Process Development Division Area 12B -Pilot Plants Steering Committee Meeting

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Process Development Division Area 12B -Pilot
PlantsSteering Committee Meeting

• AIChE Spring Meeting
• New Orleans, LA
• Tuesday April 27, 2004
• 500 - 730 pm

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AGENDA

• Introductions
• Mission Statement Review
• Area Leadership and upcoming elections
• Programming Review (2004, 2005, 2006)
• Current Action Items
• New Business
• Benchmarking Study

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Mission Statement

• The Pilot Plant Area is a forum for active
  interchange of ideas and for the continual
  improvement of Pilot Plant contributions to
  quality research and effective scale-up.
• AIChE programming, benchmarking, operation
  reviews, and extensive networking form the
  backbone of the Area activities.

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Area 12B Leadership

• Chair David Edwards, Zeton Inc.
• Chair-Elect Joe Powell, Shell USA
• Activities Chair Michael VonDeak, Pfizer Inc.
• Past Chair Bob Duggal, Ethyl Corporation

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Programming.

• Spring 2004 (New Orleans, LA)
• Mixing in Pilot Plants
• Chair Aaron Sarafinas
• Co-Chair Richard Grenville
• Co-Sponsored by NAMF (Group 6)
• Cancelled through lack of papers

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Programming.

• Fall 2004 (Austin, TX)
• Bioreactor Pilot Plants
• Prof. S.T. Yang, Dan Schell
• Elegant Experimental Methodology in Pilot Plants
• Marc Privitera, Brian Johnson
• Membrane Process Design and Scale-up
  Considerations
• Glenn Lipscomb (Group 2), Robert A. Cross
• RD Management Topical 3 Six Sigma Usage in the
  CPI
• Frank van Lier (Group 5), Bob Duggal
• Pilot Plant Benchmarking Study Results
• Bob Duggal, David Edwards

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Programming.

• Spring 2005 (Atlanta, GA)
• Fuel Cell and Gas to Liquid Fuels Pilot Plants
• Chair Ramesh Rameswaran (Area 12b)
• Co-Chair Galen Suppes (Area 16e)
• Co-Sponsored by FPD (Group 16)
• Part of the Fuel Cell Topical Conference

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Programming.

• Fall 2005 (Cincinnati, OH)
• Pilot Plant Economics
• Mitch Loescher, Peter Smith
• Safety in Design and Operation - Pilot Plants and
  Unit Operation Labs
• John Corn, Dennis Hendershot
• Co-Sponsored by SHD (Group 11)
• PG Pilot Plant Facility Tour
• Adrian Angell, David Edwards

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Programming.

• Spring 2006 (Orlando, FL)
• Pilot Plant Success Stories
• Chair David Edwards (Group 12)
• Vice-Chair TBA (Group 12)

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Programming.

• Fall 2006 (San Francisco, CA)
• Pilot Plants Mini-Topical
• Scale-up and Scale-down in Pilot Plants
• Chair, Vice-Chair
• Unit Operations in Pilot Plants
• Chair, Vice-Chair
• Pilot Plant Instrumentation and Control Systems
• Chair, Vice-Chair
• Pilot Plants in the Food and Allied Industries
• Chair, Vice-Chair
• Poster Session Pictures of Pilot Plants

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Potential Session Topics...

• Analytical techniques/devices for pilot plants
• Pharmaceutical pilot plants - regulations and
  environmental challenges
• Process safety management in pilot plants
• Bio-informatics/Bio-technology
• Generic drugs and related topics
• Bio-processing
• Bio-tech Pilot Plants
• Polymer Processing in Pilot Plants
• Syngas Pilot Plants
• Contract Pilot Plants (contracting either as a
  supplier of pilot plant services or a client)
• Constructability issues for Pilot Plants
• Careers in Pilot Plants
• Microbiological and Cleanliness Challenges in
  Pilot Plants

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Potential Session Topics

• Miniaturization of Pilot Plants
• Cost-Driven Pilot Plants (Funding)
• Process Control and Data Acquisition in Pilot
  Plants
• Marketing of Pilot Plants (internal see next
  topic or External for purposes of contracting
  services)
• Time-to-Market
• Successful Pilot Plant Design
• Pilot Plant Productivity (Metrics used to define
  equipment/personnel/reliability)
• Pilot Plants as Part of the Corporate
  Structure/Organization
• Optimum Sizing of Pilot Plants
• Internal or Contract Pilot Plants ?
• Pilot Plant Tools and Techniques
• Pilot Plant Equipment Selection
• Use of Computer Simulation to Support Pilot Plant
  Design and Operation

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Current Action Items

• Continue the Pilot Plants benchmarking initiative
  (Bob Duggal et al).

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New Business

• Create and Oversee a Pilot Plants Web
  Forum/Message Board and Vendor Area (DE)
• Hosted on www.eng-tips.com
• Define more clearly roles of Chair, Chair-Elect
  and Activities Chair (DE)
• Collaboration with Univ. of Wisconsin on
  continuing education course on pilot plants and
  scale-up (JP)
• Contact AIChE regarding Fall meeting room
  allocation (DE)
• Run a mini-series of pilot plant articles in CEP
  (DE)

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Pilot Plant Benchmarking
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Benchmarking Topics

• Business objectives for pilot plants
• Staffing and operation of pilot plants
• Pilot Plant Automation
• EHS issues in Pilot Plants

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Benchmarking Team

• Bob Duggal, Ethyl Corp.
• Joe Powell, Shell USA
• Dan Pintar, UOP
• Richard Palluzi, ExxonMobil