Enhancing Early-Career Engineer Development at PBF Energy
PBF Energy faced significant challenges in retaining and attracting talent due to the loss of instit...
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Becht Featured Projects
Becht is continuously working on challenging and innovative projects for our clients.
Listed below is a select sampling of recent projects from our portfolio.
Identifying Critical Failures in a Chemical Plant Explosion
Objective: Provide expert analysis to identify the root cause of the piping failure and support the ...
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Root-Cause Findings Protect Client in Fatal Explosion Case
A fatal explosion occurred during the first trial of a new process at a large industrial complex. Th...
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Expert Analysis in Asbestos-Related Death
A family claimed that a deceased employee contracted mesothelioma from asbestos exposure at a specif...
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Optimizing Troubleshooting in Slurry Drum Operations
A chemical processing plant encountered recurrent high-density readings in a slurry drum. Operators ...
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Process & Mechanical Assistance for Asset Improvement
Process & Mechanical Assistance for Asset Improvement Cat Feed Hydrotreater Reactor Replacement ...
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Plastic pyrolysis oil processing in HDS
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Customer
A European customer was looking at processing pyrolysis oil (from plasti...
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CCS FEED Phase – Review
Situation: BECHT was called by a European customer to review their Carbon Capture Sequestration ...
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Equipment Due Diligence, Turkey
Situation: An owner/operator of coal fired electrical generating facilities in Turkey was required t...
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FCC Catalyst Loss
Situation: North America FCC unit experienced above-normal catalyst losses. In addition to incre...
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Catalyst Withdrawal Line Hotspot
Situation: Recently replaced FCC regenerator developed hot spot. Engineering company gave 2-ho...
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Power Plant Crane Access Solution
Situation: A construction contractor was charged with installing a selective catalytic reduction u...
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Lightning Protection / Mitigation Implementation
Situation: A Gulf coast plant is in an area subject to frequent thunderstorms. Lightning transients ...
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NASA Johnson Space Center Cogen Plant
Situation: Becht was contacted by a general contractor to assist with an RCFA for a nominal 1MW Bac...
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Process Troubleshooting – Crude Unit Furnace Cold Eyes Review
Situation: The process capacity of the new furnace had been limited by NOx emissions. The OEM at...
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