Process Engineering Projects

Develop a conceptual process design for the treatment of a complex nuclear transuranic waste material.

Identify and define testing needed to minimize process design risks for a new waste treatment system designed to treat a complex mixture of nuclear waste.

Determine appropriate inlet/outlet PSV pipe sizing and atmospheric discharge stack sizing for a relief header system on a nitrogen skid as part of a PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) process.

Provide debottlenecking process engineering services in support of on-going refinery optimization planning efforts and develop FEL-1 level preliminary process design information for identified improvements.

Evaluate the suitability of an existing third-party production facility for the toll production of a sweetener product.

Design a modular process Vacuum Distillation Pilot-Plant to process heavy oil feed streams.

Perform an independent, high-level review of design progress using the Process Design Review Index (PDRI) checklist for the design of a Commercial Demonstration Unit for an environmentally friendly, synthetic fuels production process.

Utilize computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to model fuel blending in large storage tanks in order to develop recommendations for in-tank mixing eductor configurations to blend a specified fuel mixture within a specified cycle time.

Develop an FEL-1 preliminary process design and cost estimates for a Demonstration Scale Rubber Recovery Plant utilizing used tires as a raw material feedstock.

Develop process simulation models to aide in the development of preliminary process design information and the evaluation of several small-scale electric generation power cycles.

Determine changes required at a coating manufacturing plant to facilitate the utilization of 93% sulfuric acid in their wastewater treatment process and develop an FEL-0/1 process design study including a cost estimate.

Perform a technical evaluation of existing wastewater injection well pumps, provide pump system options, and develop equipment specifications for budgetary quotes to support a chemical manufacturing facility.

Develop an FEL-1 Design Package for a new skid package Spray Dryer System (SDS) at a paint pigment manufacturing facility.

Provide a preliminary process design for an Ammonium Hydroxide solution storage and delivery system skid.

Serve as Subject Matter Expert on a full-service EPC team during the development a Process Design Package covering the Polymerization section for a new Gas-Phase Polyethylene Plant.

Walkdown and develop P&IDs for the Natural Gas distribution system at a specialty metals production facility.

Walkdown and develop As-Built P&ID drawings of the Process Safety Management (PSM) covered portions of the ethanol production facility.

Perform a plant relief valve study for an ethanol production facility.

Develop a process design of heat transfer fluid cooling loop, perform a Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and purchase and install equipment for conversion and operation with Paratherm

Assist a detail engineering design firm with a refrigerant (R-23) storage tank and tank truck loading system design.

Evaluate and validate the design of a solvent capture system to handle storage tank venting during normal in-breathing and out-breathing operations at a foam product manufacturing plant.

Evaluate and develop recommendations for upgrading an inadequate dust collection system at a powdered materials production facility.

Evaluate and design a replacement for an inadequate dust collection system in a pigment manufacturing plant.

Develop a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of an agitated reaction vessel for the production of a beverage product in support of scale-up from bench top to a commercial scale design.

Develop an FEL-2 level process design for a compounding line in the production of a specialty polymer.