Entries published by VentureStaffer
Witch-Hunts, Opportunists, Agendas, and Engineers
Competition is a wonderful thing. In its purest sense it makes engineers better. What offends me is how competitive instincts unrestrained by a moral compass can have outcomes so at odds with performance. I refer to this aspect of our profession the witch-hunt. TheFreeDictionary.com defines a witch-hunt as “an investigation carried out ostensibly to uncover [...]
Chicopee, Massachusetts Gas Conditioning System
Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts Date Completed: 2011 Project Scope Venture Engineering & Construction was contracted to provide its patent pending Biogas Conditioning System to improve the quality of the Landfill Gas at the Chicopee Landfill Gas to Energy (LFGTE) facility. The landfill uses approximately 3,000 scfm of landfill gas to produce approximately 7.8MW of power using [...]
Combined Heat & Power Plant – New Energy Plant Project
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Date Completed: 2008 Project Scope Venture Engineering & Construction was contracted to provide a study that included a review of the airport’s current and planned electrical, heating and cooling strategy. Services included conceptual development of a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant to provide the base load electrical, heating and [...]
Front End Landfill Gas to Energy Engineering Study
Location: Monmouth, New Jersey Date Completed: 2008 Project Scope Venture Engineering & Construction was contracted to provide front end engineering services for a 6MM SCFD landfill gas to energy plant. Various options were considered including landfill gas to high BTU gas plant, landfill gas to electricity plant using either turbine gensets or IC engines. The [...]
Landfill Gas to Energy Project – Providence, Rhode Island
Location: Providence, Rhode Island Date Completed: 2011 Project Scope Venture Engineering & Construction was contracted to provide various engineering, design, procurement and equipment supply as part of an EPC contract for a new combined cycle landfill gas to energy facility at the Providence Landfill in Providence, Rhode Island. This project is a sister plant to [...]
Fire Response at Landfill Gas Plant
Date Completed: 2010 Project Scope Venture Engineering & Construction was contracted to provide fast-track design, equipment selection and construction/repairs for a 6 million cfd High BTU gas plant that caught fire in July 2010 at a landfill in the mid-west. The plant uses Dimethyl Ethers of Polyethylene Glycol (DEPG, a.k.a. Selexol™ or Coastal AGR®) to [...]
Storm Water Recycling and Reuse
Location: Homer City, Pennsylvania Project Scope Venture Engineering & Construction was contracted to provide various scope and estimate services for a storm water recycling and reuse project at the EME Homer City Power Generation plant in Homer City, PA. The projected included the collection and reuse of storm water for the future installation of a [...]
Providence, Rhode Island Gas Conditioning System
Location: Providence, Rhode Island Date Completed: 2011 Project Scope Venture was contracted to provide its patent pending Biogas Conditioning System to improve the quality of the Landfill Gas at the Olinda Landfill Gas to Energy (LFGTE) facility located in Brea, California. The LFGTE facility will use approximately 12,500 scfm of landfill gas to produce approximately [...]
Walking Beam Reheat Furnace 3D Design Drawings
Location: Fontana, California Date Completed: 2009 Project Scope Venture Engineering & Construction was contracted to provide design drawings for a new walking beam reheat furnace for California Steel Industries in Fontana, California. In 1993, CSI began a capital expenditure program of some $250 million to modernize and add operations. Investments included the new walking beam [...]
Up Front Engineering is the Key to Successfully Managing Capital Projects
The end of the fiscal year is quickly approaching and capital budget plans for next year are due. Operations, Engineering and Maintenance have ideas of where funds can best be utilized, but day-to-day requirements only allow them to develop rough cost numbers and schedule durations based on “similar” projects from years ago. The project gets [...]