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Techno-economic & feasibility analysis
- CAPEX/OPEX estimates to AACE Class 5/4 and economic evaluation: NPV, IRR, payback, levelised cost (LCOx)
- Sensitivity, scenario and target-setting analysis to find the bottlenecks to competitiveness
- Technology benchmarking and scale-up assessment against conventional routes
- Life-cycle assessment (LCA) and carbon footprint alongside the economics
- Market and commercial assessment, and independent technical due diligence
Experience from industry and TU DelftElectrochemical CO capture and separation from steel-industry off-gas, from a custom reactor model to full-scale economics; techno-economic and market feasibility of hydrogen co-produced with a high-value chemical via alkaline electrolysis; feasibility screening of a novel, lower-impact route to a specialty chemical.
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Process design: concept, pre-FEED & basic engineering
- Option screening, concept selection and pre-FEED studies
- Process design basis, PFDs and heat & material balances (H&MB)
- Equipment and line sizing, process datasheets and utility summaries
- Process Design Package (PDP) and process input to P&IDs and FEED
- HAZID / HAZOP participation and process-safety input
- Stage-gate support from concept select to final investment decision (FID)
Experience from industry and TU DelftConceptual design of an electrochemical CO separation plant for steel off-gas; hydrogen and hydrogen-peroxide co-production via alkaline electrolysis; process design and heat integration of an acetone plant from isopropanol (150 kt/yr); a process-intensification and inherent-safety redesign of a hazardous chemical process.
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Process modelling & simulation
- Steady-state process simulation and flowsheeting
- Dynamic simulation of process behaviour
- First-principles custom unit-operation and reactor models, including kinetics
- CFD and multiphase modelling (VOF and other formulations)
- Thermodynamic model selection, heat and material balances, equipment sizing
- Model validation and calibration against operating or experimental data
Experience from industry and TU DelftCrude atmospheric and vacuum distillation, olefins / ethylene, methanol and acetone production; gas sweetening, nitrogen PSA, gas transmission and distribution networks; reformer kinetics and furnace CFD, a turbulent two-phase separator; water electrolysis, carbon capture, custom electrochemical reactors, hydrogen fuel-cell systems and battery electrochemical-thermal models.
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Digital twins & dynamic / control studies
- Dynamic simulation and operability studies of plant and unit behaviour
- Digital twins from plant data: first principles plus AI / surrogate models and soft sensors
- Control-structure design and APC studies: PID, MPC, self-optimising control
- Predictive and what-if scenario studies
- Optimisation, debottlenecking and operator-training support
Experience from industry and TU DelftA data-calibrated neural-network surrogate of a gas-treating plant (Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2024); a dynamic model of a refinery FCC unit; steady-state, dynamic and control modelling of a refinery water and steam utility; control-structure design of a distillation system; high-fidelity dynamic models of a hydrogen fuel-cell system.
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Optimisation, debottlenecking & decarbonisation
- Energy audits, and energy and OPEX reduction through advanced control and process optimisation
- Heat integration and pinch analysis
- Debottlenecking, revamp and retrofit studies
- Troubleshooting of underperforming units
- Decarbonisation of existing processes: carbon-footprint baseline, CO₂ utilisation, electrification, fuel and feed changes
- Mass-balance studies validated against operating data
Experience from industry and TU DelftEnergy reduction in a gas-sweetening plant through advanced control and surrogate-model optimisation; debottlenecking of a methanol complex using CO₂ and H₂ injection; full mass balance of a gas-treating unit validated against plant data.
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Energy-transition technologies: hydrogen, CCUS & electrification
- Green hydrogen and electrolysis: process design and techno-economics
- Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) and CO₂-to-chemicals studies
- Electrification of industrial heat and processes
- Techno-economic and LCA comparison with conventional routes
- Energy-storage (battery) modelling
Experience from industry and TU DelftElectrolysis-based hydrogen and chemical co-production (Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2025); electrochemical CO capture from industrial off-gas; CO₂ utilisation in an existing methanol process; CO-to-chemical conversion; battery electrochemical-thermal modelling.
Sectors we serve
Oil & gasChemicals & petrochemicalsEnergy & hydrogenPowerWaterFood & beverage