About Patfio Consulting
PATFIO is ready to join your project team as a contract process engineering company to assist with the various phases of project development. Having teamed with corporate engineering staffs and many EPC/EPCM firms worldwide, PATFIO is familiar with project delivery practices and the interaction required with a multi-disciplinary project team. If you’re preparing a pre-feasibility / feasibility study or commencing with design of a plant,
PATFIO can provide technical expertise to ensure rapid completion of the upfront process design phase. Follow this work into commissioning to confirm plant performance meets established performance criteria.
Before undertaking detailed engineering work, project efficiency is greatly improved by fully characterizing the process to be designed. Full project definition early in the work process ensures key performance requirements for the plant are documented in a Process Design Package consisting of the following:
- Process Flow Diagrams
- Process Design Criteria
- Process Narrative Description
- Process Safety Narrative
- Mass and Energy Balances
- Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams
- Equipment Performance Datasheets
The above are often accompanied by a steady-state and/or dynamic process model, which is provided as part of the complete package. Completion of a hazard review at this stage also ensures critical safety-related devices/systems are included in the design at the earliest phase. A Process Design Package is useful when bidding detailed engineering to ensure the project scope has been thoroughly defined.
Our History
Over the years, a database compilation of project information and trainings has captured PATFIO’s extensive project experience. PATFIO’s approach to process engineering, optimization and capacity building trainings involves gaining a thorough understanding of our client’s needs. This knowledge, combined with specialized in house techniques, state of the art computer modelling, comprehensive database comparisons and extensive project experience provides the building blocks on which our services are based. Our teams of highly qualified and experienced process engineers take pride in the close working relationship we develop with our valued clients. This relationship results in a comprehensive and mutual understanding of the processing outcomes desired by our clients. With offices in Zimbabwe, PATFIO Consultants has the capacity to offer specialized consulting services around the clock and across the globe.