Budgetary Proposal for LPG Merox Treatment Package

The client, an engineering consulting firm, was contracted to design an LPG Merox treatment package and subcontracted IPS to perform its Basic Design and cost estimation.
The package was intended to utilize direct oxidation techniques, with air and in presence of catalyst to remove contaminants and to treat effluent to a standard which will enable the effluent to be discharged to the sea water discharge ponds for disposal with the sea cooling water treatment.
The process design basis set the input stream physical and chemical characterizations, desired operating goals and constraints for the water treatment. Mass and energy balance calculations were prepared using a combination of commercial computer process simulation software and manual calculations and were used for the development of preliminary request for quotation packages sent to qualified equipment vendors.
The equipment purchase costs were developed based on vendor quotations and an in-house equipment cost database. The preliminary equipment data sheets contained information relative to the catalyst, unit operations (dimensions, weights, power and utility requirements, major instrumentation, primary piping connections, etc.).
Equipment layout drawings were used to evaluate the approximate space requirements associated with the unit.