APPLIED THERMAL DESIGNS

Applied Thermal Designs. applies specialized knowledge of combustion and gas cleaning processes to the thermal processing of waste solids, liquids, and gases. This fills a void present in many successful companies. We are an economical alternative to permanent staff, because you only use us as needed! Dale Pressnall, BSME, is the principal engineer with the firm. His background includes over 40 years of engineering experience. We perform onsite inspections to help you achieve maximum efficiency from your existing thermal processing equipment. We also review your waste stream(s) and present you with the appropriate processing options. Many times we can solve your problem with a few phone calls, faxes or Emails.

• Solids Feed Systems for Rotary Kilns and Incinerators

• Wet or Dry Ash Systems for Rotary Kilns and Incinerators

• Hazardous Waste Incinerators

• Rotary Incinerators

• Indirect Fired Rotary Kilns

• Pyrolysis Kilns

• Soil Remediation Sytems

• Resource recovery systems

• Wet or Dry Air Pollution Control Systems

• High Pressure (Sonic) Flare Systems

• Steam Flare Systems

• Truck & Marine Terminal Flare and Thermal Oxidizer Systems

• Air Assisted Flare Systems

• Expert testimony

• Planning

• Conceptual design

• Design reviews

• Permitting

• Construction management

• Operator training

• Operations assistance

• Operating manuals

• Trouble-shooting

• Inspections

• System Start-up

In Addition We Perform:

• Combustion and Gas Cleaning System problem definition combined with appropriate solutions.

• Feasibility studies and economic evaluations, from macro to micro details.

• System performance evaluation with corresponding performance improvement solutions.

• Combustion system computer modeling software development.
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• Research and literature surveys to help you can get the information you need to solve your problem.

• Project Supervision

• Equipment inspection

• System installation and start-up assistance

• System and/or component troubleshooting by phone or in person.

• Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOPS) of your equipment and plant. This can be as an expert source or we can set it up.

Feasibility and Economic Evaluations

We are independent of the equipment manufacturers, so we can help you select your combustion and air pollution control system based on hard facts and experience. This will limit your expense, both is construction and erection as well as operation.

Performance Evaluations

Is your system performing at its best, or at least to the manufactures specs? We can survey your system and developed report on all critical operating parameters. This always includes recommendations to improve your process or reduce your maintenance. The recommendations progress from the simple to complex and based on our hard earned experience.

Troubleshooting

Are your solids feed, ash handling, combustion or gas cleaning hardware having stability, maintenance, and/or performance problems? We can help. Often a phone call to us will provide a solution. If required we will do an on site inspection and present solutions. Many times a simple change in operating procedures will rectify the situation. If physical change is needed - we can direct you to reputable vendors to that you get the most economical and fastest results.

System Planning

The problem and the desired results are often easy to see, but the many paths between can be very confusing. Critical path planning saves both time and money! Presented with your parameters and conditions, we can help you select the optimum waste solids, liquids, or gases thermal processing system complete with state of the art air pollution control equipment.

Spec Sheets and Bid Evaluations

We work closely with each hardware vendor so that specifications allow them provide cost effective equipment bids that meet your performance goals. The tabulated results are presented to you with our recommendations. We always consider cost, performance, and delivery to assure that the selected hardware will work well with the overall system.

Combustion system computer modeling

We are proficient in AutoCAD, WordPerfect, Quattro and a substantial assortment of engineering software. We have developed a substantial library of proprietary engineering programs to assist in the rapid modeling of most thermodynamic and mechanical systems associated with waste processing. These include combustion, kiln, boiler, baghouse, quench, scrubber, and engine modules that are linked as required to simulate a complete thermal processing unit. Mechanical modules are also integrated to size conveyors, bearings, drives, gears, shafts, refractory systems and shells. Once the model is assembled, multiple operating and waste stream scenarios can be rapidly run to optimize the system.