Metallurgical and chemical operations are complex and multifaceted, typically involving a variety of events such as reactions between liquid metal, slag, gas, and refractory materials; multiphase flows; heat losses; alloy additions; vacuum refining; refractory erosion; inclusion generation; and nozzle clogging, among others.
To achieve a thorough understanding and enhancement of these operations, it is essential to simulate the entire process by developing accurate process models. The typical approach to tackling these problems involves either transport phenomena or thermochemistry perspectives. However, a comprehensive process model can only be achieved by integrating both approaches with detailed process knowledge.
EPCM, with its extensive pool of talent that includes researchers and engineers with substantial shop floor experience, is dedicated to delivering value-added solutions to its energy, chemical, metals, and mining clients through advanced modeling and simulation techniques, as outlined below:
Improve performance while reducing costs
EPCM offers a variety of solutions-from diagnostic tools to hand holding-that can address your specific operational issues and industry requirements.
Global industrial enterprises nowadays are facing challenges in terms of cost competitiveness and quality to outperform their competitors. Under these circumstances, it becomes mandatory to maximize efficiency and performance while minimizing production and maintenance costs.
Customers expect:
From operational support to maintenance support to repair services, EPCM’s Operations Management services include:
Our team leverages practical experience, advanced analytical skills, and cutting-edge physical modeling capabilities, including state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms. We utilize world-class analysis tools such as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Element Modeling (FEM), and Computational Thermodynamics.
Our team is involved in every aspect of project development, from concept through operations, encompassing process design, scale-up, implementation, start-up, and ongoing operational support. The EPCM team comprises experts with extensive experience in engineering and simulation.
We focus our services on the following major areas:
Chemical and Metallurgical Reactions
Simulation technology significantly reduces the cost of extensive bench-scale and pilot-plant campaigns and shop floor trials, enhances confidence levels, and mitigates technological risk
EPCM experts excel in designing, assembling, and constructing intricate experimental systems for our clients. Our capabilities include full-scale water modeling systems, advanced metal delivery systems, robust scaffolding systems, comprehensive data acquisition systems, and sophisticated furnace setups for process studies. These systems facilitate bench-scale and pilot-scale testing of various processes. Our goal is to leverage experimentation as a powerful tool for sensitivity analysis and root cause analysis, seamlessly complemented by advanced simulation techniques
EPCM is dedicated to enhancing yield and productivity across ferrous, non-ferrous, and chemical processes. With diminishing feedstock grades necessitating yield improvement in nearly every industry, and the need for increased productivity critical to competing in today’s intense markets, our commitment has never been more crucial. Recognizing the uniqueness of each process, our team of experts conducts in-depth investigations to provide comprehensive solutions tailored to our clients’ needs. We combine extensive process knowledge with advanced simulations and lab-scale experiments to develop innovative solutions. Beyond recommending these solutions, we also assist our clients in implementing them effectively.
The quality of the final product is crucial for its suitability in specific applications. EPCM experts
recommend optimized operating practices that effectively manage the levels of dissolved deleterious
elements, such as oxides and phosphates, in steel. By controlling the formation of inclusions, we
ensure the enhancement of product quality and performance.
EPCM experts collaborate closely with clients to gain a comprehensive understanding of the problem, followed by an in-depth analysis. We begin by outlining all potential causes for an unfavorable outcome, then identify the root cause through a combination of internal brainstorming, process modeling, experimentation, and extensive experience. Root cause analysis is crucial as it provides the correct starting point for issue resolution.
In order to prosper under the present market conditions, industries are required to develop new processes/technologies that are more efficient and environmentally friendly. EPCM has been a strong proponent of new process/technology development over the years. Utilizing its strong mix of experience, process knowledge, innovative thinking and state-of-the-art facilities, EPCM has been delivering great values to its clients over the past decades. Moreover, EPCM helps its clients in IP creation and IP portfolio management.
Waste recycling is a huge topic nowadays. Effective utilization of wastes can generate significant revenues for any industry. EPCM helps its clients to generate values from waste products efficiently by designing custom-made innovative techniques. Our experts have been able to utilize various kinds of waste products for a number of purposes viz., ash recycling from coal, accelerated metal recovery from slag, extraction of precious materials from gassifier bottoms, production of valuable by-products amongst others. Process models are developed to simulate chemical reactions, perform heat and mass balances, followed by cost savings from process operations. Additionally, some proof-of-concept experiments are performed to validate the model predictions.
The rising levels of Green House Gases (GHG) and Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP) metal emissions and visible climate change has made the environmental policies very stringent. EPCM is committed to the development of a pollution-free environment for our future generations. The clients get assistance in development of sustainable environmental strategies complying with global regulations. Failing to attain meet these regulations can unnecessarily delay or even terminate the project.
EPCM has a dedicated team which performs different types of analyses such as capital expenditure, operating expenditure, specific energy consumption, etc. With decades of experience in undertaking similar type of tasks in multitude of industries, EPCM has been offering a lot of assistance to its clients.
EPCM with its immense knowledge of the domain and data science helps customers embrace digital enablement and transformation early and helps them establish a leadership position in the industry.
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