Chemical Vinylidene Chloride Expansion Project (~$150MM), Lake Charles, LA (2022)
Process lead engineer for FEED phase
Design engineer for project which repurposed an existing unit for TCE and added a new unit for VDCM which included:
P&ID, PFD/HMB, BFD, and MSD development and checking with junior engineers
Modified existing Aspen Plus simulation of TCE and VDCM units to design/size equipment
Developed Design Temp/Press Summary table
Checked BoD work with junior engineers
Workshared with Lake Charles office and India office
Developed equipment list and worked with project estimator
Refinery Flare Environmental Compliance Project (~$20MM), Norco, LA (2021-2022)
Process lead engineer for FEED and DD phase
Design engineer for project which modified existing flare system with H2S treater system which included:
Simulation/Design/Sizing of H2S column
Water seal drum design sizing: evaluated 2 options: 1) DEPS compliant, and 2) optimized
Blower design/sizing
Column pump design/sizing
Hydraulic evaluations
Evaluated new project impact to global relief scenarios usin Aspen Flare Analyzer
P&ID and PFD/HMB development
Process engineer representative in Coarse HAZOP and full HAZOP
Chemical Temporary Flare System Project, Lake Charles, LA (2021)
Process lead engineer for DD phase
Evaluated new liquid seal drum and temporary flare size that could be used in place of other flare system outage
Used Aspen Flare Analyzer to evaluate hydraulics and flare load
P&ID development
Refinery Flare and MVR Modifications Project, Convent, LA (2021)
Process lead engineer for FEED and DD phases
Design engineer for project which installed temporary liquid propane skid with vaporizer to supplement natural gas for MVR O2 enrichment and flare system pilots which included:
Hydraulic evaluations
Designed sized temporary propane tank and vaporizer skid
Steady state and dynamic simulations used for case studies
Modified operating procedures
Provided new PSV sizing and modification requirements to control valves
Calculated UFL and LFL safe operating ranges for mixed gas compositions to identify control requirements for 02 enrichment
Developed P&IDs and PFDs
Carbon Capture Amine Treating Unit Project (~$1.0B), Geismar, LA (2021)
Process lead engineer for FEED phase
Design engineer for project which collected flue gas from multiple boilers and cogen units and sent the flue gas through an amine treating unit to absorb and strip CO2 which included:
Simulation/design/sizing of amine absorber column and stripper
column
Compressor design/sizing
Hydraulic evaluations
BFD, PFD, and equipment list development
Refinery Distillation Unit Optimization Project, Norco, LA (2021-2022)
Process lead engineer for FEED phase
Design engineer to modify distillation unit such that the atmospheric side
and vacuum sides could be separated and be on separate turnaround
schedules which included:
Pro-II evaluations on new lineups that impact exchangers and
columns
New exchanger sizing
Refinery Firewater Upgrade Project, Norco, LA (2021-2022)
Process lead engineer for FEED phase
Design engineer to modify refinery firewater system to be compliant with DEPS and NFPA-20 which included:
AFT Fathom hydraulic evaluations and case studies
Design/sizing of new firewater pumps
Recommendations to debottleneck piping
PSV and surge valve sizing
P&ID development
Chemical Testing Facility Project, Geismar, LA (2021-2022)
Design engineer for ethylene oxide catalyst testing Facility which
included:
Simulation design and consulting for EO scrubber and EG reactors
P&ID support
Grassroot Specialty Batch Chemical Pilot Plant Project, Pasadena, TX (2020)
Lead process engineer for new pilot plant unit during FEED and detail
design
Developed P&IDs for liquid, gas, and solids handling equipment
Developed sizing/specifications for chiller and temperature control units based on process simulation efforts.
Facilitator for PHA
Developed specifications and preliminary sizing for condensing exchangers using simulation (Aspen Plus and Aspen EDR)
Refinery Hydrowax to Olefins Project, Norco, LA (2020)
Process design engineer of responsible charge for alternate hydrowax fuel to olefins unit during FEED phase
Reviewed/checked P&IDs, PFDs, exchanger designs, hydraulic
evaluations, utility summary, and line list efforts
Process representative for HAZOP
Refinery Plastics to Chemicals (Pyrolysis Oil) Demonstration Project (~$50MM), Norco, LA (2020-2022)
Lead process engineer for project
Process design engineer of responsible charge during FEED phase
Reviewed/checked P&IDs, PFDs, exchanger designs, hydraulic evaluations, utility summary, and line list efforts
PVC Expansion Project (~$190MM), Baton Rouge, LA (2019-2020)
Area lead for detail design of PVC expansion project
Developed pump hydraulics for sizing pumps
Checking/Quality Control for process equipment and PSV sizing
Ethanolamine Reconfiguration Project, Plaquemine, LA (2019-2020)
Lead process engineer for EA unit reconfiguration project during FEED
Developed PFDs and P&IDs for project scope
Performed value engineering to optimize project scope and options to understand scope option impacts to cost and schedule
Performed hydraulic analysis on cooling water network using Pipe-Flot to understand limitations in cooling tower and supply network.
Refinery Tier 3 Project for Gasoline Hydrotreater (~$160MM), Norco, LA (2018-2019)
Co-process lead for Tier 3 compliance project for gasoline hydrotreater
unit during FEED and detail design phases
Hydraulic evaluation for new vent gas compressor
P&ID development
Process representative for PHA
Relief valve specifications
Start-Up Support
Developed report based on simulation work to investigate water intrusion that would potentially create corrosive salts and Solutions in process. Simulation efforts were based on plant data and utilization of OLI electrolyte thermo package to predict salt
behavior in the process
Developed several hydraulic case studies using Pipe-Flo for feed pumps to understand various modes of operation.
Biofuel Hydrotreater Reconfiguration Project, Geismar, LA (2017-2018)
Lead process engineer for FEL2 design of biofuels hydro-processing facility
Project included HTRI rating of existing exchangers
Hydraulic evaluations for new piping including single phase and 2-phase
HAZOP process representative and scribe for preliminary hazard analysis
Hydraulic evaluations of existing pump to determine adequacy and sizing of new pumps
Hydraulic evaluations of existing control valves to determine adequacy
Evaluations of existing relief valves to determine adequacy
P&ID development and support
Hydrocracker Reconfiguration Project (~$350MM), Norco, LA (2014-2017)
Lead process engineer for multiple areas including reactor and
compressor sections of unit.
Developed specifications for various items including: separators, pumps, heat exchangers, control valves, and relief valves.
Designed new shell and tube exchangers using HTRI.
Performed rating cases for existing shell and tube and air cooled exchangers using HTRI to assess adequacy in new service including rigorous checks using xvib to check for vibration issues.
Evaluated and optimized reactor effluent train to understand heat integration and additional pressure drop impact to recycle compressor using Pro-Il and Hysys integrated with rigorous exchanger modelling.
Evaluated hydraulics on new and existing pumps for new design and ratings including development of cooling water hydraulic network to understand cooling water consumption across multiple units.
Evaluated hydraulics (single phase and 2-phase) for design and rating of control valves
Evaluated 2-phase flow in high pressure reactor effluent section to understand flow regime and piping configuration which was used to support CFD modelling effort.
Performed safeguarding evaluations and checking for multiple pieces of equipment including high pressure separators, exchangers, and fractionators including impacts to flare header using Aspen Flare Analyzer.
Performed case study/sensitivity analysis evaluation on new hydrogen make-up compressor to assess feasibility (i.e., reliability, cost, catalyst impact, unloading impact to existing/parallel H2 make-up compressors).
Developed design for new hydrogen makeup compressor including: P&IDs, interstage cooling requirements, kick-back lines, etc. This design was based on an evaluation of H2 from vendor supplied pipeline with an understanding of overall unit consumption and pressure drop from
pipeline take-off to compressor suction.
Supported development of basis of design documents for various process systems (i.e., process water, cooling water, and H2) and overall basis for design on the project including utility summaries.
Evaluated wash water requirements to understand salt formation reactor effluent system at various wash water flows and temperatures using Aspen electrolytes package.
Developed scope for various system which includes supporting development of P&IDs and PFDs for project.
HAZOP process representative.
Hydrotreater Repurpose Project (~$150MM), Convent, LA (2015)
Designed new shell and tube exchangers using HTRI
Performed rating cases for existing shell and tube and air cooled exchangers using HTRI to assess adequacy.
Task Force Projects
Safeguarding revalidation of multiple units using PS PPM and in-house
tools.
Ethylene Oxide project to evaluate existing EO pump hydraulics based on spillback cooler design and new piping reconfiguration
Fine Chemical/Catalyst Plant Project (2017)
Developed specifications for pumps based on hydraulics.
Reviewed P&ID and provided comment
Checked datasheets for equipment
Lead process and project manager for relieve valve revalidation effort for Nitric Acid Plant.
Process engineer for potable water system upgrade FEED.
Lead process engineer responsible for process design on Canadian crude grassroots storage and handling terminal.
Project and lead process engineer for detail design phase of soybean enzymatic degumming project.
Lead process engineer for ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) verification project.
Process engineer for detail design phase of Poly THF blending process.
Lead process engineer and project engineer for FEED phase of Poly THF dosing skid unit
Process engineer for Sulfur Recovery Unit Oxygen Enrichment Project.
Process engineer for sodium bisulfite unit
Project manager and lead process engineer for Oil Lubricants additive project.
Facility relief valve compliance study/evaluation.
Lead process engineer for multiple crude tank projects.
Process engineer representative for PHA review.VOC theoretical modeling for hydrocarbon scrubber skid units.
Process engineer for FEL 2/3 on atmospheric diesel recovery project. Included design of new preflash drum, new coalesce, new exchangers, and pre-heat train pump-around heat optimization for atmospheric distillation column
Lead process engineer responsible for process design for ammonia stripper column.
Process engineer for firewater system.
Process engineer for formaldehyde grassroots plants
Lead process engineer for boiler feedwater project
Process Engineer for 4-Urea Plants, 2-UAN Plants, and 3-Nitric Acid Plants
Identified systems with inadequate overpressure protection and developed scopes to become code compliant including, system evaluation/design, sizing calculations, and specifications for safety relief devices.
Identified and designed projects to address Process Hazard Analysis safety recommendations.
Developed and implemented solutions for operational plant improvement.
Provided process information needed to define/develop projects
Provided engineering recommendations for maintenance and operation group.
Compressor performance tracking and modeling.
Cooling water exchanger performance.
Hydraulic calculations for new or modified systems.
Led health and safety reviews for managed changes throughout facility in absence of PM compliance supervisor.
Lead process engineer on new package boiler project which includes scope
development, specifications, control strategy, and detailed design review with boiler manufacturer and engineering contractor
Coordinated corporate team economic and technical evaluation to determine
precious metal selection options for Nitric Acid Plant gauze.
Project manager for select non-catalytic reduction project in Ammonia Plant reformer to reduce NOx emissions which included feasibility and total installed cost estimate with engineering contractors.
Worked with corporate team to evaluate the economical and technical options of water treatment vendors
Evaluated N2O abatement technologies to offset emissions for debottleneck projects
Worked with team to develop specifications and cost estimate for new Urea, Nitric Acid, and UAN plant.
Lead process engineer for new demineralized tank and pump system in urea plant which included: scope development, specifications, control strategy, and detailed design review with engineering contractor.
Project engineer for phase one of high pressure stripper replacement in Urea plant which involved civil/structural evaluation with engineering contractor