Representative process engineering work across regulated industrial facilities, emerging technologies, and international projects. Franc Engineering supports owners, operators, EPCs, and project teams with process design, technical evaluation, front-end engineering, and principal-led project execution.
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Conceptual Engineering for a Greenfield Rare-Earth Processing Facility
Franc Engineering supported conceptual development of a greenfield rare-earth recovery facility designed to process recycled NdFeB magnet material through hydrometallurgical separation and metals-refining operations.
Engineering scope
- Developed the overall process-flow basis for feed preparation, dissolution, gas treatment, solvent extraction, precipitation, calcination, reduction, and refining.
- Prepared a facility layout integrating process areas, utilities, administration, truck access, material logistics, and product handling.
- Incorporated a 16-tank tank farm, wastewater treatment, utility areas, and wind-based siting considerations.
- Developed facility-area and equipment-footprint planning information to support project definition.
Engineering value: The work established a coherent conceptual process and facility-planning basis for a first-of-kind industrial project, allowing the project team to communicate scope, site requirements, and major process interfaces in a defensible format.
Process Design for a Brownfield Gathering Facility Expansion
Franc Engineering provided process-engineering support for expansion of an operating gathering facility receiving additional production from new well connections. The work advanced from front-end definition through detailed-design review and coordination.
Engineering scope
- Sized and specified sand-separation equipment and developed the sand-trap design basis.
- Developed and reviewed process-flow information and P&IDs.
- Supported equipment layout, plot-plan development, and equipment-siting decisions.
- Defined and reviewed process-safety devices and associated design requirements.
- Participated in formal P&ID and plot-plan design reviews.
- Provided technical input supporting three-dimensional model development and construction drawing production.
Engineering value: The process scope connected operating requirements, equipment design, safety systems, and physical layout so that the multidisciplinary team could progress the expansion toward construction documentation.
LPG Vaporization and Pressure-Regulation System for an Industrial Facility
Franc Engineering provided independent process design for a propane and butane LPG vaporization and pressure-regulation system serving an international industrial facility.
Engineering scope
- Performed process simulation across the required operating cases.
- Developed the vaporizer sizing and system configuration.
- Designed the two-stage pressure-regulation arrangement.
- Calculated pressure loss across multiple piping segments.
- Evaluated potential two-phase flow and its effect on system performance.
- Prepared equipment-duty and specification information supporting vendor procurement.
Engineering value: The engagement converted the facility’s fuel demand and operating conditions into a defined vaporization, piping, and regulation basis that could be communicated directly to equipment vendors and the international project team.
Related Project Experience
Additional Franc Engineering experience includes:
- Pressure-relief device sizing and verification
- Atmospheric discharge and dispersion screening
- Flare and relief-header capacity analysis
- Tank venting and vapor-control systems
- PFD and P&ID development
- Heat and material balances
- Process equipment sizing and specification
- Air-permitting and emissions evaluations
- Pilot and demonstration facilities
- Data-center cooling and power-system interfaces
- BESS noise screening
- Field walkdowns, commissioning support, and installed-system validation
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Franc Engineering provides principal-led process engineering for projects that require clear technical decisions, defensible documentation, and direct accountability.