The Pilot Plants programming area/committee (was Area 12a, now Area 12b) has been active within AIChE since the 1980's with an average of two programming sessions at the AIChE Annual and National Meetings. It was the only functional area in the Engineering Group (Group 12) of the AIChE National Programming Committee.
The Pilot Plant area was an industrial based programming group, which evolved from a petrochemical constituency to include participants from specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical companies, as well as a minor academia component.
In mid-1990's the Pilot Plant committee/area scope was broadened beyond programming, to include other activities such as benchmarking, networking, university-industry interactions, and others. The need to expand beyond Pilot Plants to upstream and downstream process development activities became obvious.
Following November '96 Chicago Conference Pilot Plants Committee Meeting, the group name was changed from "Engineering" to "Process Development", and the Pilot Plants area became one of the 4 proposed areas of the new Group 12 - Process Development.
The Pilot Plant leadership evolved further during the establishment of the Process Development Group (1996-1999). The current leadership is shown under the Structure page.
Pilot Plants Area Leadership
Years |
Area Chair |
Vice Chair |
| 1984-1988 | Rich Palluzi (Exxon) | |
| 1986-1988 | Hank Kohlbrand (Dow) | |
| 1988-1990 | Shiah Cherney (Chevron) | |
| 1990-1992 | Paul Szabo (Xerox) | Dennis Olander (3M) |
| 1992-1994 | Dennis Olander (3M) | George Liebermann (Xerox), 1994 |
| 1994-1996 | George Liebermann (Xerox) | Prabir Basu (Searle) |
| 1996-1997 | Prabir Basu (Searle) | Mark Langer (SC Johnson) |
1997 Meetings
1997 Spring – Houston
Unit Operations in Process Development
- Bob Duggal - Ethyl
Technology Transfer
- David Edwards - Zeton
- Prabir Basu – Searle
- Brian Swierenga – Parke-Davis
1997 Fall – Los Angeles
Safety and Responsible Care
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John Corn - Ashland
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Rich Palluzi - Exxon
Pilot Plant Reaction Engineering
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Kamlesh Bhatia - DuPont
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Cawas Cooper - Air Products
Poster Session: Pictures of Pilot Plants
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George Liebermann - Xerox
1996 Meetings
1996 Spring – New Orleans
Experimental Strategies for Pilot Plants
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Juergen Hozhauer – Amoco Chemical Co.
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Mark Langer – S. C. Johnson Polymer
Waste Optimization in Pilot Plants
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Shiah Cherney – Chevron
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Rich Palluzi – Exxon
1996 Fall – Chicago
Process Design of Pilot Plants
- Mark Langer – S. C. Johnson Polymer
- Stan Yoslov – Chicago Chemical Consultants Corp.
Pilot Plants in Pharmaceutical Industries
- Prabir Basu – Searle
- John McCall – Hoechst Celanese
1995 Meetings
1995 Spring – Houston
Safety Practices in Pilot Plants
- Juergen Hozhauer – Amoco
- Archie Bennett – Zeton, Inc.
Pilot Plant Operations
- Prabir Basu – Searle
- Mark Langer – S. C. Johnson Polymer
1995 Fall – Miami Beach
Modelling and Simulation in Pilot Plants (Joint session with group 10a – Syst. & Proc. Design)
- Shiah Cherney – Chevron
- Reed L. Christensen – Eastman Chemical
- Donald Harvey – Lubrizol
Pilot Plant and Scale-up Education (Joint session with group 4 – Education)
- Kamlesh K. Bhatia – DuPont Science & Engineering
- Prof. Robert L. Kabel – Penn State University
- Dennis Olander – 3M
1994 Meetings
1994 Spring – Atlanta
Inst. & Control Systems in Pilot Plants
- Prabir Basu – Searle
- Shiah Cherney – Chevron Research Co.
- Chemists & Chem. Engrs. in the Pilot Plant
- Paul Szabo – Xerox
- Lewis Grisby – Witco
1994 Fall – San Francisco
Inst. & Control Systems in Pilot Plants
- Joe Lambert – Parr Inst. Co.
- Shiah Cherney – Chevron
Env. & Regulatory Issues in Pilot Plants (Joint Session with Group 9 – Environmental Div.)
- Dennis Olander – 3M
- Stan Yoslov – Amoco
1993 Meetings
1993 Spring – Houston
Pilot Plant Equipment Selection
- Neal Zislin – BP America
- David Dickey – Robbins & Myers, Inc.
Design of Pilot Plants for Safety
- Larry Flatley – Exxon Chemical
- Charlotte Farmer – Eastman Chemical
1993 Fall – St. Louis
Process Scale-up in Pilot Plants
- Paul Szabo – Xerox
- Juergen Holzhauer – Amoco
Viscous Mixing Phenomena and Scale-up of Polymerization Processes (Joint Session with Group 3a – Mixing)
- Davis Hubbard – Michigan Tech.
1992 Meetings
1992 Spring – New Orleans
The Role of Pilot Plants in the Commercialization of Processes
- Kamlesh Bhatia – DuPont
- Paul Szabo – Xerox
Analytical Methods in Pilot Plants
- Joe Lambert – Xytel
- Ed Barthelmes – Autoclave Engineers
1992 Fall – Miami Beach
Scale-up/Scale-dn Approach in P.P. Des & Op
- Paul Szabo – Xerox Research Centre of Canada
- Dennis Olander – 3M
Health, Env. And Safety Considerations in Pilot Plant Design and Operation
- George Liebermann – Xerox
- Shiah Cherney – Chevron
1991 Meetings
1991 Spring – Houston
Hazards Evaluation in Pilot Plants – Minimizing the Chance of War Stories
- Keith Hayes – Dow Corning
- Shiah Cherney – Chevron Research Co.
1991 Fall – Los Angeles
No Sessions Sponsored
1990 Meetings
1990 Spring – Orlando
Building vs. Buying Pilot Plants
- Shiah Cherney – Chevron
1990 Fall – Chicago
Instrumentation and Controls in Pilot Plants
- Rich Palluzi – Exxon Res. & Eng.
Round Table Discussion on Pilot Plants
Startup Problems
- Jay Khadye – IMP Systems, Inc.
- Shiah Cherney – Chevron
1989 Meetings
1989 Spring – Houston
Retrofitting Pilot Plants with New Instrumentation
- Richard Chylla – S. C. Johnson and Son, Inc.
- Rodger Kruse – S. C. Johnson and Son, Inc.
Health, Environmental, and Safety Considerations in Pilot Plants
- Shiah Cherney – Chevron Research Co.
- Henry Kohlbrand – Dow
1989 – San Francisco
Pilot Plants in Specialty Batch Organic Synthesis
- Paul Szabo – Xerox
- Larry Flatley – Exxon Chemical Co.
War Stories on Pilot Plant Equipment
- Larry Flatley – Exxon Chemical Co.
- Paul Szabo – Xerox
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