If you’re designing a loading rack that includes a loading arm, and you have concerns about how to mitigate the risk of fire or explosion when handling flammable products and stray currents, it’s a good idea to turn to NFPA 77 for guidance.
With many pipeline projects underway, be it crude, condensates or propane, correct metering station design is critical to the success of a project and a company’s profits.
S&S Technical was approached by a leading manufacturer to re-design a CO2 booster package used with an expanded polypropylene reactor for the production of lightweight thermoplastics. The system was designed to boost CO2 gas from 300 psig up to as high as 800 psig and provide a minimum flow rate of 365 scfm.
Recently, S&S Technical was approached about developing a portable hydraulic drive compressor package for a client in Ohio. The compressor would be used to evacuate LPG products – Propane, n-Butane and Isobutane from damaged railcars, allow them to complete repairs and re-certify them for service.
Process gas compressor applications have changed very little over the last several decades. What has changed are the requirements for an oil-free compressor that can minimize Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) fugitive emissions and provide long term reliability.
Recently we were approached by a client to build multiple CIP units for railcar cleaning. Determining how often railcars need to be purged and cleaned depends on the type of material generally transported in the cars.
S&S Technical can help you design and implement a custom, efficient and reliable system to handle your refrigerant vapor recovery needs. We offer both stationary and mobile designs for nearly every application.
An S&S Transloader can unload Butane & Propane, depending on the temperature at your site and the time frame you require to unload the rail cars. Our Transloader solutions can also be fixed or mobile.
When designing a pipeline metering skid there are considerations as to which type of meter to use, Coriolis or Turbine. Temperature, system foot print, and flowrate are a few to be considered as there are positives and negatives with each. To make the best decision let’s review based on the fluid or gas being metered through the pipeline.
Oil-free reciprocating compressors like those manufactured by Blackmer and Corken are fairly straight forward to work on. Most of the recommended inspections and replacements listed in the IOM Manuals can be completed in a matter of a few hours.
Unloading liquefied gases from pressurized railcars have a very unique set of challenges. The product and vapor connection are located on the top of the car and the product (liquid) connections include a suction tube that extends into the car but does not reach the bottom.
S&S Technical is a leader in the design, fabrication, and automation of crude oil, NGL, and petrochemicals. Our clients include industry leaders in the oil and gas industry. We’re dedicated to employing and investing in the latest technologies to aid in the engineering of their packaged fluid and gas transfer pump systems.
Vapor Recovery Packages are now a standard piece of equipment at most tank farms, well sites and process facilities. EPA and local air quality standards require companies to capture fugitive emissions and VOCs, limiting the venting and flaring that has historically been acceptable.
Whether you are pursuing the refined fuels market in Mexico or moving NGLs in Texas, you need to find a Transloading solution that is safe and can move the required volume of product, while still making the economics work.
New Propane and Butane rail terminal expansions are happening all over the U.S. in 2017. S&S Technical has provided custom LPG offloading solutions for a number of major midstream companies across the country.
