Richard N. Jacobson, Ph.D., P.E.
Process Engineering Associates, LLC
59 Pheasant Run Road
Boyertown, PA 19512
Phone:
(610) 369-2747
E-mail: RNJacobson@aol.com
Web Page: www.processengr.com
Specialties:
- Process Design
- Process Modeling/Simulations
- Operations Support
- Process Safety Management
Services:
Dr. Richard N. Jacobson is a consulting Chemical Engineering, with a doctorate from The California Institute of Technology and with Professional Engineer registrations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Dr. Jacobson maintains an affiliation with Process Engineering Services, LLC, which is a Chemical Engineering company providing Process Engineering Services to a wide range of industries: Petroleum, Chemical, Paper, Food, Pharmaceuticals, Waste Treatment and others. Services include new process design, existing process scale-up, pilot plant trial development, process modeling/simulation, process safety, on-site operations support, process troubleshooting, and process optimization.
Process Engineering Associates, LLC specializes in process chemical engineering and process design only. As such, the following types of services are provided:
- Process Design (Greenfield, brown field, existing process upgrades, etc.)
- Design basis
- Alternatives evaluations or feasibility studies
- Control scheme development
- Creation of PFDs and P&IDs
- Equipment plot plans
- Equipment specifications
- Preliminary cost estimates
- Process Modeling/Simulations
- Detailed mass & energy balance
- Unit operations design
- Piping system hydraulics
- Relief or flare system design/evaluation
- User friendly simulation interface development
- Operations Support
- Commissioning and startup
- Troubleshooting and optimization
- Debottlenecking
- Control systems startup/tuning
- Operating procedures
- Process documentation
- Operator and engineering staff training
- Short term staff augmentation
- Process Safety Management
- Conducting Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs)
- Conducting Safety Integrity Level (SIL) selection analyses for Safety Instrumented Systems (SISs)
- Conducting compliance Audits
- Evaluating extent of regulatory coverage and documenting legal justification for coverage boundaries
- Performing hazard assessments (including HAZOPs)
- Developing Risk Management Plans
- Resolving/implementing PHA recommendations
- Developing PSM/RMP programs
- Developing process safety information
