United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and International Standards Organisation (ISO) test methods are used for a wide variety of air pollutants.
Diagnostic testing of existing air pollution control equipment to determine equipment efficiency and the root cause of operational problems.
Testing of process parameters to serve as design inputs and enable correct application and sizing of equipment.
Engineering Design
Concept, basic and detailed engineering of equipment for green and brownfields sites in the mining, metallurgical and chemical industries.
Design activities ranging from ventilation, dust control and secondary fume to gas cleaning for high-temperature pyrometallurgical process applications.
Air pollution control systems ranging from bag filters and scrubbers to electrostatic precipitators.
Process modelling, including thermodynamic modelling of the pyrometallurgical processes to size gas cleaning equipment.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling for dimensioning of dust control hoppers, tapping and secondary fume enclosures and high-temperature furnace hoods.
Specification and Bid Evaluation
Air Pollution Control Equipment Specifications including all process, electrical, instrumentation, mechanical and site requirements.
Bid solicitation: bids are obtained from suitable vendors and based on full specifications.
Bid clarification: bids are pre-evaluated, and vendors contacted to clarify items.
Bid evaluation: complete technical and commercial evaluation of bids leading to recommendations on bid suitability and cost-effectiveness.
Implementation Assistance
Inspection of equipment at fabricators before transportation, ensuring early identification of fabrication errors.
Punchlisting of installed equipment verifying specification items.
Commissioning assistance ensuring correct implementation of systems.
Performance testing of equipment after commissioning to ensure optimum efficiency of implemented solutions.
