ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION

WHO WE ARE:

Prado & Associates has long been involved with environmental conservation projects. In the early 1980's we designed the first alkaline scrubber at a paper mill in northern Florida. This was in response to Florida's tough new regulations for the control of Total Reduced Sulfur (TRS) emissions.

For many years we have provided engineering services to Montenay Power Corporation in Miami, a subsidiary of France's La Societé Géneral des Eaux. Montenay burns most of metropolitan Miami's municipal solid waste and generates over 80 MW of electric power. This plant includes very sophisticated environmental control systems including electrostatic precipitators, alkaline scrubbers for the removal of sulfur gases, and waste water treatment. Prado & Associates has been involved in most projects since 1989, including the planning of a $200 million capacity expansion.

Prado & Associates has also participated in many environmental conservation projects for Florida's phosphate industry. Additionally, members of our staff have had extensive experience with the design of thermal oxidizers and incinerators for hazardous waste in a number of facilities in northern Florida.

Mr. G. A. (Bill) Rodríguez, one of the most experienced environmental engineers in Florida, is now our Chief Environmental Engineer. He brings to the Company his many years of experience solving environmental problems, mostly in the phosphate and power generation industries and his contacts with the regulatory officials.

WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU:

Our capabilities in the area of environmental technologies and conservation include the following:

Survey of existing and potential emission points with recommendations for solutions, and capital cost estimates for their implementation.
Alkaline scrubber design for the control of sulfur emissions in chemical, phosphate and power plants.
Design of facilities for the removal and use of fluorine gases at phosphate fertilizer plants.
Environmental remediation and permitting in phosphate mines.
Alkaline scrubber design for the control of Total Reduced Sulfur (TRS) emissions in pulp & paper mills. Other advanced technologies include amine scrubbers, catalytic oxidation and carbon absorption.
Design of secondary containment for liquid storage facilities.
Design of industrial liquid waste treatment plants using advanced, methods such as activated carbon treatment.
Design of facilities for the removal and disposal of phosphogypsum in phosphoric acid plants.
Design of hazardous gas absorption systems using activated carbon followed by "in situ" regeneration.
Design of thermal oxidizers and incinerators for hazardous wastes.
Design of a hydrogen sulfide control system in an oil refinery.

HOW WE FUNCTION:

Our services are available to the chemical, phosphate fertilizer, pulp & paper, and power generation industries worldwide. We are licensed engineers in several US states, in the European Union, and we are registered with several international financial aid organizations.

We are located in central Florida, with an ample supply of technical staff. One of our senior engineers will be assigned to lead the project team from completion to end, thus assuring continuity and responsiveness. All our design is done on AutoCAD. We also have access to many computer programs for performing engineering calculations, including process simulation. All of our specialist engineers are licensed professional engineers in Florida and many other states of the USA.

Office:

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 274206, Tampa, FL 33688 USA
Telephones: 1-813- 961-1072, 1-813-961-8103

E-mail:

tp@pradotec.com

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Last update: 18 December 2006