Engineering & Design Services
Engineering Consulting Services
Being a trusted advisor to our clients is a cornerstone of our mission to provide valued engineering solutions. We cannot solve every problem, but our commitment to our clients is to understand their unique challenges and deliver independent technical advice and support.
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Our Consulting Services experience ranges limited technical review and advice for prototype and proof-of-concept development through comprehensive performance, capacity, and safety audits and studies.
Our licensed Process, Mechanical, Instrument, and Electrical engineers and design staff specialize in supporting clients with independent technical support. From simple proof of concept evaluations and feasibility studies through operations support and training. We provide a bespoke service offering to meet your specific project needs.
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Process & Mechanical Engineering Services
The Process and Mechanical Engineers at Principal Technology have decades of experience in process design, equipment design, and troubleshooting for industrial, manufacturing, petroleum, and energy clients. We can help design your process and equipment, rate existing units, troubleshoot and optimize current operations, and train your operators. Whether it is bringing to life an idea from the back of a napkin or expanding existing units, our engineers can find the right solution for your process.
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Planning, Design, & Modeling
Planning to expand existing facilities, add a new modular process unit, or install skid-mounted packaged equipment comes with unique design challenges... Meeting these challenges while providing ergonomic access for operations and equipment maintenance through the entire operating life of a project is where our designers earn their pay.
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Instrument & Control Systems Engineering
Advanced instrumentation and control system design is a critical element of our mission to provide efficient engineering solutions.
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Electrical Engineering Services
The electrical engineers at Principal Technology have years of experience working on heavy commercial, industrial, and manufacturing projects. Our electrical engineers can provide engineering expertise to support your project design, permitting, construction, and operations, from new installations and facility expansions to performance, power, and safety studies.
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Prototyping Services
As an engineer or designer who likes to see your work come to life, Prototype and Proof-of-Concept projects are just plain fun!
PTI's multiple discipline-technical expertise and professional experience have afforded us the pleasure of working on numerous prototype and proof-of-concept development projects.
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Operations Support Services
From process performance evaluation to modernizing legacy equipment, our process, controls, and electrical engineers help clients improve process system performance, extend the working life of your equipment assets, and maintain compliance with current safety standards.
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Training Services
Teach, Show, Do, Review, and Apply... (We didn't invent it, but we use it).
Meaningful training is the cornerstone of our successful projects. Whether it is a basic control system that is new to your operations, a critical process safety or combustion management system, or a large operating plant... Principal Technology engineers are committed to the successful operation of any system we provide our customers - for the life of the equipment!
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Sulfur Recovery
Principal Technology has 25 years of experience designing and building systems to remove and recover sulfur from process streams. Our Sulfur portfolio includes all units in the Sulfur Block - Amine Treating and Regeneration, Sour Water Strippers, Sulfur Recovery, Tail Gas Treating, Thermal Oxidizers and Incinerators, Sulfur Degassing, and Oxygen Enrichment. Our experience ranges from front-end engineering, operations support and training through Turn-key EPC of plants ranging in nameplate capacity from 2 LTPD to multi-train 1000+ LTPD facilities.
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Front End Engineering and Design
Our client challenged us to define every aspect of their capital project for a new sulfur recovery and thermal oxidizer unit before applying for capital spending approval. We provided FEED services to model the new unit inside their existing plot space, evaluate their existing utility capacity and select technology that optimizes capital equipment expenditures. The final and most critical deliverable for this project was a Total Installed Cost project budget, a budget which we were able to beat by 5%
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Hazardous Area Evaluations
Our client engaged PTI to conduct a hazardous material audit for their South Texas chemical processing plant. Our engineers produced a comprehensive inventory of the potentially hazardous compounds used at the site, verified the adequacy of their secondary containment systems, and produced a hazardous area location drawing for their facility in accordance with NFPA 497 standards.
Material hazards and physical properties, emergency response plans, compressed gas safety, and emergency relief systems are areas of expertise our engineers can bring to your project.
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Operator Training & Program Development
Initial construction, commissioning, and start-up support are arguably the most visible phases of a project life-cycle. Successful long-term operation, however, is where the real value is realized.
PTI works with many clients to develop and update operating manuals and unit-specific training programs to provide Operators with an essential understanding of operating critical process units efficiently. New unit training and follow-up refresher training are crucial components of successful long-term operation.
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Process Hazards Analysis – Subject Matter Expert
Oxygen enrichment is a convenient means to improve the capacity of many process units that require air for chemical reactions or combustion. Enriching air streams with higher than normal oxygen concentrations can increase unit throughput without increasing the piping and equipment size.
The flip side of these advantages is that adding oxygen to any process can create its own process hazards. PTI was contracted to support this client by providing independent subject matter expertise to review the design and participate in the Process Hazards Management HAZOP review with the project team to thoroughly evaluate the hazards associated with the project.
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