Services

Energy Associates is a professional corporation that provides engineering and consulting services for projects at ports, terminals, power plants, transportation, mines, and the minerals/process industries. We assist: owners, developers, A/E firms, industrial enterprises, financial and banking institutions, utilities, governmental agencies, and EPC Contractors. Energy Associates is often part of an engineering team, providing specialty expertise that allows the project to move forward quickly in the right direction. Assignments and responsibilities include:

• Expert Witness – Technical Assistance in Investigation, Mediation, and Litigation
• Feasibility Studies
• Technical Bid Specifications
• Detail Design
• Compliance Reviews of Contractor Design Submittals
• Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting
• Technical Requisitions and Material Purchasing Support
• Construction Compliance Monitoring

Energy Associates specializes in bulk material handling, blending, processing, storing, and transloading. The equipment installed on systems includes: belt conveyors, pipe conveyors, drag conveyors, screw conveyors, airslide conveyors, en-mass conveyors, Flexowell conveyors, high-angle belt conveyors, belt feeders, vibrating feeders, rotary plow feeders, screw feeders, vibrating screens, rotary screens, traveling stackers, radial stackers, bucket-wheel stacker reclaimers, scraper reclaimers, shiploaders, grab bucket ship unloaders, continuous screw ship unloaders, continuous ladder bucket unloaders, pneumatic ship unloaders, self-unloading vessels, traveling trippers with silo storage, crushers, breakers, pulverizers, ball mills, bowl mills, dust collection, dust suppression, pile spray systems, conveyor washdown systems, belt scales, sampling systems, transfer structures.

Projects

Ports, Terminals, and Processing Plants
Alumina		Aragonite		Frac Sand		Grain
Construction Signage		Samalju Industrial Port – View of Harbor Dredging Alumina, Coke, Fertilizer, Maganese Ore, Phosphate Rock, Quartz, etc.					Harbor Plan
Bauxite	Clinker		Iron Ore
Copper Concentrates, HBI, Slag	Gypsum Rock		Direct Reduced Iron Briquettes		Urea, DAP, Potash

While our primary projects have been in the US, Energy Associates has assisted on assignments in Colombia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Liberia, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Thailand, Venezuela, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. In previous employment, our team has worked on projects throughout Asia and South America.

Fuel Handling Systems at Power Plants
Biomass - Pellets	Biomass – Wood Chips	4,000 tph Barge Loader	Coal Handling System
Gypsum “Ball”	Coal & Alt. Fuel Blending	4,000 tph Radial Stacker	Crushing & Plant Feed System
Take-up Relocation/Retrofit	Magnet Retrofit	High-Angle Conveyor Retrofit	Rotary Breaker Retrofit

Detail Design

Once the system’s functions, attributes, layout, and transitions are established, the detail design of each belt conveyor is the focus for executing a project. Mechanical calculations are normally the first priority to determine conveyor horsepower, belt tensions, pulley sizes and other parameters that are important to the selection and application of manufactured components including:

1. Drives: gearbox, chain, v-belt, cog-belt, hydraulic, and fluid drives.

2. Drive components: holdback backstops; brakes; couplings, and fluid couplings.

3. Conveyor components: pulleys; troughing, transition, impact, training, return, and V-return idlers; belt scrapers; and belt plows.

4. Safety devices: emergency stop, speed, pull cord, belt alignment or misalignment, plug chute, and other field devices.

Designs that understand and critically analyze conveyor parameters, equipment selections, and applications are synonymous with success. The goal is to minimize the potential for accidents, problems, failures, and disputes.