Teepak Process Facility

Fluor provided total master site planning and development services for this grassroots facility, which included system design as well as detailed design, procurement and construction. The 105,000-square-foot new facility included processing and packaging areas, warehousing, offices, laboratories, central utilities and process wastewater treatment.

Located on a 7.5-acre site in a rural area, the plant manufactured an edible, synthetic sausage casing product.

Our process design included biochemical reaction analysis, production plant operating and chemical analyses and non-Newtonian fluid flow analyses for process equipment specifications. Utility system designs included the design and specification of a wood-fired steam boiler to use waste products available from another industry in the area.

Also included was a large unit for recovering by-product ammonium sulfate in solid form. Utilities included a $1 million boiler system and related wood yard and wood-waste preparation equipment. Process waste treatment consisted of two separate treatment systems, one for conventional removal and the other for denitrification of high-nitrogen content waste. The design of the effluent treatment system was based on concepts developed from laboratory and pilot plant testing.