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Develop a process simulation model and validate it through plant testing for a sugar cane bagasse to ethanol demonstration plant.
Evaluate and redesign a set of multi-effect falling film evaporators.
Debottleneck the distillation section of a U.S. based biodiesel fuel production plant.
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.