DWH Process Consulting, LLC

Bio/Chemical Process Engineering Consulting

Dave Humbird, PhD, PE

Denver, Colorado, USA


About

DWH Process Consulting provides conceptual process design, simulation, and techno-economic analysis expertise to research institutions and startups. DWH also supports technical due diligence for commercial and philanthropic investors. Target sectors include renewable fuels/chemicals/power, industrial biotechnology, olefins and specialty chemicals, refinery and heavy industry decarbonization, CO2 capture, and fermented/distilled beverages.


Expertise and Services Offered

Process Simulation

  • Aspen Plus - Aspen Custom Modeler - HYSYS
  • Physical property fitting and estimation
  • Distillation design and optimization

Techno-Economic Analysis

  • Conceptual process design - Heat and material balances - BFDs and PFDs
  • Preliminary equipment sizing + Aspen Capital Cost Estimator

Scientific Computing

  • Excel + VBA power user
  • Occasional use of Python for data analysis and visualization
  • Past experience with C++, computational fluid dynamics, molecular dynamics, data science and machine learning

Typical Project Descriptions

  • Chemical engineering simulation subject matter expert: reactor and distillation modeling, physical property development, and capital cost estimation. DWH carries a license for the AspenTech products named above.
  • Sustainability modeling specialist, delivering flowsheet simulations and physical modeling for renewable power, biomass conversion, hydrogen economy, CO2 capture, desalination, and other processes.
  • Techno-economic analysis for early-stage (TRL 1-3) process-industry startups.
  • Technical due diligence analysis for sustainability investors and philanthropic organizations.
  • Training and mentoring engineering staff to grow in-house simulation and analysis skills.

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Find me on: - ORCID: 0000-0002-7885-1871 - GitHub: @dhumbird - LinkedIn: Dave Humbird, PhD, PE