Process

At InSite, our Process Engineering team is highly skilled and ready to tackle a wide array of process technologies and industries, specifically energy and renewables. Guided by Chartered Chemical Engineers, we deliver cutting-edge design solutions.

We thrive on collaboration, working hand-in-hand with our clients from initial problem-solving and project scoping all the way through concept, FEED, and detailed design. Every project is meticulously crafted to meet unique requirements, ensuring outstanding and successful outcomes every time.

Our Expertise Includes:

Feasibility & Concept Studies

Extensive experience in early phase engineering design for a variety of process technologies and clients. InSite’s process design ensures sound technical solutions that align with project goals, timelines, and budgets.

• Development of basis of design
• Process selection and optioneering
• Block flow diagrams
• Preliminary heat and material balances
• Equipment sizing and layout

Process Simulation

Use of process simulation software such as Aspentech HYSYS and KBC Petro-SIM for accurate process modelling, simulation, and optimisation of systems such as distillation, heat exchange, and reaction engineering.

• Mass and energy balances
• Steady-state simulations
• Heat exchanger rating and design

Process Design for FEED & Detailed Engineering

Extensive experience in detailed engineering development for a variety of process technologies and clients. InSite’s process design has provided multiple technical solutions that have ensured successful project execution aligned with project goals, timelines, and budgets.

• Process flow diagram (PFD) and piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) development
• Process calculations, e.g. pump hydraulics, control valve sizing, pipeline hydraulics, and more
• Process control system specifications, including control narratives and instrumentation requirements
• Relief system specification and design in accordance with API 520/521
• Equipment sizing and specification, such as heat exchangers, pumps, and reactors
• Attendance of project design and safety reviews (HAZID, HAZOP & LOPA)

Standalone Process Studies

• Relief system studies, including review of existing systems with supporting calculations
• Hazardous area assessment and calculation in accordance with EI 15 and IEC 60079-10
• Hydraulic assessment of jetties and pipelines

Refinery & Operational Expertise

Significant in-field experience as unit engineers and process engineering managers in operating refineries, providing valuable insight into design-for-operation, plant optimisation, and troubleshooting.