Vinyl Chloride Monomer Production Technology Expert (Cracking Furnace, Macromolecular Compounds and Chemical Engineering)

Technical Consultant #2549

Cracking furnaces: EDC, (Ethylene Dichloride) Cracking furnaces at high (20 atm) or low (9 atm) pressure, methane gas or LPG combustion, and horizontal burners.
Distillation columns: All types of distillation columns (package or tray columns) in various operation conditions, (high pressure; low pressure; vacuum).
Oxychlorination reactors: Oxygen feed reactors; fluidized bed catalyst.
Chlorination reactors - liquid phase reaction; high or low chlorination temperature.
Refrigeration units (1.1 Gcal/h): F22 unit including screw compressor, York refrigeration unit.
Chlorinated waste incineration unit: Heat recovery system by low pressure steam production; and HCL absorption system.
Steam and condense unit - steam saturation system by condense injection; steam pressure reduction system, (three stages from 30 atm to 2.5 atm).
Loading / unloading rail track.

Equipment Specialization

Centrifugal pumps - one or 5 stage pumps; discharge pressure 4 atm up to 60 atm.
Reciprocating pumps
Vacuum pumps
Liquid ring blowers
Screw compressors
Centrifugal compressors
Oxygen Feed Reactors
Tanks and vessels for liquid gas storage (vinyl chloride, NH3, R22, HCl ).

Expert Witness

Representative of a case in the field vinyl chloride.

Independent Contractor, Present

Oltchim S.A.,Rm., Valcea, Romania, PVC Factory Director, 1984 - 2018

Administrative and Technological Manager for OLTCHIM’s VCM, (Vinyl Chloride Monomer), PVC, (Polyvinyl Chloride) and plants.

Plant Manager, VCM (Vinyl Chloride Monomer)

Administrative and Technological Manager for OLTCHIM’s VCM plant.
Supervised activity in VCM plant in order to: ensure safety of personnel and assets, reach high efficiency (in terms of figure consumptions, capacity rate etc.), get high quality products, avoid pollution.
Elaborated the annual requirements for raw materials and chemicals (according to production plan).
Proposed the figure consumptions.
Proposed the maintenance program.
Elaborated the daily program for extra–routine activities.
Coordinated the intervention in case of emergency.
Organized the specific training for personnel.
Ensured daily activity is in accordance with Operating Code Regulations.
Coordinated production activity with respect to manufacturing technology, product quality and compliance with consumer rules.
Participated in company programs such as loss prevention compliance, insurance, incident investigation, safety, inspection and audit
Performed the incident reporting, off-spec production reporting and similar analysis, determined and implemented the improvement measures.
Ensured assistance in maintaining plant and technology integrity and reviewed and improved the manufacturing procedures.

Project manager

Main projects: VCM plant modernization and chlorinated organic compounds incineration.

Chief of VCM installation

Technological Manager for a part of VCM plant (Cracking unit; VCM-purification unit; Waste water treatment; Steam and condense unit).

Process Engineer

EPC, (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) Project, Oil and Gas

Functioned in the rolls of: Commissioning Supervisor, Commissioning Engineering and Pre commissioning Supervisor, for the ASAB3 Gas plant and petrochemistry sectors.

Chyoda Utility, Singapore, Commissioning Supervisor, 2017

Technip LTD, Saudi Arabia, Commissioning Supervisor, 2015

Technip, France, Commissioning Engineer, 2012 - 2013

Commissioning, start-up , performance test and operation of ASAB 3, NGL plant (ABU DHABI, UAE).

Krebs- Engineering, France, Commissioning Engineer, 1997 - 1998

Commissioning, start-up, performance test, operation of INDOVYL-VCM plant (Merak, Indonesia).

Credentials

Languages

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute, University of Bucharest, Romania