Project Synopsis
Provide process engineering support to support upgrades to the Hanford Site SY-Farm Infrastructure for the Department of Energy as a sub-contractor to the detailed engineering firm prime contractor.
Project Summary
This project involved Process Engineering Associates, LLC (PROCESS) providing process design support as a sub-contractor to a detailed engineering firm for the SY-Farm Infrastructure Upgrades at the Department of Energy Hanford Site. These upgrades were necessary to support the West Area Risk Management (WARM) project. To prepare for the future mission, the existing tank farm has to be modified to ensure that it will be able to process low-level waste as intended. This required modifying transfer piping between tanks so that legacy waste could be moved from tank to tank. More specifically, the overall scope for this project included the following:
- The SY-Waste transfer system and infrastructure upgrades supporting SY tank transfers and cross site transfers
- Flush water system supporting SY tank transfers, WARM interfaces, and cross site transfers
- Waste Group A Tank 241-SY-103 remediation and associated infrastructure
- Legacy equipment removal and disposal
- Electrical and Instrumentation and Control (I&C) upgrades
PROCESS Project tasks included preparing:
- Block flow diagrams (BFDs) preparation
- Process flow diagrams (PFDs) preparation
- Piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) preparation
- Material compatibility report
- Hydraulic calculations preparation using AFT Fathom process simulation software
- Process hazard analysis (PHA) support
- Inter-discipline process engineering support.
Industry Type
Nuclear Waste Storage & Treatment
Utilized Skills
- Process design
- Hydraulic modeling
- Materials of construction selection
- Multi-disciplined engineering team process support.