Mechanical Engineering – Process
Our Process Mechanical team is composed of engineers and designers with significant experience in design of process utilities for equipment, process and liquid distribution, piping systems, storage, and handling systems.
Recent industries include:
- Manufacturing & Industrial
- Food & Pharma
- Agri-feed
- Rendering
- Bio-Fuel & Composting
- Ports & Terminals
- Tank Farms
- Pulp & Paper
- Pump & Transfer Stations
- Oil & Gas
We have experience in sizing, handling, and distribution of the following products & service lines:
- Liquid Hydrocarbons (Liquid & Gas)
- Chemicals
- Oils
- Wastewater
- Slurries
- Cryogenic Liquids (Hydrogen, LPG, LNG)
- Process Utilities (Steam, Refrigerant, Nitrogen, C02, Compressed Air, etc.)
- Potable & Waste Water, Effluent Systems
Process Safety & Reliability
Our team ensures your process systems are designed with safety and reliability at the forefront, minimizing risks and optimizing operational uptime for industrial facilities.
- Safety Relief Systems: Design of overpressure protection and blowdown systems including specification of safety relief valves and rupture discs.
- Process Code Knowledge: Multidisciplinary understanding of code requirements or identification across several authorities having jurisdiction and technical safety authorities and the impact on design & construction for process and utilities
- HAZOP and HAZID Studies to identify and mitigate risks
- Redundant System Design: Development of backup and fail-safe systems for critical processes
- Process Hazard Analysis (PHA): Support for PHA to meet regulatory and internal safety standards.
- Emergency Shutdown (ESD) Systems: Design and integration of ESD systems to safeguard processes during critical events.
- Front-End-Loading: FEL-1 and FEL-2 studies factoring in process safety to identify design criteria
Piping
Our Piping engineers and designers have experience with the following piping systems
- Process Piping (B31.3 – B31.8 / CSA Z662)
- Stainless Piping for Food & Pharmaceutical applications
- Power Piping (ASME B31.1 – B31.11)
- FRP & Plastics Piping for chemicals
- Glass-lined piping
- HDPE piping
- Piping Inspections (API 570)
- Over Water Piping
We typically offer the following services during Design
- Process Design & PFD Development
- P&ID development
- 3D Routing of Piping, Modeling, Layout
- Pipe Supports Design, Specifications, and Integration with Structural Pipe Supports
- Piping Specifications Development & Addendums
- Pipe Material Specs, Wall Thickness, Design of Insulation
- Hydraulic Calculations for flow optimization
- Shut-down sequencing for operational safety
- Stress Analysis & Design of supports & loops (Autopipe)
- Hammers Effects & Emergency shut-off w/ Surge system design
- Thermal Analysis (heat gain/loss) and insulation design
- CRN Registration Packages & Calculations
Equipment Utilities Services
Our Mechanical Engineers and designers provide full utility services for your plant process and equipment. Working from the equipment and process data, we size and specify the equipment, utility needs, and design the required distribution and piping systems to deliver the services at the right locations:
- Pipe Routing, Stress Analysis, CRN Registration with Technical Safety Authorities
- Process Heat Recovery
- Utility Systems Energy Optimization
- Cryogenic Equipment
- Steam Generation Systems (Boilers, Thermal Oxidizers, etc.)
- Compressed Air and Pneumatics
- Gas Services (Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, C02, etc.)
- Chillers, Refrigeration, Glycol Service
- Process Drainage to Treatment Areas
- Boilers & Pressure Vessels (ASME Sec. VIII)
- Process Water (chilled, high-pressure washing, purified, etc.)
- CIP / COP Systems
- Food/Pharma Grade Piping Systems
- Maintenance Facility Chemicals, Oils, Lubrication Storage and Delivery
- Flue Gas treatment & monitoring
- Hydronic Loops / Thermal Gradient Headers
Tanks, Silos & Storage
- Underground and Above Ground Tanks
- Fuel Tanks and Fueling Systems
- Process & Storage Tanks (API 620 / 650)
- Chemical & Waste Storage Tanks
- Cryogenic Tanks (API LPG, LNG, & Hydrogen)
- Water Storage (AWWS Potable, Fire, Waste)
- Tank Performance Specifications and Sourcing
- Modifications to Tanks including agitators, mixers, etc.
- Spill Containment Systems Design
- Insulation Design
- Foundation & Anchoring Design
- Seismic Design Considerations
- Inspections & Maintenance Plans
Loading, Unloading & Distribution
- Multi-modal distribution and loading facilities
- Ship loading & Marine Loading Arms
- Railcar Loading & Off-Loading
- Truck Loading & Off-Loading
- Pump Pads & Pump stations
- Boost & Transfer Stations
- Sumps & Ponds
- Full-scope design and integration of loading, unloading, and distribution networks
- Integration to existing plant facilities and systems
- Spill prevention and containment design
- Loading arm design and integration with existing piping/pipelines
- Flow optimization studies
- Geometry studies for rail, vehicle access to unloading and loading areas
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