Process Engineering Associates, LLC services

The Schedule A or Basic Engineering Design package refers to a completed process design package that includes all the necessary information required by an Engineering/Construction firm or Detail Engineering firm to perform the detail engineering of the plant (details such a structural steel supports, buildings, wiring, piping details, insulation, equipment vendor/model selection, etc.). PROCESS provides this package and is there to answer any questions the client or engineering firm might have to ensure a smooth transition into the detail engineering phase. We provide these packages for both Inside Battery Limits (IBL) and Outside Batter Limits (OBL) design requirements.

More and more, PROCESS is requested to remain on during the detail engineering and construction phases of projects for which we have performed the process design. In this oversight role, any process change requests are routed through our engineers for approval or comment. This helps ensure that the client understands what the impact may be on the process as changes and alternatives are suggested. Many times there is great pressure to hold down costs as the civil, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation details of the plant are developed. The temptation to remove seemingly inconsequential process components can lead to off-spec product, inadequate throughput, high operating costs, etc. We are able to help prevent such problems simply by serving as the process integrity watchdog. Project Examples - Detail Engineering Phase Project Support, Project Examples - Construction Phase Project Support

We are often called upon by clients to evaluate process options aimed at achieving one or more specific goals. These goals run the gamut from improved throughput, quality, or consistency, to emissions reduction, energy recovery, or waste minimization. In such cases we begin by determining the current state of the process. This is done through a series of interviews and discussions with the client`s technical, engineering, and plant operating personnel. Additionally plant process data is collected in various forms, some of which include P&IDs, batch sheets, DCS data logs, heat and material balance information (if it exists), operation logs, etc.

Many clients come to us wanting chemical engineering process design assistance after they have done some level of due diligence to confirm that their process technology should work in real life. Sometimes the available information will include well executed pilot plant trial data, process heat and materials balance information, and all the necessary physical and chemical properties fully defined. Unfortunately, the more typical information consists of academic papers, some lab test data, and maybe some pseudo pilot plant information with stream property information only on the major products at best. The client usually has one or more technical staff members who are excellent at coming up with the innovative process idea, but lack the industrial process or design detail experience to bring the system to an efficiently functioning reality - that`s were we can help.

Any of the design services listed above may include some or all of the following components. The items included and level of detail will vary depending on clients desires or on which phase the project is in. The more mature the process design, the more of these components will be included.

PROCESS uses long-term or short-term licensed commercial process simulation software (CHEMCAD, Aspen, HYSYS, Pro/II, Simsci) and/or in-house simulation programs to perform: Detailed mass and energy balances. Unit operation design/evaluation. Piping system hydraulics calculations. Relief and flare system design/evaluation. Heat exchanger design/evaluation.

Listed below are the types of plant operations support that PROCESS typically provides to operating companies. Additionally, process engineering staff augmentation can be provided for operating facilities within reasonable commuting distance from one of our regional offices.

As a completely independent engineering company not affiliated with any other groups and not selling licensed technologies, PROCESS is ideally qualified to provide a critical process engineering evaluation before large project decisions are finalized. A few of the ways we can help in this regard are: Independent 3rd Party Design Reviews. Plant, Process, or Technology Pre-Purchase Due Diligence Support to Investors.