Projects History

2022

• Mass Balance and Costing of a Glycerol Purification and a Propylene Glycol commercial plant

2021

• Developed a Plant Performance Test Procedure for handover of the LPG Unloading & Storage Facility
• Developed a Calculation Model on the condensation rate of LPG gas in the spheres during LPG unloading from the ship
• Performed a study and provided recommendations on the environmental heating of the unloading pipeline
• Performed a study with recdommendations on the vaporisation of condensed LPG in the inlet piping to the Vapour Recovery Unit
• Evaluated the maximum allowable flow velocity of the LPG to the spheres during LPG unloading

2020

Consulted to Metka Engineering in Accra in Ghana in commissioning and optimisation of the LPG Unloading Facility as part of the Ghana Bridge Power Project.

• Ship LPG Unloading and Commissioning
• Flare Design for LPG release
• Calculation Model for Line-Blow of Unloading Pipeline
• Calculation Model for Heat Tracing of LPG Pipelines

2020

• Mass Balance on a proposed pilot plant for leaching and recovery of Manganese Sulphate
• Capital costing of Pilot Plant
• High Level Costing of Operating and Capital Cost for Commercial plant

2020

• Multipole Projects developed and assemble and demonstrated a Continuous Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) system to assist breathing for patients with the Covid 19 disease. This project formed part of the National Ventilator Project.

2020

• Multipole Projects contracted to Cross EPC in the commissioning of an LPG unloading and storage facility in Accra, Ghana. Commissioning included the Jetty Piping System where the marine loading arm is connected to the ship, the Booster Pump Station, the Inter-Tank Transfer Pump Station, and the LPG Rcovery Unit.

2020

• Developed electrocoagulation operating parameters for the recovery of Chromium from a Tanning Effluent Stream. The development work was performed in the Multipole Projects laboratory.

2019

• Developed a Documentation and Quality Control System for the mixing and packaging of a water treatment powder for human consumption to obtain the SABS mark

2019

• Synthesized Nitrotriazolone (NTO) on Laboratory scale with the emphasis on developing a continuous commercial Production Plant

2019

• Compiled order of magnitude quotations, in the range of 60 to 100 million Rand for turnkey supply of chemical plant facilities in the explosives manufacturing industry

2019

• Costing of Commercial Production Plant for Nitrocellulose and Ball Grain Propellant

2019

• Designed, procured and built a Pilot Plant for the recovery of Zinc Oxide from stack dust

2018

• Investigated the performance of the Hydrofluoric Acid Plant at Pelchem (NECSA) and submitted a report indicating the shortfalls of the different unit operations together with a proposal for renovation, reinstatement and upgrading of the plant

2018

• Developed a calculation model for a electroplating bath cooling coil
• Costing for design, supply, installation and commissioning of measuring system for electroplating cooling circuit

2018

• Co-designed, built and operated a Laboratory scale fractionating distillation column for the separation and purification of Unsymmetrical Dimethyl Hydrazine (UDMH)

2017

• Detail design of a Water Supply System for a Lime Mixing Plant for Kriel Power Station

2017

• Detail design of a Fluidised Bed Reactor for the production of Tungsten Hexafluoride (WF₆) on commercial scale
• Designed, built and operated a pilot Fluidised Bed Reactor for piloting the fluidisation characteristics of a (WF₆) fluidised bed reactor by using simulation raw materials

2016

• Conceptual design and costing of a Zirconium Oxide Demonstration

2016

• Detail designed, built and operated a Hydrazine Process Pilot Plant, producing 2% aqueous Hydrazine solution

2015

• Basic Engineering and Detail Engineering for a Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), Ammonia and Sodium Hypochlorite storage and distribution facility

2014

• Conceptual and Basic Engineering package (+/-20% cost estimate) for an effluent treatment plant (Pre-filtration, Reverse Osmosis, Ion Exchange).
• Mass Balance using the IDEAS Process Simulation Software (Andritz)

2014

• Study on the engineering, safety, operability and economic implications of a tie-in into an off-shore LPG unloading line for Sunrise Energy in Saldanha

2014

• Basic Engineering Package with a +/- 20% cost estimate for an Ultrafiltration & Reverse Osmosis Plant for the Areva uranium mine in Namibia. Selective separation of a process stream resulting in overall reduction in chemical consumption. Design of the plant is based on actual pilot plant data.
• Mass & Energy Balance using the IDEAS Process Simulation Software (Andritz)

2014

• Basic Engineering for the Natref Clean Fuels II Project (Petrochemical refinery in Sasolburg)
• Design Basis to Process Flow Diagram development to Mechanical Flow Diagram development to HAZOP documents preparation for a New Cooling Water System, Amine-H₂S Absorption Plant, Wastewater Stripper Plant, Tempered Water Plant and Caustic Solution Supply System

2013

• Literature Study on the flotation of Uranium
• Basic Engineering Package with a +/- 20% cost estimate for a Clarifier Plant for the Areva uranium mine in Namibia
• Study on Ultrafiltration and Reverse Osmosis membrane technology available for the selective separation of uranium containing process streams

2013

• Optimised an 8-step organic synthesis on Laboratory scale and manufactured an organic chemical for SAAB Electronic Defence Systems in one of their applications

2011 – 2013

• Research on a pyro-metallurgical process and generation of thermodynamic properties for the Peruke Titanium Project
• Process evaluation of hydrometallurgical processes for the Peruke Titanium Project
• Mass & Energy Balances using the IDEAS Process Simulation Software (Andritz)

2010

• Basic Engineering Package for an Organic Mineral Fertiliser Plant
• Psychrometric model for drying unit

2009

• Design Package for automation of an explosive plant at AEL Modderfontein
• Detail Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
• Hazard & Operability (HAZOP) Study

2009

• Hydrofluoric Acid (HF) and Aluminium Trifluoride (ATF) Plant Basic Engineering

2009

• Hydrofluoric Acid (HF) and Aluminium Trifluoride (ATF) Plant Basic Engineering: Mass & Energy Balance, plant site layout, civil costing, basic utility plant requirement design and costing, raw material, intermediate product and final product storage requirements, transport logistics

2006 – 2007

• Detail Design of process plant equipment for the Pebble Bed Reactor fuel plant
• Scrubber plant
• Vacuum plant
• Various process pumps: centrifugal, diaphragm, positive displacement

2005

• High Pressure Polymer production scale-up to 200 litre scale with variation in raw materials
• High pressure reaction kinetic model
• Agitation optimisation: designed and tested various agitators in high pressure polymer reactor

2005

• Launched a self-developed project for the use of a bio-product containing Sodium Fluoro Acetate for Cape Wools and the Woolgrowers Association of South Africa
• Implemented a field trial protocol for evaluation of the bio-product for the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT)

2004 – 2005

• Developed a process on Laboratory scale, scale-up and production of Hypo Phosphoric Acid on a 50 litre glass-lined reactor, to be used in electroless plating of machine parts
• Built a 50 litre pilot plant and produced biodiesel from used cooking oil

2004

• Developed and built a demonstration plant to recover Ammonium Bifluoride containing 70% Ammonium Bifluoride and 30% Hydrofluoric Acid (HF)
• Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) regeneration plant design, plant costing, economic viability study

2004

• Feasability Study on the manufacturing of Choline Chloride

2002 – 2004

• Managed the engineering function and resources as well as the engineering change procedures and engineering change proposals (ECPs) (plant modification process)
• Approved Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), execute HAZOP studies and design reviews
• Interviewed and employed engineers for the project team
• Reviewed and approved commissioning plans, compiled operating procedures
• Mass Balances on the Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3) and associated processes
• Developed a Mass Balance sheet for monthly raw material efficiency calculations on the production plant
• Evaluated and assessed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
• Compiled a comprehensive document pack, assessing engineering and environmental requirements for implementation of plant modifications on the NECSA premises

2000

• Designed and built a 200 litre glass steam stripping plant and recovered and purified Mono Nitro Resorcinol (MNR)