| Client |
Gladieux Refining and
Ergon
Refining |
 |
| Location |
Fort Wayne, IN and Vicksburg, MS |
| Projects |
Crude/Product Redesign, and two Capacity
Expansion Projects |
| Duration |
1974 - 1980 |
| Scope |
Process Design, Equipment Expediting and
Commissioning |
| Role |
Process Engineer for Design and Commissioning
Phases |
| Tasks |
All Three Revamp Projects
-
Performed simulations, process equipment & line specs, P&ID’s, Heat & Mat’l
Balances; During startup did control loop commissioning and
panel operator training.
1) Jet Fuel for Gladieux Refinery
- 1974-75 Crude column and Merox treater upgrade to meet military JP-4
specifications for Indiana Air National Guard. Jerry had me
calculate crude tower by hand, so that I really understood
tray-by-tray impact of e.g. "pumparounds"
2) Expansion of Gladieux Refinery
-
1976-77 Design/startup of mods under Old
Oil / New Oil New
design handled broad crude range from 26° to 38° API, used split
overhead condensers to cover requirements.
-
Process assessment of impact on crude column,
overhead systems, pumparounds, with switch from sweet light crude
3) Expansion of Ergon Refinery
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1978-80 Process design and startup of major
expansion to 25,000 BPSD of Ergon Refining’s Vicksburg, MS refinery,
&
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R&D on stable “coal-oil mixture” technology for
pipelining coal suspended in residual oil to Mississippi Power &
Light
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