothballed biodiesel facility including test run assistance and an assessment of process alternatives for improving the operation.
Provide independent engineering design review of falling film evaporators within a new commercial scale ethanol production process.
Provide an evaluation and recommendations for improving an existing syngas cleaning system feeding an a large engine used for electric power generation.
Perform a brief process alternatives evaluation for the removal of ammonia from MSW syngas.
Provide a process engineering review of a biodiesel plant design followed by on-site process troubleshooting and startup support.
Design of a separations system as part of a waste plastics to liquid fuels process development effort, as well as provide a process engineering review of the remainder of the process.
Provide a preliminary process engineering feasibility study and rough cost estimates to build and operate a small scale Gas-to-liquids facility using stranded gas.
Provide process engineering team staff augmentation for the preliminary design of a syngas to liquids facility.
Evaluate proper sizing, document, and prepare datasheets for relief devices at an ethanol production facility.
Create a simulation model and spread sheet interface tools for a process that produces ethanol from cellulosic feed stocks such as wood and biomass.
Provide an independent 3rd party evaluation of a truck loading station vent header and flare system for a proposed mixed alcohols production facility.
Perform a process alternatives evaluation and subsequent process design to convert syngas to pure hydrogen for a fuel cell research center.
Assist with a feasibility study and preliminary technical evaluation of various system configurations for a unique biomass-to-power and liquid fuels facility using feedstock materials different from the original design.
Develop a preliminary purchased equipment cost estimate for a unique biomass-to-power electrical generation plant with a given configuration and size.
Provide process design and engineering assistance to an engineering firm's process group by designing certain portions of a cellulosic ethanol plant.
Perform a due diligence study and on-site evaluation of an existing batch process facility location to determine suitability for purchase and installation of a new biodiesel process.
Create a scope of work package for potential contractors for the development of construction bids for a demonstration size cellulosic ethanol plant.
Perform a third-party evaluation of a preliminary process design to determine the technical and economic viability of the facility prior to full scale plant design.
Provide design services for the development of a cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant in support of a proposal to the Department of Energy. Simulation diagrams: Pulverizing and Delignification, Bioreactor Section
Provide process design and engineering services for a pilot-scale sugar cane to ethanol production facility by designing an ethanol purification system, developing upgrades for an existing lime slurry neutralization system, and generating a plant-wide mass balance and accompanying PFDs.
Front end engineering design study to define the technologies and unit operations for a process required to remove impurities from a biomass syngas intermediate stream and purify/separate the desired final products.
Perform preliminary process engineering and design for systems downstream of a biomass gasifier to render a synthetic natural gas suitable for use in standard natural gas-fired combined cycle turbines generating electricity.
Performed preliminary process designs, for both demonstration and commercial scale facilities, using the conversion of biomass derived from municipal solid waste (MSW) to synfuel through biomass gasification and subsequent novel Fischer-Tropsch conversion from syngas.