SUMMARY
Strengths: Technical ability,
effective client communication, troubleshooting and optimization of chemical
processes.
EDUCATION
1986 - BS,
EXPERIENCE
8/96 - Present: President and
Chemical Engineer – Chambers Process Engineering - Wilmington, NC
Special Projects:
· Process
design engineer working with client to debottleneck existing polyphenylene
sulfide facility to increase
nameplate capacity 25% in 1998 and an additional 20% in 1999. 1998
shutdown successfully met production rate
increase. Project was on schedule and within budget ($10MM).
· Process design work included: 6 months of
detailed process study of existing heat and material balances of
operation and working with operation personnel to identify capacity
bottlenecks. Also worked to troubleshoot
distillation recovery system (4 towers in series) which periodically was
limited to 40% of internal design rates.
Determined trouble was due to excess fines in feed, pH control problems and
internal accumulation of minor
component in feed.
· Other duties included: factored cost estimates
provided for plantwide upgrades, PFD & P&ID generation, PHA
(process hazard analyses) leadership, process equipment data sheets,
specifications, quotation and vendor
selection, process input for all instruments, control logic overview and
coordination with DCS programmers,
supervised all piping design needs, provided overview for scheduling and
interdiscipline coordination including
during contraction phase. After construction provided checkout,
commissioning, and start-up assistance.
Highlighted unit operations include:
·
New vacuum batch flash cooling
system for reactor slurry
· Slurry
particle classification (sifting) upgrade
· Liquid
hot oil heating system addition
· Additional
cooling tower cell
· Upgrade
to heat exchangers for distillation towers
· Upgrade
to tower internals
· Various
slurry piping and flow control upgrades
· Vertical
decanters (2) installation
· Filter
press installation
· Additional
raw material tankage
· Tempered
water system upgrade
· Automation
of sifting and decanting operation
2-96 - 8/96:
Principal Process Design Engineer – McKim & Creed Engineers - Wilmington,
NC
8-92 - 2/96:
Principal Process Design Engineer - Perigon, PA - Charlotte and Wilmington, NC
Special Projects:
Responsibilities
included developing Process Scope Packages, PFD’s and P&ID’s, equipment and
piping specifications, and cost estimates (factored and detailed) for projects
with TIC’s ranging from $50K to $4000K. Also provided project coordination of
piping, electrical, instrumentation, programming and
civil/structural/architectural disciplines during detail design phase.
Checkout, commissioning and start-up assistance provided upon client
request. Additional frequent process tasks/deliverables included:
Process Optimization Studies, troubleshooting efforts, relief valve sizing
calculations, leading HAZOP studies, and ensuing design compliance with OSHA
1910 regulations.
Highlighted unit operations include:
· Batch polymerization systems
·
Thin file evaporation systems
·
Hot oil heating systems (liquid and vapor)
·
Catalysts addition systems
·
Polymer extrusion and chip cutting optimization
·
Biofilter
· Unloading, weighing and closed loop dilute
phase conveying of dust explosion sensitive NDC (PEN polymer recursor)
·
Polymer gear pump, diverter valve and die head installation
·
Dense phase conveying of PET pellet system
· Ammonia recovery system
·
Miscellaneous waste treatment projects
·
Organic vapor fugitive recovery system
6/86 - 8/92: Production /
Project Engineer - Pfizer / ADM, Citric Acid Plant - Southport, NC
Special Projects:
Production / Project
Engineer at a citric acid plant excelling in process optimization, automation
and troubleshooting. Lead player for numerous expansions and DCS
automation projects. Unit operations included:
· Ultra filtration (spiral wrapped)
·
Centrifugation, stacked disc and vertical screen
·
Rotary drum, gravity and belt press filtration systems
·
Batch & continuous reactions
·
Multiple stage evaporation and crystallization
·
Pressure leaf filtration
·
Rotary drum drying, mechanical and pneumatic conveying, sifting
·
High speed bag packaging and palletizing
· · · ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS TO PROCESS CHALLENGES