1) Defined pilot plant protocol to maximize data usefulness for agitation scale-up, and interpreted/scaled
up the results.
2) Coordinated technology transfer for agitator manufacture in China.
3) Wrote detailed process and mechanical specifications for an agitation system for viscous gum fermentation.
4) Evaluated the feasibility of new processes using existing mixing equipment.
5) Process troubleshooting.
6) Mechanical troubleshooting.
7) Mixer application engineering for various applications, such as ethanol production and flue gas
desulfurization.
8) Design of agitation systems for various aerobic fermentations.
9) Calculation of power and mass transfer profiles during fed batch fermentations.
10) Mixer market research.
11) Mixer product development.
12) Evaluation of new agitator impeller technology for potential equipment retrofits
13) Analysis, scale-up, translation to U.S. standards of a European fermentation process, including equipment specification, vendor bid evaluation and approval
drawing review
14) Process and mechanical start-up assistance, including process performance
evaluation.
15) Sourcing and evaluation of engineering service providers and equipment vendors in China
16) Analysis and modeling of non-Newtonian fluids to avoid "dead" spots
17) Participated in a think tank to improve cellulosic ethanol process design
18) Provided
Expert Witness documentation for claims of insufficient agitation in an ethanol facility for an arbitration proceeding.
19) Conducted laboratory testing at vendor, customer and Benztech facilities to gather data for cellulosic ethanol
scale-up, for multiple clients and feedstocks
