APOLLO AUTOMATIONJAMES WARREN · ENGINEERING & PROJECT LEADERSHIPCASE-003 · Engineering case
Expanded vinegar-conversion capacity through coordinated acetator, VOC recovery, cooling, utility, loadout, and controls infrastructure.
Expanded vinegar-conversion capacity through coordinated acetator, VOC recovery, cooling, utility, loadout, and controls infrastructure.
Coordination scope: A5 / A6 acetator expansion, VOC scrubbers, cooling utilities, pump house, civil foundations, electrical / controls systems, and process transfer/loadout infrastructure.
Expanded vinegar-conversion capacity through coordinated acetator, VOC recovery, cooling, utility, loadout, and controls infrastructure.
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.
| Measure | Value | Type & meaning | Attribution & operating context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Measure | <= 75 % | Target VOC capture/recovery objective | Applies to: A5/A6 acetator expansion and VOC-recovery integration VOC-scrubber engineering — Design capture/recovery objective for process VOCs within the acetator-expansion scrubber-system boundary. |
Approximately 5.8M grain gallons/year added throughput at the facility; 75% VOC capture/recovery engineering objective.
Sanitary recovery and environmental boundary. A5 planning records cover scrubber equipment, scrubber water routed to holding tanks, filtration or ultrafiltration, tank-farm piping, wastewater drainage, air permitting, water-use permit modification, and source testing. Membrane evidence adds product-recovery, rinse, and cleaning-effluent sequences. Product, reusable water, condensate, wastewater, chemical waste, air or vapor, and biologically active waste are treated as distinct physical and control states.
Food and Beverage Manufacturer
Owned the full project lifecycle, from capital planning through commissioning and post-startup support. Increasing acetation capacity required the supporting plant to grow with the process.
TSK-000011 · Method
VOC Scrubber Systems
TSK-000012 · Method
Acetator Expansion Civil and Structural Foundations
TSK-000017 · Method
Acetator Expansion Engineering AFE and Code Deliverables
ACTIVITIES IN CONTEXT
TSK-000010 · Method
A5/A6 Acetator Expansion and VOC-Recovery Integration
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.
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 process equipment, seven foundations and more than 30 instrumentation components with PLC and HMI requirements. Connected chemical-demand modeling, tanker transfer and upstream and downstream capacity so that the expansion supported a usable production system rather than an isolated vessel addition.
