CASE-015 · Engineering case

Acetator Project A9 and A10

Modernized acetator support equipment through mechanical, cooling, access and instrumentation improvements at the facility.

Conceptual engineering visualization: Acetator Project A9 and A10
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Why the Work Mattered

Purpose and Operating Need

Upgraded acetator air and cooling support systems and improved maintainability of acetator support equipment through targeted mechanical and instrumentation upgrades.

Engineering Approach

Engineering Approach

Engineering scope: Acetator air screen and aspirator upgrades (75 hp), cooling system sump pumps, RTD temperature instrumentation, davit support installations.

Outcome & Engineering Context

Outcome and Context

Improved maintainability and reliability of acetator support equipment. The result is bounded to the recorded mechanical, cooling and instrumentation scope.

Workstream Results & Impact

Workstream Portfolio Rollup

66,885,000 USD

Vinegar Acetation and Fermentation-Support Modernization

Recorded workstream portfolio reference. This is the workstream-level value and is not a project expenditure or a new total of reassigned projects.

Measures & Operating Detail

MeasureValueType & meaningAttribution & operating context
Engineering scope and design basis

Project scope and individual work packages are presented separately; project totals are not additive to their component values.

1 detail rows; 5,310 K project-family value.

Actions, Methods & Controls

ACTIVITIES IN CONTEXT

Additional Technical Detail

Roles & contributions
  • Project Ownership

    Full lifecycle project ownership

    Owned the full project lifecycle: capital planning and prioritization, need definition, feasibility and scope development, engineering and AFE justification, procurement and vendor coordination, construction sequencing and field oversight, commissioning, turnover, and post-startup support. Connected operating requirements with technical scope, funding decisions, execution readiness, and the needs of operations and maintenance.

Workstream context
All portfolio connections
Project ownership and delivery context

Owned the full project lifecycle: capital planning and prioritization, need definition, feasibility and scope development, engineering and AFE justification, procurement and vendor coordination, construction sequencing and field oversight, commissioning, turnover, and post-startup support. Connected operating requirements with technical scope, funding decisions, execution readiness, and the needs of operations and maintenance.

Coordinated air-screen and 75 hp aspirator upgrades with sump pumps, RTD instrumentation and cooling requirements. The davit-support work made equipment access part of the engineering scope, linking process reliability with the way maintenance personnel would service the installation.

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