Process design and optimization

Profitability and sustainability aren’t only compatible, they complement each other. By investing in multi-objective engineering solutions designed to optimize operational process efficiency, energy management and carbon emission reduction, industrial companies have a unique opportunity to generate gains on multiple fronts. This allows them to contribute to global decarbonization efforts while ensuring their operational profitability and sustainability.

Process design and optimization

  1. YOUR CHALLENGES:

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      Evolving at a steady pace through various technology maturity levels

      Whether you're an emerging or an established company, there are no shortcuts. Challenges must be tackled one milestone at a time—from proof of concept to full maturity, including laboratory and commercial scale-up.

      To progress with your work, you first need to obtain the necessary grants and permits. In addition to these common requirements, your challenges will vary depending on your company's level of maturity:

      • Established companies: you aim to optimize internal processes without sacrificing profitability. With the rise in emerging technologies, you want to remain competitive by improving or retrofitting a fuel hydrocarbon, consumption or production process, or by integrating a new process that brings you closer to your decarbonization goals. This energy transition requires major investments that mustn’t come at the expense of your profitability. To make progress while minimizing the frequency and impact of downtime, you need support from specialized external consultants. Implementing ESG solutions tailored to your projects will help strengthen your strategic positioning while meeting increasing environmental standards.
      • Startups: your goal is to reach maturity as quickly as possible. Your revenue comes exclusively from investors, who demand results. You've got your proof of concept, objectives and timetable in hand. To ensure the technology meets defined performance criteria, you need an experienced partner to support your technology development through both experimental (real-world) and digital validation. Incorporating ESG aspects early on in your project can also positively influence your relationships with investors and stakeholders.

  2. OUR EXPERTISE

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      An agile and innovative partnership, proven by commercial success

      At BBA, our strength lies in leveraging our agility and creativity to support you and offer innovative solutions at every stage of scaling new processes. As partners, we build strong relationships. Our active listening and business acumen help us understand your specific project challenges and components. Through rigorous risk management and a continuous focus on maximizing gains, we deliver effective design solutions that drive your project’s success at every level of its maturity.

      Established companies: support from the moment the technology is validated in real-world environment

      1. Optimizing and adding new processes. We ensure your performance indicators are met when developing new projects. Whether you want to optimize an existing process or introduce new ones, we offer innovative solutions tailored to your specific needs.
      2. Support in obtaining grants.Energy transition projects require major investments. With our expertise in grants and financial support, we help clients secure the financing they need to bring their ambitious projects to fruition, while also considering ESG criteria.
      3. Technical support for in-house engineers. BBA serves as an external consultant for complex projects, providing support to in-house engineers to optimize performance of existing systems. We also integrate digital solutions to enhance operations and data management.
      4. Fast, effective improvements. We analyze your current systems to identify improvement opportunities by optimizing control loops and adjusting parameters for quick and significant gains. Using advanced technologies allows for greater optimization.
      5. Reducing losses and integrating energy. Using pinch analysis, we identify and repurpose existing energy sources to optimize energy efficiency where it's needed.

      Success stories that speak for themselves

      At BBA, we offer comprehensive services to emerging companies and have supported several in their technology validation efforts. Here are a few examples of our successes:

      SAF+

      • Pilot plan for sustainable aviation fuel
      • Québec's first CO2 capture and conversion project (and a precursor in North America)
      • Recipient of two awards

      CO2 Solutions

      • CO2 capture at Saint-Félicien
      • Design and construction of the first commercial version of the company's “industrial lung.”
      • Recipient of two awards

      Enerkem Alberta Biofuels

      • Detailed engineering for the world's first commercial biorefinery
      • World's first commercial biorefinery to produce biomethanol from landfill waste
      • Recipient of two awards
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