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Gasification & Pyrolysis of Coal, Biomass and Wastes.
Expert has 18 years of research supervision experience with the University of N.Dakota Energy Research center, dealing with lab scale to large pilot scale coal gasification. This dealt mainly with bituminous and subbituminous coals, and extension of same technology to…
Lab Safety in Industry and Academia (Pre/Post-Sec.): Medical, Forensic, Clinical, Biotech and Pharma
Expert worked for Dow Chemical Company's Lab overseas as a process research chemist. During his time with Dow, he was engrained in his work and lab safety activities. President of organization that provides advice on regulatory compliance, facilities design safety…
Petroleum Reservoirs, Coalbed Methane, CBM, Shale Gas, Unconventional Gas, Sorption, Sorbed Gas
The emergence of "unconventional reservoirs" as the principal focus of present-day fossil fuels exploration has blurred the boundaries between what were at one time distinct resource categories, based upon specific production technologies. The unifying theme of this group of topics…
Refining – FCCU/Hydroprocessing/Delayed Coking, Power – Fossil Fuel/Supercritical
Expert has worked in the valve industry for over 25 years for leading companies such as Jacobs Engineering, Dresser (GE), Circor, and Mogas Industries. He participated and managed projects including the design, manufacture, marketing, selling, and application of products such…
Environmental Exposure Assessment and Risk Assessment; Soil, Water, and Air Chemical Fate and Transport
Expert has over 25 years’ experience conducting environmental investigations and risk assessments for evaluating impacts to human health, property, and ecological receptors. His expertise focuses on the fate and transport of environmental contaminants, human health risk, exposure assessment, and ecological…
Metallic Surfaces and Structures, Oil and Gas Corrosion, and Alternative Fuels Corrosion Inhibitors
Expert was taught in the field of Ferrous Metallic Corrosion as early as 1974 to become Director of Research & Development for the Laboratoires SECUR in Antwerp, Belgium in 1978. Expert worked on training and supervising the FEO 23 Surface…
Engineering Cokeless Furnaces, Slurry Pipelines, Slurry Hydrocracking, Oilsand Engineering, and Tailings
Expert is a specialist in the design of gas-fired furnaces for melting of metals. He received in 2017 a grant from the National Science Foundation for the design of a cokeless melting system for ferrous castings. Expert is the author…
Oil and Gas and Refining: Processing, Consulting, Advisory, Supervision, and Process/Operations Commissioning
Through many years of studying and working on numerous different sour/acid gas treatment sections, he was able to resolve and manage both large and small absorbers, ( normally called contactors ), bringing the cleansing ratios down 0.0 on both grains…
Combustion, Air Pollution Control, and Utility and Industrial Boilers, Air Heaters, Dryers, Furnaces, Thermal Oxidizers
He has developed combustion modifications for reducing emissions of CO, unburned hydrocarbons, NOx and SO2, and specified and designed post-combustion systems for the control of NOx, SO2, HCl, and PM. These systems have been both prototype and commercial. He can…
Intellectual Property: Analysis and Strategy Development
Twenty plus years with ExxonMobil Chemical Company where Expert worked on numerous organic chemicals and their commercial applications. Inventor on 70 US patents many of which deal with said organic chemicals including chemical intermediates and polymers. Did extensive work on…