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Expert Details

Fluidization Processes (lab, pilot plant, commercial scale-up and start-up)

ID: 730650 Texas, USA

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Expert has conducted fluid bed experiments with five different commercial fluid bed processes involving all four types of powders (Group’s A, B, C, & D). His on-hands research involved all types of fluid bed reactor designs from bubbling to riser’s regions for lab unit’s (1 inch X 36 inch), pilot plants (0.5 ft. X 200 ft.), and commercial plants (26 ft. X 250 ft.) His experience involved design, modeling, scale-up, sampling, analytical analyses, safety analyses, procedures, commissioning, start-up, operations and unique solutions. He has patents and publications in the Fluidization field and especially in ammoxidation improvements. Also, Expert has extensive experience in non-fluidize area in hydrogenation and oxidation fields such as purified terephthalic acid (expert witness) and cyclohexanol – cycloxanone (patent). His experience involves scale-ups from lab to pilot to commercial scale operations.

He consulted for a Chinese Engineering Client in comparing their technology to the older PTA, which he helped develop in the 1970’s. His expert witness report in 2011 resulted in favorable settlement for his client.He consulted for a US Saudi Petrochemical branch in the 2000’s to develop the proper scalable fluid bed lab reactor for catalyst development and process improvements. He consulted for a US start-up Energy Company in 2007 to properly set-up fluid bed reactor test guidelines for obtaining scalable data and later assisted in designing and planning a full size pilot plant.He consulted for a US Engineering Company in 2005 to develop guidelines and data acquisition on an existing Pilot unit to obtaining scalable Fluid Bed basic data.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1966 Degree: BS Subject: Chemistry Institution: St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2009 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Senior Consultant Department: Consultant
Responsibilities:
He response to general questions involving fluidization and selected petrochenicals processes such as purified terephthalic acid (expert witness).
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2007 to 2009 Employer: Great Point Energy, Inc Title: Specialist / Consultant Department: Commissioning and Operations
Responsibilities:
He developed test guidelines and procedures for obtaining data from a leased Pilot Gasification Plant. He assisted in design and planning for a new Fluid Bed Pilot Plant. He wrote procedures, trained Operators, developed commissioning plans, and supported successful Commissioning of a $ 50 MM Pilot Gasification Plant. Later he supported Operations, solved several technical & operating issues, which lead to a successful Pilot Plant routine operation.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2005 to 2006 Employer: Fluor Daniels, Inc Title: Field Specialist Department: Engineering
Responsibilities:
He developed the basic data for a new process in making high purity Silicon for Solar Panel Industry. He support a new Fluid Bed Pilot Plant operation, trained operators and obtained the data to design a full scale commerical plant.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2003 to 2004 Employer: Solena Group, Inc Title: Manager, Operations and Maintenance Department: Operations and Maintenance
Responsibilities:
He developed basic costs and project summary for a Plasma Gasification and Renewable Energy Center to be located near San Juan, Puerto Rico. He also supported numerous Feasibility Studies for future Gasification plants in Europe and Asia.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1966 to 2002 Employer: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co Title: Senior Research Associate Department: Nylon and Lycra R&D
Responsibilities:
He worked for 36 years in sixteen difference chemical processes involving unit operations in Fluid Beds, Fixed Beds, Slurry Beds, Liquid and Gas Reactors. He worked in Laboratories, Pilot Plants and Commercial plants in various capacities from Chemist, Supervisor, Operations Managements, Research and Development. He obtained three US Patents and co-author three publications in Fluidization Conferences. He has been involved in eleven process commissioning and start-ups for the DuPont Company.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 2011 to 2011 Country / Region: Beijing, China Summary: He prepared an Expert Witness report for an Chinese Engineering Client in PTA Technologies.
Years: 1996 to 2000 Country / Region: Asturias, Spain Summary: He provided senior leadership in successfully and safely starting up a $200MM investment in new Circulating Fluid Bed technology for Maleic Acid. Including shift resource and trouble-shooting leadership. He developed and implemented an extensive special sampling and analysis program of various plant streams which provided information to resolve start-up and operating difficulties, and demonstrated design deficiencies.
Years: 1984 to 1994 Country / Region: Cologne, Germany Summary: He consulted on an on going bases for several laboratory, pilot-plant and commercial-scale experiments on Fluid Bed units for Acrylonitrile improvements.
Years: 1986 to 1999 Country / Region: London, England Summary: He supervised numerous studies at University College London (UCL) to develop a greater understanding of gas entry into fluid beds. Several of these studies resulted in various internal and external articles, reports and presentations.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1994.
Publications and Patents Summary
He has 3 patents and 3 publications in Fluidization field.

Fields of Expertise

fluidized bed research, ammoxidation reaction, cyclohexanol-cyclohexanone, purified terephthalic acid, manufacturing procedure, plant test, fixed-bed reactor, lock out tag procedure, chemical plant operation, laboratory procedure, Hazard and Operability study, powder conveying, process failure modes and effects analysis, process characterization, plant operations management, adipic acid, cyclohexanol-cyclohexanone production, terephthalic acid production, terephthalic acid, cyclohexanol, chemical plant start-up, maleic anhydride, chemical processing plant start-up, material balance, continuous process, chemical process equipment evaluation, fluidization, elutriation, new chemical process research and development, standard operating procedure, coal bed methane production, fluidized bed pilot plant testing, pilot plant process development, chemical processing plant, chemical research and development, pilot plant operations management, pilot plant design, pilot plant, pilot plant studying, chemical pilot plant development, particle-size analysis, pilot plant scale-up, chemical process development, petrochemical, manufacturing process development, oxidation-reduction reaction, petrochemical operations, chemical production, chemical plant manufacturing, production process, operations research, program evaluation-and-review technique, chemical reactor design, laboratory, fluidized-bed reactor, experiment, research, operations, autoclaving, cyclohexanone, maintenance, coal, acrylonitrile, aniline, chemical reaction mechanism, procedure, fluidized bed, testing, powder handling, particle fluidization, operations management, coal gasification, chemical reactor scale-up, chemical reactor

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