Chemical Engineering

When you need to understand chemical and biochemical processes at your facilities, Exponent's multidisciplinary approach provides valuable insights.

Exponent's multidisciplinary teams evaluate your facility's comprehensive process lifecycle, including supply chain evaluation, technology assessment, equipment selection and modification, and process optimization. Chemical and biochemical facilities often work with highly reactive and hazardous materials, and Exponent can help you evaluate risk effectively and improve process safety, occupational safety, and economic efficiencies. Our quantifiable methodologies and analysis help ensure that you have the facts and data you need for better business decisions.

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

Reactive Chemicals

Process and Systems Engineering

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

Our Capabilities Are Unparalleled

With expertise in over 90 disciplines are hundreds of capabilities, tools, and methodologies - we get to the root of even the most complex challenges and give you the objective answers you need.

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Experts

Our global and comprehensive expertise across industries gives us a deep understanding of current challenges, best industry practices, and the implications of emerging technologies.

Harri Kytömaa, Ph.D., P.E., CFEI, FASME

Corporate Vice President and Principal Engineer

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