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Energy & Fuels Ethanol Plant – Bulk Storage Ethanol Plant – Dehydration Skid Particulate Cyclone Skid - Refinery Fire Code Review – Coal & Fuel Oil at Cement Plant

PLANT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING BULK STORAGE: ETHANOL PLANT Project Requirements: A catastrophic structural failure destroyed a mid-west ethanol plants bulk storage facility. Working with the owners insurance carriers, we developed a scope of damages, repairs and construction timelines for this large loss. Working with the general contractor, we help manage the re-build costs and schedules considering the compressed time line, building and environmental code issues and logistics. Project Elements: Three new bolted grain silos with closed feed conveyors o Two slip form concrete silos o Three bolted grain silos. o One grain dryer o Closed conveyors, bridges and supports o Bucket elevators and support towers o Re-constructed electrical power and control systems Slip form concrete grain silos Grain Dryer THE PLANT SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. 507 N. York St., Suite 2A Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-795-9122 Ext. 11 717-795-9525 Fax www.plantsys.com

PLANT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEHYDRATION SKID: ETHANOL PLANT Client: Delta-T Corporation, Williamsburg, VA Project Location: Commercial Alcohols, Ontario, Canada Project Requirements: Working with the client developed process flow, provide equipment layout, process piping and ASME B31.3 stress analysis and structural design. Skid to be shop built, transported and erected on site. Provide sealed structural and process piping engineering package. Manage shop construction and pipe testing and fitting. Project Elements: Dehydration Skid shop built and shipped to site. o Two molecular sieve dehydrators o Heat exchangers, pumps, water accumulators, automatic and manual valves, pressure and flow transmitters. o Structure engineered to support equipment skid horizontal during fabrication, during crane pick and in final vertical position. Included five levels, 12’ square x 40’. o ASME B31.3 process piping design for ethanol. o Shipping weights for transport across The Peace Bridge. Center of gravity for crane picks. Pipe stress analysis using Erected on site with mating stair tower (on CAEPIPE left) THE PLANT SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. 507 N. York St., Suite 2A Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-795-9122 Ext. 11 717-795-9525 Fax www.plantsys.com

PLANT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PARTICULATE CYCLONE SKID: REFINERY Client: GSM Industrial, Lancaster, PA Project Location: GE Oil and Gas-CONMEC LLC - Valero Refinery, Paulsboro, NJ Project Requirements: Provide detailed structural and mechanical engineering for multi-stage fines collection system utilizing cyclones and vessels mounted on load cells. Project Elements: o Calculate dead and live loads including those caused by piping thermal expansion o Create equipment general arrangements based on owner P & ID. o Engineer piping and pipe support systems considering thermal expansion. o Equipment and stair tower skids shop constructed, shipped to site and lifted. o Analyze loads during crane picks o Provide details and considerations for field applied structural steel fire proofing. General Arrangements – multi-stage refinery fines collection equipment skid and stair tower Typical detail of structural steel fire proofing THE PLANT SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. 507 N. York St., Suite 2A Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-795-9122 Ext. 11 717-795-9525 Fax www.plantsys.com

PLANT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING FIRE CODE REVIEW: COAL AND FUEL OIL AT CEMENT PLANT Client: CTG (Italcementi Group), Bergamo, Italy Project Location: Capital Cement (ESSROC), Martinsburg, WV Project Requirements: Review process flows, general arrangements and hydrant loop drawings of $500M cement plant upgrade pursuant to West Virginia Title 87 (NFPA 101 Life Safety Code). Review insurance carrier requests of fire prevention Prepare submittals for West Virginia State Fire Marshall Processes Reviewed: o Above ground storage tank for No. 2 Fuel Oil. o Distribution of No. 2 Fuel Oil o Pulverized Coal kiln firing system. o Bulk storage and conveyance of coal. o Pyro-processing (clinker formation) Code Application (partial list): o NFPA 101 Life Safety Code o NFPA 30 Flam. And Comb. Liquids Code. o NFPA 85 Combustion Systems Code o NFPA 59 Utility LP-Gas Plant Code o NFPA 69 Standard on Explosion Prevention o NFPA 13 Sprinklers Pulverized Coal Silo with explosion vents, CO2 injection, CO detection, heat detection and passive mechanical isolation Above ground storage tank for No. 2 Fuel Oil THE PLANT SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. 507 N. York St., Suite 2A Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-795-9122 Ext. 11 717-795-9525 Fax www.plantsys.com