Since the dawn of time, humans have been using the bio-active compounds that are contained in plants. In the past Shamen used their knowledge to concoct potions made of leaves, roots and water. Fortunately, we have improved our ability to extract those bioactive compounds over time allowing us to get more use out of less of the organic matter. … [Read more...]
California’s New Regulations for Oil Refineries
In response to the fire and chemical release at Chevron’s Richmond Refinery in August of 2012 the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), Office of Emergencies Services and California EPA began looking at the conditions of refineries across the state. … [Read more...]
Conversion of Municipal Solid Waste to Aromatic Compounds
R.C. Costello & Assoc., Inc. of Redondo Beach, California signed an agreement to provide engineering design services to Epurga, Inc. of Port Cates, Tennessee for the scale-up of their proprietary aromatics technology. This technology converts municipal solid waste (MSW) to syngas, and then to bio aromatic compounds that are traditionally produced from petroleum. Typical … [Read more...]
Skid Mounted Process Plants
Are you thinking of adding capacity to an existing facility or adding a new process plant to your site? Then you should consider having a skid mounted process plant designed for you by COSTELLO. Skid mounted process plants have several benefits over other (stick built) types of process plants. Taking advantage of them can not only help you save money but also improve your site … [Read more...]
Using ChemCad to Debottleneck Chemical Plants
Having a bottleneck in your chemical plant will decrease efficiency and/or throughput. This can be difficult to pinpoint. If you make changes by guessing where the bottleneck is, this can be very costly and may not even solve the issue. COSTELLO’s professional engineers are experts at helping to debottleneck plants by using ChemCad, which can save you from a major headache in … [Read more...]