(79a) Rolf Prince and His Work, Particularly Research into Distillation Technology
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2019
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety
Kister Distillation Symposium
Kister Distillation Symposium 2019: Legacy of Professor Rolf Prince: New Frontiers and Innovation in Distillation Trays
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 8:05am to 8:35am
This work will discuss the outstanding research contributions of Emeritus Professor Rolf Prince AO, who passed away in Sydney aged 88, his remarkable personal story as a refugee saved from Nazi Germany and his outstanding professional career, recognised globally for his contribution to chemical engineering. Awarded the Order of Australia in 1997, he kept working at the University of Sydney for the next twenty years, stopped by illness only a few months before his death. Many have commented on his energy, and his frenetic pace only seemed to increase in his âretirementâ. His contributions to distillation technology, and particularly to sieve plate development and bio-distillation, will be reviewed in more detail in this paper.