Team Equinox

The company uses dynamic modeling to analyze causes for HIPPS activation; Evaluates options to circumvent HIPPS activation The ever-increasing flow rates in combination with the environmental constraint shave initiated a widespread and rapid acceptance of HIPPS as the ultimate protection system, in the last decade or so. A High Integrity…

Grass–root petrochemical plant uses simulation-based engineering analysis approach to test safety control schemes, Reduce flare load by 30% After months of deliberations, the client asked its detailed engineering consultant to turn to dynamic simulation to help them reach a conclusion on the worst case flare relief load thereby improving safety…

Industry: Power Business Area: Engineering Design Review – Burner Management System (BMS) Background: A major Power producer located in Middle-East was building a new green field power plant (2640 MW) with boiler fuel being Heavy Fuel Oil, Heavy Crude Oil. As part of engineering integrity validation, a third party certification major…

Industry: Refining & Petrochemical Application: Feedstock Planning Background: An Integrated Refinery & Petrochemical Asian Major, used best-in-class software application with supporting business processes for feedstock evaluation, planning & execution. Business Objective: A Root Cause Analysis of Plan Vs Actual data, highlighted the gaps of how the best in class in…

Company relocating Nitric Acid plant from the USA uses the steady-state model to rated capacity, increase capacity by 24% Plant relocation is a tricky exercise – apart from the logistics of relocation, one has to make sure that the plant will indeed give its rated production, at the new location.…

Industry: Power, Fertilizer. Business Area: New Technology Analysis – Green  Gas (GHG) Management Background:  An innovation-driven company was focused on Technology & Solutions for Capture, Transport and Storage of Green  Gases. One of the focus areas was to develop and offer state-of- absorption solvents for processes needing CO2 absorption from various sources including waste/flue gases. The company developed its own proprietary…

Ethanol Plant Dynamic Model helps overcome design issues leading to smoother startup for a South Asia client. The downstream section of an Ethanol plant purifies the coming from the fermenter into valuable Ethanol. This section typically consists of a series of distillation columns and an evaporation section. Although, distillation being…