Chemical Engineering

Capabilities and Services

• Chemical & Biochemical Engineering

  When you need to improve safety and maximize efficiencies in processes involving chemical application, storage, or transportation, turn to Exponent for multidisciplinary support. Our chemical and biochemical engineers evaluate occupational safety, conduct risk assessments, perform accident investigations, evaluate equipment, and create data models to help businesses develop lean and profitable practices.

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• Process Safety Hazards & Risk Analysis

  Transporting, storing, and manufacturing chemicals involves process safety risks. Stakeholders in all industries rely on Exponent's process safety engineers to conduct risk assessments, perform failure investigations, identify hazards, navigate process issues, and improve safety and compliance with regulatory practices.

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• Reactive Chemicals

  Exponent conducts chemical hazard analysis, and EPA and OSHA safety and compliance evaluations for all industries.

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• Process and Systems Engineering

  We bring more than 50 years of experience investigating incidents, analyzing failures, and providing safety consulting to help you understand the limits and capabilities of your process plants, helping you prevent chemical and industrial accidents.

• Summary of Services

  • Engineering services
    • Design review and feasibility studies
    • Local, state, and national governmental regulation support (OSHA, FDA, EPA, USDA)
    • Technology and techno-economic assessments
    • Technology development
    • Competitive market analysis
    • Product performance assessment and development support
  • Process optimization
    • Process performance evaluation
    • Heat exchanger design analysis and energy integration
    • Process dynamics and control system analysis
    • Process data analysis
    • Process economics evaluation
    • Piping network analysis
  • Proactive safety services
    • Risk assessment
    • Safety analysis
    • Process hazard analysis (PHA), failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis (FTA), and hazard and operability study (HAZOP), layer of protection analysis (LOPA)
    • Probabilistic risk analysis
    • Site security and vulnerability analysis
    • Process safety management (PSM) systems analysis
    • Process data analysis, fault detection, and fault diagnosis
  • Investigative services
    • Accident and incident investigation
    • Failure analysis
    • Root cause analysis
    • Litigation and insurance claim support
    • Intellectual property and patent support
  • Chemical reaction engineering and materials chemistry
    • Chemical kinetics evaluation and reaction engineering
    • Catalyst evaluation
    • Material selection and compatibility assessment
    • Material characterization (e.g., polymers, semiconductors, solvents)
    • Polymer and complex fluid assessment (e.g., gaskets, membranes, ion exchange resins, viscosity modifiers)
    • Defect and contamination assessment