Summary
Optimising energy efficiency and water consumption in process manufacturing industriesHRC Consultants was set up by Harry Cripps in 1993 following 20 years working in the process sector. Services are based on extensive process and project engineering experience plus consultancy assignments in a wide range of process industries. Practical experience includes new plant projects, process uprating and optimisation as well as energy integration and waste minimisation consultancy.
We help our customers achieve the following:
• Identify and implement opportunities to use less energy and water
• Optimise energy water and effluent costs by understanding how to reduce consumption
• Minimise carbon emissions
• Achieve optimum solutions for the whole site - avoid wasting money on non-joined–up and conflicting schemes making savings in one area at the expense of those elsewhere on site.
• Maximise value from investment in energy and environmental improvement projects
• Identify overall opportunities for improved efficiency before going ahead with individual projects or undertaking detailed design
• Ensure that process/manufacturing projects are inherently energy efficient and environmentally sound
• Identify and eliminate process operability and safety problems before things go wrong
We are pleased to work flexibly in whatever manner is most useful to the client:
• Consultancy studies/surveys
• Process and/or energy specialist support for customer’s own or third party technical/engineering team
• Train/supervise/review customer engineers
Typical assignments include:
• Preliminary studies and audits
• Detailed studies and reviews
• Feasibility studies
• Strategic studies
• Conceptual design
• Process conceptual design and operability review
• Design review and supervision of detailed design
• Project management
Optimising the efficient use of energy and water in the process and manufacturing industry sector, our approach is based on many years process and project engineering expertise, plus extensive consultancy experience covering a wide variety of processes. We draw on practical experience together with a portfolio of process/chemical engineering methodology. Where relevant this is supplemented by specific specialist methods including Pinch analysis, heat and material balance simulation, keyword based operability review etc.
This experience covers a wide range of services from consultancy reviews and feasibility studies to conceptual and detailed design of process optimisation schemes, heat recovery projects, etc. In the context of energy saving, it is often possible initially to make worthwhile savings at little expense by ad-hoc ‘cherry picking’ of obvious opportunities. But as economic and environmental pressures to make further savings increase, a more systematic approach to optimising energy and water savings is required. We can support either approach.
Our methodology applies to many industries, particularly those involving significant flows and treansformation of materials, heating, cooling, etc. Typical sectors include:
• Chemicals
• Energy from waste/anaerobic digestion
• Food and drink manufacture
• Manufacturing
• Metallurgical processes
• Mineral processing
• Oil and gas
• Pulp and paper
• Water and effluent processing
We have in depth process engineering experience in several of these and energy optimisation/integration expertise in most.
Many of the industries which we are involved in are on the edge of the traditional realm of chemical engineering. In many cases innovation, design, and supply of equipment has traditionally been equipment manufacturer led rather than client driven. Consequently process elements, and energy and water optimisation in particular are often less than ideally integrated. Applying more systematic chemical/process engineering concepts and methodology often result in significant benefits.
We help our customers achieve the following:
• Identify and implement opportunities to use less energy and water
• Optimise energy water and effluent costs by understanding how to reduce consumption
• Minimise carbon emissions
• Achieve optimum solutions for the whole site - avoid wasting money on non-joined–up and conflicting schemes making savings in one area at the expense of those elsewhere on site.
• Maximise value from investment in energy and environmental improvement projects
• Identify overall opportunities for improved efficiency before going ahead with individual projects or undertaking detailed design
• Ensure that process/manufacturing projects are inherently energy efficient and environmentally sound
• Identify and eliminate process operability and safety problems before things go wrong
We are pleased to work flexibly in whatever manner is most useful to the client:
• Consultancy studies/surveys
• Process and/or energy specialist support for customer’s own or third party technical/engineering team
• Train/supervise/review customer engineers
Typical assignments include:
• Preliminary studies and audits
• Detailed studies and reviews
• Feasibility studies
• Strategic studies
• Conceptual design
• Process conceptual design and operability review
• Design review and supervision of detailed design
• Project management
Area of Expertise
Optimising the efficient use of energy and water in the process and manufacturing industry sector, our approach is based on many years process and project engineering expertise, plus extensive consultancy experience covering a wide variety of processes. We draw on practical experience together with a portfolio of process/chemical engineering methodology. Where relevant this is supplemented by specific specialist methods including Pinch analysis, heat and material balance simulation, keyword based operability review etc.
This experience covers a wide range of services from consultancy reviews and feasibility studies to conceptual and detailed design of process optimisation schemes, heat recovery projects, etc. In the context of energy saving, it is often possible initially to make worthwhile savings at little expense by ad-hoc ‘cherry picking’ of obvious opportunities. But as economic and environmental pressures to make further savings increase, a more systematic approach to optimising energy and water savings is required. We can support either approach.
Our methodology applies to many industries, particularly those involving significant flows and treansformation of materials, heating, cooling, etc. Typical sectors include:
• Chemicals
• Energy from waste/anaerobic digestion
• Food and drink manufacture
• Manufacturing
• Metallurgical processes
• Mineral processing
• Oil and gas
• Pulp and paper
• Water and effluent processing
We have in depth process engineering experience in several of these and energy optimisation/integration expertise in most.
Many of the industries which we are involved in are on the edge of the traditional realm of chemical engineering. In many cases innovation, design, and supply of equipment has traditionally been equipment manufacturer led rather than client driven. Consequently process elements, and energy and water optimisation in particular are often less than ideally integrated. Applying more systematic chemical/process engineering concepts and methodology often result in significant benefits.