Process/Mechanical Engineering.

PIC offers the mechanical engineering and design experience necessary to provide complete package and system integration. Our mechanical engineering expertise includes:

• Process Engineering: For each application, PIC will perform a process analysis to establish the basis for the design:
  • Mass Flow and Heat Balance
  • Required Flow rates
  • Equipment optimization
  • PFD and P&ID development
• Engineering, Design, and Fabrication of skid mounted systems: Detailed mechanical engineering and design to develop detailed fabrication and installation drawings.
• Preparation of equipment purchase requirements: Sizing and selection of pumps, valves (automatic, control, & manual), field instrumentation to allow for purchase (by either PIC or the end user).
• Other mechanical engineering services include:
  • Pipe stress analysis of existing piping subject to transient and impulse conditions. The expansion of high temperature piping can have a dramatic effect on pump performance and process equipment connections. Dynamic conditions such as: water hammer and harmonic vibrations can have a major impact on piping; resulting in premature pipe failure.
  • Lifting and handling analysis: Analysis of equipment lifting during transport and/or installation can reduce damage incurred by improper lifting and handling methods.
  • Noise evaluation: A noise evaluation of a skidded system to ensure that a specified noise limit, usually 85 dba, one meter from the edge of the skid is not exceeded.
  • System pressure drop analysis. A study of pressure drop in a piping system can reveal pump discharge or suction problems such as cavitation and/or inadequate discharge pressure.
  • Computational Flow Dynamics (CFD) capabilities. Simulate flow, heat transfer, and fluid forces in real world conditions to troubleshoot or establish optimum design conditions.