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The transition towards decarbonisation in industrial processes requires the adoption of sustainable practices and efficient technologies, particularly for heating applications. Steam and hot water play an important role in various industrial heating processes, including distillation, Clean-In-Place (CIP) procedures, and space heating, among others. Each industrial site has its unique challenges and opportunities, requiring a thorough… Continue reading Decarbonisation – Process Plants – Heats Pumps – Electric Boiler

Industrial boiler system design involves a broad spectrum of technical, operational and environmental considerations. At Integro Design Engineering Associates (IDEA) Ltd., our multidiscipline team of engineers and designers apply these considerations in the overall system design for clients’ projects. Specification and Design Requirements Water Treatment and Fuels Auxiliaries Utility Calculations and Environmental Considerations Control and… Continue reading Boiler System Design: Key Considerations

Are you taking a pragmatic safety approach to design? Often in design, there are inherent assumptions made about a process which can lead to overly cautious or pessimistic design. Sometimes the most basic questions need to be asked again. On a recent project there was the assumption throughout the early stages of design and scoping… Continue reading What is your basis of Process Safety?

Are your ‘As Built’ site electrical drawings up to date? Do you have any? In the past few months we have seen a sharp increase in requests to carry out site surveys for clients across many industries to check electrical design documentation and accuracy of drawings. Some clients don’t have any documentation at all, others… Continue reading Electrical Drawings for Hazardous Facilities/ Process Plants

We regularly undertake process safety management system projects for hazardous facilities process plants, COMAH facilities including existing distillery clients. While the challenges, threats and opportunities at each site are unique, the systems we are designing all have the key elements of policy, objectives and targets, monitoring and measurement and continual improvement at their core. We… Continue reading Developing process safety indicators as part of Process Safety Management

ALARP – What does it mean for design? ALARP stands for “As Low As Reasonably Practicable” and getting into this can be a can of worms when it comes to closing out design and HAZOP actions, and applying HAZOP to retrospective designs of plant. ALARP is defined by the Health and Safety Executive in the… Continue reading Let’s Talk about ALARP

Management of Change (MoC) is a major element of Process Safety Management Systems and was identified as a key failure in the Texas City disaster of 2005. In high hazard environments, process, management and organisational changes regularly occur. Even the most minor variation can have significant effects on existing control barriers or introduce new hazards.… Continue reading Management of Change (MoC)

Process industries have undergone significant transformation in the last few decades and with this, a shift toward process simulation. Simulation software such as ASPEN HYSYS and EDR are excellent tools for process modelling from conceptual design through to detailed analysis. Packages like HYSYS can provide a powerful platform for calculating mass and energy balance, heat… Continue reading Process Simulation – ASPEN HYSYS

The 💲price is right We often get contacted by clients who are looking to obtain cost estimates for a given scope of work. Our engineers have led several conceptual, feasibility and Front End Engineering Design studies to identify risks and opportunities. We apply norms based on reference cost data or use more refined cost breakdown… Continue reading Pricing & Cost Estimates for Different Stages of Projects