Clean in Place (CIP) System Study
ADF Engineering conducted a CIP system evaluation for a major food manufacturer, identifying inefficiencies, optimizing pump speeds, and recommending automation upgrades.
Safety Device and Pressure Relief Valve Audit
ADF Engineering conducted a safety relief device audit for a global food manufacturer, addressing documentation gaps, verifying valve sizing, and ensuring compliance with ASME, NFPA, and API codes.
Existing Plant Dust Collection Upgrade for Combustible Dust Compliance
ADF upgraded this plant's existing dust collection system to bring them up to compliance with the combustible dust standards.
Performing Risk Assessments: Dust and Process Safety
Background of Safety Risk Assessments In 1992, OSHA launched Process Safety Management (PSM) to address industries that handle highly hazardous chemicals, under OSHA Standard 29CFR 1910.119. This standard seems straightforward but was revolutionary in its impact on process safety improvements across multiple industries where flammable, combustible and toxic chemicals are used in sufficient quantities to pose a hazard to personnel or public safety. One of the fourteen elements of PSM that has been an indispensable tool in managing chemical hazards is the Process Hazard Analysis (PHA). A PHA is a systematic way to identify the hazards and quantify the risks…
Mechanical and Piping Contractor Pipe Stress Analysis
ADF assisted a Midwestern contractor with thermal stress and displacement analysis for steam and steam-in-place process piping using Bentley AutoPIPE software.
One of the Biggest Mistakes I See During Construction
Thirty years as a consultant engineer has taught me that typical projects are broken into four major phases: feasibility, preliminary engineering, detailed design, construction and start-up. While the engineering phase is the most critical for your project’s development, the construction phase is the most complex. It’s when the rubber hits the road, when most of your budget is being spent, and when things could go wrong with even the best relationships sometimes ending in dispute and litigation. During the construction phase, there is a lot of complexity dealing with multiple contractors, subcontractors, vendors, equipment suppliers, government oversight, safety,…
Chemical Company Debottlenecking
ADF Engineering assisted a chemical company in increasing production by 10% initially and an additional 20% by addressing inefficiencies and optimizing various systems.
Secondary Containment Evaluation
A chemical company working with Lysine wanted to develop an overall facility site map drawing to show secondary containment volumes for each process area.
Iowa Ethanol Plant Expansion
The Iowa Ethanol Producer needed to repurpose existing buildings and structures, as well as add two new buildings, to be able to install a new DDG decanting, drying, and loading system. This project started in the conceptual phase and went through…
Caustic Piping Redesign
The client approached ADF with a request to provide engineering services to redesign piping that would replace an aging system for a caustic treatment process. The intent of the project was to improve the pipe material specifications, provide better ergonomics…
