Case Studies

Projects carried out by JChem Design, with a brief overview. You can see more detail by clicking on the project title.

Carbon Capture and Sequestration by Mineralisation (KTI Project) : Development and evaluation of an ammonia based process for the mineralization of CO2, process modelling, evaluation of capital and operating costs.

Biofuels from Algae (AlgaeCat Project) : Creation of a Techno-Economic model for the production of biodiesel from algae, including development from first principles of a generic predictive model for assessing yields of algae in large scale production systems.

DEFRA - Assessing Biomass To Chemicals (ABC) Project : Provision of key process data to the project, via the evaluation of a range of chemical processes, including production of propylene glycol, ammonia, butanol and acetone, fermentation of synthesis gas to ethanol, anaerobic digestion of biomass and others.

Power Recovery from Low Grade Heat - Organic Rankine Cycle : Option evaluation and process design for a 100-200 kW Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) demonstration unit, the project being partly funded by the Carbon Trust in the UK.

Value Chain from Natural Gas : A major process contractor required an independent assessment of the potential value chain for converting NG to chemicals production as an alternative to LNG production.

Model Of Product Heating in a Furnace : A dynamic model was created for the heating of a bed of material within a furnace, to support full scale manufacturing trials of a modified product.

Gas Plant Energy Review : The objectives of the study were to review progress on the recommendations of an earlier Energy Assessment Report, and to undertake an independent review of the terminal operation with a view to identifying potential additional energy efficiency options.

Batch Reaction Process Chemistry : Investigation of the reactions and chemistry involved in a batch manufacturing process.

Model of Reactor Control System : Bespoke model for the dynamic behaviour of a exothermic fixed bed reactor, used to investigate the stability of a proposed temperature control scheme.