The Fluidized-Solids Unit Team at Carmagen Engineering, Inc. has the range of skills needed to address all issues in this complex technology:
These are the principal members of our Fluidized-Solids Unit Team. They are widely recognized for their capabilities and experience.
DON SHAW is our lead mechanical engineer, specializing in fluidized-solids units. He has more than 35 years experience, with special expertise in the design, startup, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of fixed equipment (including vessel internals) and piping systems in fluidized-solids units.
RICH WALTER has over 35 years of FCCU process engineering experience. His areas of expertise include unit design, startup, operations, troubleshooting, and unit optimization. Rich has participated in process improvement evaluation studies involving unit equipment constraints, alternative equipment or operating procedures required to meet objectives, and development of incentives for project justification.
FRANK BUYAN has over 35 years of FCCU process engineering experience. Primary areas of his expertise are in process design, startup, operation, troubleshooting, and licensing of FCCUs. He has conducted training seminars for refinery technical and operating staff, and he has also helped bring new FCCU technology to market.
BRUCE ARTUSO has over 47 years experience in the process design, startup, operations, operator training, and troubleshooting of FCCUs. Bruce's skill and experience enable him to develop operating methods that increase unit throughput and run length, and avoid unscheduled shutdowns.
Clients who bring our Fluidized-Solids Unit Team onboard for their projects or troubleshooting assignments get, as appropriate:
Closely related to the activities of our Fluidized-Solids Unit Team is the work that Carmagen Engineering, Inc. does in the areas of Hydroprocessing Unit Surveys and FCCU Audits.