Biography:
Expert on Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology (catalyst, reactors, products upgrading and plant configuration). Manager FT catalysis at Sasol, Head Process Development FT at Sasol, Sr Eng CSIR (Pretoria), Director FT at Conoco-Phillips, VP and co-founder EFT (Tulsa), VP Catalysis at SGCE (Houston). Consultant/ed on R&D and operating synfuels and chemical companies. Developed and improved FT catalysts (from lab to commercial production) used for production 100,000+ BPD. Include development of 3 FT catalysts in current use. More than 60 US granted patents, and numerous papers as well as plenary lectures, presentations at conferences, universities and research teams (eg Sasol, IFP, ENI, two workshops at WorldGTL, Qatar, etc). Coordinator development FT Slurry reactor (in use for 34,000 BPD, Qatar) BSC Petrochemical Eng (UNI, 1972), MSc Chem Eng (LSU, 1975, USA), Dr Eng (Potchefstroom University, South Africa). Emeritus Professor (UNI, Lima, Peru).
Title : Main Variables on the Design of a Fixed Bed Reactor