PETRO PROJECT ENGINEERING, INC.

Serving Petroleum Refiners & Petrochemical  Plants Worldwide since 1980

Older Distillation Systems

Can be Revamped

Custom Treatability

Process development is the refinement of a process concept from early conceptual stages through preliminary engineering (development of preliminary economic analysis, piping and instrumentation diagrams, and process flow diagrams). Process development also includes experimental studies at the laboratory, bench-scale, and pilot-plant level. These studies are focused on obtaining key process information required to guide the remainder of the design effort and often take place concurrently with the conceptual design. Process development efforts can be oriented around new products, improvement of existing products, or increased utilization of available capital equipment assets (i.e., retrofit design).

 

There is a strong linkage that exists, particularly in early stages of development, between product and process. However, the process development team should be represented in the product development and specification efforts. Conversely, having a representative of the product team represented during process development efforts may make it easier to challenge assumptions regarding product requirements when pollution prevention options appear to be in conflict.

 

Product specifications developed by the product development team play an important role in establishing process design options. It is important to identify any product specifications which are likely to result in significant environmental issues, since changing the product specifications at this stage of development will be easier than during later phases. 

Develop New Processes

Some Projects Start In Bench Scale and Evolve Into Manufacturing Plants

Petro Project Engineering, Inc.

P. O. Box 890343

Houston, TX 77289-0343

U. S. A.

Phone: 1  - (281) 470-2121

E-mail: contactus@petroproject.com

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