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Green and Clean Energy: Petrochemical, Refining, and Downstream Chemical and Utilities Sectors: Pre-commissioning, Commissioning, and Plant Startup
Executive summary: Expert has 17 years' experience in the petrochemical, refining, and downstream chemical and utilities sector. His experience includes pre-commissioning, commissioning, plant routine startup, shutdown, and emergency operations. His management roles include service as process trainer and process commissioning…
Organoclays, Powder/ Bulk Solids Manufacturing/ Combustible Dust & Process Safety Management/ Continuous Improvement
Expert spent over 20 years in various roles with a leading global specialty chemical company. As Organoclay Operations Manager he was ultimately responsible for safe and efficient operation of four facilities producing wet and dry process organoclay rheological additives, urethane…
Industrial, Power and other Water Treatment, Root Cause of Operational Failures, Treatment Design and Optimization
Expert has served as a water treatment service representative, a manager and a consultant for more that 30 years. He has a thorough approach to system treatment which is data driven and knowledge based. Root causes and combined contributing causes…
Surfactant Technology, Polymerisation, PVC Manufacturing, Cleaning Products and Coatings
Expert's expertise in surface and colloid chemistry has been applied to the free radical polymerization of vinyl chloride by both the suspension and emulsion routes. He has worked in research, developing new products and process and as technical manager responsible…
Coloring, Formulating and Compounding Thermoplastics for all Processes, Rotomolding expert, materials specializing in stabilization of long life outdoor products
He has worked in or supplied the rotational molding industry since 1969. He designs and sells CNC machined research test molds to the roto industry. He has developed technology to dry color rotomolded parts without reducing the physicals and to…
Polymer Processing and Product Development (Films, Fibers, Nanofibers, Nanocomposites)
PROCESS/STRUCTURE/PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS Expert has extensive experience and recognized accomplishments in process/structure/property relationships in polymers, especially processes involving polymer orientation and crystallization. Polymers in which he has primary experience include polyesters (PET, PEN, PBT, PTT, PLA), polyamides (PA6, PA66), and polyolefins…
Explosives Instrument Detection, Trace Explosives Chemical Analysis, Optical Spectroscopy, Polymers
Expert has spent over 15 years working in the field of analytical chemistry of various labile organic compounds and macromolecules. He worked on the quantitative and qualitative analysis of highly involatile species that required special sample preparation and processing. These…
Rubber Compounding, Compression, Vacuum and Injection Molding, Rubber Extrusion, Elastomer Selection, Nanoaditives for Rubber Application
Expert's comprehensive experience involves: Definition of the correct compression molding procedure. Production of rubber compound, or its adaptations to that one already known, to meet the process requirements, less energy consumption and better productivity. He also knows systems of flash…
Adhesive Consulting, Formulating, & Research in Structural, PSA, Hot Melt, Epoxy, Urethane, & Wood
Expert D. Expert has done adhesive failure analysis projects in connection with establishing cause in litigation cases or in research and production problems. For example, a wood millwork manufacturer claimed an adhesive was faulty, resulting in customer loss and damages.…
Plastics: Extrusion & Flexible Packaging
Expert has applied his background in chemical engineering to film extrusion with raw material suppliers, equipment suppliers and film fabricators. His background is useful for benchmarking, product development, troubleshooting and training in most polymer film processes. He has purchased, installed…