Upgraded HIPS process to produce Stress Crack Resistant HIPS for refrigerator liners, including product support at customer’s extrusion facility (JSC Concern Stirol)
Process Design for 90,000 metric tonne GPPS and 40,000 tonne HIPS lines, including Technology Manual, Operating Manual, Laboratory Manual, Operator Training, startup supervision, product support (Petrochina)
POLYSTY DV-Plus unit achieved 120-150 ppm styrene in GP Polystyrene,
as a bolt-on revamp of existing commercial unit. Client immediately
requested study for another unit for its second production line.
(JSC Concern Stirol)
Lead process design engineers, generated manuals, trained operators,
and managed construction inspections and startup for NOVA 100,000T
PS license process in Taiwan
Process design development for a 60% rate hike at Nova Canada,
Montreal facility (three McCurdy reactor plus prepoly)
Developed operating conditions for rate increases of
25% HIPS / 80% GPPS in a swing line process (Nova Chemicals)
Pilot plant process design for multi-product polymer development
(confidential international petrochemical firm)
Developed conditions and managed trials for high-MW GPPS
(1.6 versus 2.5 melt flow index), with 20% rate increase
(Deltech Polymers)
Leader of product team that developed new HIPS initiator system that
allowed direct competition with Dow products (Polysar Canada Plastics)
Led HIPS initiator optimization which enabled a 15% rate improvement in
an existing line which had operated 25 years at unchanged conditions
(confidential)
Developed conditions for high-MW product from low purity monomer
(Deltech)
High conversion PS reactor design, modeled performance for 4-15%
rate increase (confidential)
Developed and implemented high-profit PSMMA retrofit in GPPS line
at minimal cost (Deltech Polymers)
Comprehensive DIERS rupture disk evaluation
(multiple plants, multiple clients)
Detailed operating cost analysis of various processes, for stand-alone
and competitive benchmarking comparisons, and due diligence
Wide range of demonstrated operating problem solving, including:
Vapor space buildup in prepolymerizer reactor
Styrene and Polystyrene liquid entrainment
Pumping issues
Corrosion and materials selection
Modified many control schemes for improved operability, product
