Process engineering is a primary strength of BSI, as more than a quarter of our staff are degreed chemical engineers, averaging more than twenty five years experience. Our Process Engineers possess an extensive knowledge of process engineering across diverse industries, with direct manufacturing or operations background, in addition to their extensive design experience. Some engineering companies are perfectly content with completing designs that will never be built, but because of their manufacturing background, our engineers aren't really satisfied until the design is constructed, your process is running safely & efficiently, and your product meets all the quality standards.
Process Engineering principles can be applied where manufacturing processes entail physical and/or chemical transformations, whether batch or continuous in nature.BSI personnel have demonstrated they can execute any size project from concept through start-up in an expeditious and cost effective manner. We would be more than happy to put you in touch with any one of our more than fifty clients, so you can verify that claim.
Below is a short description of some of the process engineering activities and unit operations BSI process engineers have been involved in:
Engineering Activities:
Process definition including flow diagrams, material & energy balances & other documents to define the scope.
Economic feasibility studies & estimates of project cost.
Process calculations for unit operations and other operations requiring specialized or detailed treatment.
Process calculations for flows, pressure drops, & heat transfer for sizing piping & equipment.
Materials of construction selections for equipment & piping.
Specification of the required equipment based on suitability, availability, & cost effectiveness.
A small sample of processes, equipment, and services we have experience with follows:
Chemical Unit Processes
Utilities & Supporting Systems
Adsorption
Vacuum Systems
Centrifugation
Steam and Condensate Systems
Chemical Reactions
Heat Transfer Fluid Systems
Chromatography
Fired Process Heaters
Crystallization
Cooling Towers
Distillation
Process Refrigeration
Drying
Cryogenic Processes
Extraction
Clean Utilities: Steam, Water & Air
Filtration
CIP Systems
Heat Transfer
Ion Exchange
Mixing or Blending
Fermentation
Drying
Antibiotic & Monoclonal Products
Freeze Dryers
100 Gallon Inoculum through 50,000 Gallon Fermenters
Rotary Vacuum Dryers
Spinners through 12,000 Liters Bioreactors
Vacuum Shelf Dryers
BioKill Process
Vacuum Microwave Dryers
Steroid, Antibiotic, & Bioprocess Facilities
Fluid Bed & Spray Dryers
Mills & Blenders
Recovery
Solids Processing
Membrane Technology
Conveying
RO, Micro, & Ultra Filtration
Cooling
HPLC & Gel Columns
Casting / Flaking
HighG Centrifugation
Dissolving
Liquid Extractors
Dust Collection & Control
Mixing
Purification
Size Reduction & Classification
Thin/Falling Film & Forced Circulation Vacuum Evaporation