2025 Spring Meeting and 21st Global Congress on Process Safety

Session: Kister Distillation Symposium 2025: Honoring the Contributions of Andre Bernard: Troubleshooting and Revamp in Ethylene Plant and Petrochemical Columns

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Chair

Henry Kister, Fluor Inc

Co-Chairs

Nicholas Urbanski, Exxonmobil Upstream Integrated Solutions Company

Presentations

01:35 PM

(17a) Andre Bernard Journey to Chemical Engineering
Cassandra Hunt

02:05 PM

(17b) Design & Operation Strategies for Fouling Tower Services in Ethylene Plants
Andre Bernard

02:35 PM

(17c) Revamp of a 50-Year-Old Quench Tower with Modern Internals
Mariyana Chalakova, Ludwig Bauer, Michael Eichinger, Carolin Schrüfer, Jaimin Mistry, Felix Flegiel

03:05 PM

(17d) The Butterfly Effect: How a Column Revamp Improved the Performance of an Ethylene Oxide Plant.
Pankajkumar Mavjibhai Paghdar, Ming Yang Lee, Mohammad Ahmad Khawdah, Saad Almolled, Mohammed Ali Sekhan-Al, Vinit Kale, Sheng Jun Xu, Chandrakant Joshi

03:50 PM

(17e) C2 Splitter Pressure Control Problems and Solutions
Andre Bernard

04:20 PM

(17f) Overview of C3 Splitter Revamp - an Analysis of Background, Design Strategy, Execution, and Operation
Senthil Krishnamoorthy, Vinit Kale, Mohammad Ahmad Khawdah, Ali Abdulaziz Alsultan, Mahesh Srinivas

04:50 PM

(17g) Maximize Heat Pump Distillation Capacity via Material Balance Control and Equipment Design
Charles Herzog