INTRODUCTION

 Thermal Process Engineering & Services, Inc. is a privately held company. It’s technical base stems from twenty-five years of design and the supply of fired heaters and fired heater components, which has resulted in an engineering data base second to none. TPE, Inc. has purchased all of the technical assets of Radco, Inc. allowing it to fit the market niche that the industry has created by downsizing at every level. TPE is now configured to serve as a source of technical assistance to operators and engineers seeking to acquire fired heaters, modify existing heaters, or maintain and repair currently operating heaters. This type of service is now being utilized worldwide by a large cross section of operating and engineering companies.

RANGE OF SERVICES OFFERED

TPE offers technical support in the following areas:

1. Development of fired heater specifications to meet exacting process and mechanical requirements. This includes both project specific and general specifications to be used in the procurement of all types of fired heaters from recognized fired heater companies.

2. Complete thermal and mechanical designs, which can be used in the procurement of, fired heaters directly from established fired heater fabricators.

3. Bid analysis including technical and cost evaluations.

4. Project specific and general quality control specifications and on site quality assurance surveillance and reporting.

5. Fired heater spare parts acquisition including replacement of parts no longer available from the original designer or manufacturer.

6. Field technical assistance including erection supervision and commissioning.

7. Engineering analysis of problem operations with recommendations for appropriate changes in operation or modifications. Debottlenecking of the fired heater invariably results in process unit performance improvement. TPE specializes in all kinds of heaters from crude units to coker units and all heater services in between.

8. Development of new technology for unique process development.

9. TPE has recently added the following technical capabilities to accommodate the shell & tube and air cool heat exchanger industry:

• Editing, reviewing and compiling specifications associated with Petrochemical Industry.
• Extensive Experience in:
  • Air Cooled Heat Exchangers
  • Shell & Tube Exchangers
  • Double Pipe Exchangers
  • Cooling Towers
  • Flares
  • Special Heat Transfer equipment such as Electric Heaters, Open Rack Vaporizers & etc.

• Check rating and thermal design of Shell & Tube Exchangers
• Check rating & enhancement on duty of air coolers in operation.
• Selection of air coolers for heat optimization.
• Selection of air cooler type for site. (Induced draft vs. Forced draft)
• Noise & Vibration analysis of air coolers.
• Power optimization of Air Coolers. When to use AV fans, Louvers etc.
• Crude Preheat optimization studies.
• Pressure Drop optimization of Heat Transfer equipment.
• Vibration Analysis of Shell & Tube Exchangers
• Review of Mechanical design of Shell & Tube Exchangers, Air Coolers and similar equipment.
• Developing, analyzing and monitoring project Schedules for LST or reimbursable projects.
• Developing, analyzing and monitoring cost control techniques for projects.
• Familiar with the use of MS project.
• Review of P&ID’s

RESOURCES

 Led by Shannon Melton, TPE can provide a staff with a level of expertise that is matched by very few. A broad experience in process, mechanical, civil, and instrumentation engineering of all types, and services of fired heaters and heat exchange services. This experience covers over 1,000 heaters currently in operation worldwide.

Computer aided solutions are developed using a library of over fifty proprietary programs covering every aspect of design and evaluation of refinery equipment.

 FOR REFERENCES OR QUOTATION OF FEES

Contact:

TPE, Inc.
951 W. Main St., Suite 201
Jenks, OK 74037
Phone: 918-296-3391
Fax: 918-296-4402
E-Mail: msmelton@TPE-ok.com