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Mobil R&D, P.E.R.F. projects
on Process Reduction of Pollution
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| Client |
Mobil Corp'n operating facilities |
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| Location |
Princeton NJ then Washington DC |
| Project |
Technologies to reduce pollution
from crude oil refining
processes |
| Duration |
1991 - 1995, and 2002 (for EPA) |
| Scope |
Projects by Mobil R&D, pilots by
Facilities, and shared-funding
PERF (Petroleum Environmental Research
Forum) R&D projects
under leadership of Mobil R&D Corp's Vice President
Jack
Wise |
| Role |
Team leader for Mobil R&D to identify any process
engineering means of reducing/quantifying air and or wastewater
pollution |
| Tasks |
- In a multi-discipline MRDC team overseeing
a multi-million budget across fundamental R&D, applied R&D,
engineering
- Participated in PERF quarterly
meetings
with other majors to agree on viable projects to co-fund; sites to
test them
- Chaired PERF's Refining ("Downstream")
Discussion
Group
- Lead
PERF
92-19 with Chevron on "Combustion Air Toxics" at
Sandia CRF
with academic
collaboration & peer review
- Active in
PERF
91-14 on BP's "Reducing Desalter Emulsions" with
field testing means to reduce emulsions in desalters
- Did data analysis
for a refinery intermediate process fluids speciation study as part
of
PERF 94-05, "Cooperative Air Program for CAA Compliance
Research", lead by Shell
- Used results from PERF
93-19 "Dispersion Modeling Project" to look at adjacent process
equipment impact in dispersion
- Updated "Lessons
Learned" for U.S. EPA
Gas STAR
program while working as a contractor to U.S.
EPA, OSHA
and DOE
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