my background
Reactor design, development and modeling
- Isobutane dehydrogenation to isobutene: fired tube reactor
- Ethylene trimerization to 1-hexene: CSTR
- Propylene dimerization to 4-methyl 1-pentene
- Glucose hydrogenation to hexane, bubble column
- Dynamic model of commercial fixed bed demonstrating cause of temperature runaway during startup
Kinetic model development
- Obtained kinetic rate data for isobutane deyhdrogenation using Berty reactor
- Developed numerical kinetic model of Ryton (R) polymerization to predict molecular weight distribution
- Aided catalyst developers in designing experiments to obtain kinetic data for other systems
Process simulation
Developed models using: Aspen Plus, Hysys, Chemcad
Optimization
Long distance gas transportation; barge fleet size for chemical transport
Fluid dynamics
- Used Fluent (R) CFD program to improve processes
- Aided in design of offshore pipelines using OLGA (R)
- Developed kinetic model of wax deposition in oil and condensate pipelines
Employment
- Current: Independent consultant
- Past: Phillips Petroleum and DuPont
Patents
8 US patents
Education
- Kansas State University, BS, ChE
- University of Texas, PhD, ChE