About Epic

Areas of Expertise

 

With a strong base of engineering talent, EPIC Design/Build has the knowledge, tools and experience to excel in a wide variety of areas.


  • Liquids Processing

    • Development of pump curves and system curves
    • Low and high viscosity fluids experience including non-Newtonian fluids
    • Handling of shear sensitive materials
    • Calculation of NPSHA and NPSHR
    • Calculation of required pipe size based upon allowable pressure drop and fluid velocities

  • Flowsheet Development

    • Development from concept discussion to completed process flowsheet

  • Equipment Specification

    • Pressure vessels and atmospheric tanks
    • Positive displacement and centrifugal pumps
    • Agitators
    • Heat exchangers

  • Heat Transfer

    • Calculation of heat loads
    • Shell and tube heat exchangers
    • Plate and frame heat exchangers
    • Cooling towers
    • Air cooled chillers
    • Liquid coolers
    • Glycol systems
    • Therminol and Dowtherm high temperature systems
    • Heat trace system design
    • Insulation calculations
    • Resistance heating systems
    • Steam and condensate system design

  • Modular Skid Design

    • Structure design
    • Equipment layout
    • Piping design
    • Power design
    • Controls and instrumentation design

  • Purified Water Systems

    • Feedwater analysis
    • Sub-micron filtration
    • Softening systems
    • Multimedia filtration
    • Activated carbon beds
    • Reverse osmosis systems
    • Deionization systems (cation, anion and mixed bed)
    • Electro-deionization
    • Passivation
    • Purified water storage

  • Solids Handling

    • Material properties characterization (abrasiveness, adhesion, bulk density, friability, compressibility, hygroscopicity)
    • Partical size separators
    • Vibratory feeders
    • Screw conveyors
    • Bucket elevators
    • Dust collection
    • Solids / liquids blending
    • Mass flow bin design
    • Dense phase conveying
    • Dilute phase conveying
    • Static charge grounding
    • Explosive dusts

  • Process Simulation

    • Batch and continuous process simulation
    • Process debottlenecking
    • Optimum equipment sizing
    • Batch schedule optimization

  • PLC Program Development

    • Allen-Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix, PLC-5, SLC 500 and MicroLogix
    • General Electric
    • Modicon
    • Mitsubishi

  • HMI Program Development

    • Wonderware Intouch
    • Allen-Bradley RSView and PanelView

  • Feasibility Studies

    • Extract specifications and requirements from client
    • Complete front end engineering design
    • Assemble detailed capital cost estimate to go forward for funding
    • Net present value analysis among alternatives addressing both initial capital and ongoing expenses

  • Corrosion Engineering / Material Compatibility

    • Selection of proper materials of construction (metals, plastics, elastomers) for chemical compatibility
    • Testing of materials for chemical attack

  • Applied Mathematics

    • Linear programming modeling
    • Multiple regression analysis
    • Converting raw data sets into equations (infinite series method)
    • Fourier analysis of system harmonics
    • Design of experiments

  • Process Instrumentation

    • Coriolis mass flowmeters
    • Magnetic flowmeters
    • Vortex shedding flowmeters
    • Orifice plate and d/p flowmeters
    • Ultrasonic flowmeters
    • Load cell weigh systems
    • Scale weigh systems
    • RTD temperature measurement
    • Thermocouple temperature measurement
    • PH
    • Conductivity
    • ORP (oxidation-reduction potential)
    • Dissolved oxygen measurement
    • Online color measurement
    • Solution concentration (refractive index)
    • Gas chromatography
    • Differential pressure level measurement
    • Radar level measurement
    • Ultrasonic level measurement
    • Capacitive level measurement


  • Machine Instrumentation

    • Laser displacement distance measurement
    • Inductive and capacitive proximinty switches
    • Vision systems for 100% inspection

  • Drive Systems

    • AC variable frequency drives
    • AC servo drive systems
    • DC servo drive systems
    • DC drives

  • Project Management

    • Project schedule development
    • Critical path analysis
    • Resource allocation and management
    • Budget tracing and reconcilliation

  • Micro-susceptible Process Design

    • Bacteria destruction with ultraviolet light
    • Sub-micron (0.2 micron) filtration

  • Training

    • Process engineering
    • Controls and Automation

  • Sanitary System Design

    • Zero dead leg piping design
    • Internal finish polish specification
    • Slope-to-low point drain piping design
    • Specification of sanitary components (valves, regulators, sample valves, pumps, tanks, etc.)
    • Clean-in-place (CIP) system design
    • High temperature sanitization system design

  • Power Distribution

    • Motor control center specification and layout
    • Protective device selection and coordination

  • Turnkey System Management

    • Scope development
    • Front end engineering
    • Estimate development
    • Best option NPV analysis
    • Appropriation request development
    • Detailed process design
    • Detailed mechanical design
    • Detailed electrical and instrumentation design
    • Bid package development
    • Subcontractor qualification and selection
    • Construction management
    • Project budget tracking
    • Scope change management
    • System checkout
    • System startup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

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