Truck to Rail Ethanol Transload Facility
Biomass & Bioenergy
Nelson Baker Biotech
Innovation. Engineering. Construction.
About the firm
Nelson Baker Biotech is a turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction firm based in South Dakota, specializing in the biotechnology and advanced biofuels industry. It serves clients in ethanol, biofuels, biochemicals, ag processing, bioplastics, biomass, and algae applications, providing full design-build services from greenfield plant design through process scale-up, retrofits, operations support, and operator training. Nelson Baker's licensed professional engineers bring field and operations experience to each project, and it emphasizes custom solutions and long-term client partnerships.
- Firm type
- EPC · Process Engineering · Chemical Engineering · Structural Engineering · Design-Build
Capabilities
Greenfield Plant Design
Full turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction for new biotech facilities.
Process Scale-Up
Scale-up from lab bench to pilot plant to commercial scale, using Aspen Plus process modeling to assess feasibility, energy, and capital costs.
Retrofits and Upgrades
Debottlenecking studies, equipment additions, and process upgrades for existing biotech and ethanol plants.
General Contracting and Project Management
Design-build, design-only, and build-only delivery; owner's representative and engineer services.
- Owner's Representative / Engineer Services
- Estimating and Scheduling
- Construction Cost Accounting
Process Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering and Design
- Process Design and Scale-Up
- Aspen Process Modeling and Simulation
- Process Optimization Studies
- Equipment Sizing and Specification
- Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams
Structural and Civil Engineering
Structural steel, reinforced concrete, civil, rail, and geotechnical design with specialty in storage tank design.
Safety
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 safety consulting, PSM development, PHA facilitation, and contractor safety programs.
Operations Support
Process optimization studies, Aspen modeling, debottlenecking, throughput troubleshooting, and energy usage optimization.
Operator Training
Process-specific training covering water systems, energy efficiencies, boiler/HRSG systems, and anaerobic digestion.
Drafting and 3D Modeling
- AutoCAD Drafting
- 3D Modeling
- Process Flow Diagrams
Industries
Biomass & Bioenergy · Renewable Energy · Chemicals · Agriculture
Projects
Algae-Based Nutraceuticals Production Facility
Biomass & Bioenergy
Renewable Aviation Fuel Production Process
Renewable Energy
Corn Oil Recovery Debottlenecking Study
Biomass & Bioenergy