ROBERT L. KOHNEN, P.E.

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Springboro, OH 45066

1-937-***-****

1-937-***-**** (cell)

acumah@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Experience

**** - **** ** ********** – Recyclean Technology, LLC

2001 – 2015 President – ERAtech AFR, LLC

1993 – 1998 Director - Organic Technologies, Ltd., Dunston, England

1993 – 2010 Director - ERAtech Environmental, Ltd., Norwich, England

1985 – 1988 President - MultiTech Industries, Inc., Dayton, Ohio

1979 – 1985 Vice President, General Manager - Solvent Resource Recovery, Inc., West Carrollton, Ohio

1978 – 1979 Applications Engineer - Bench Scale Equipment Co., Dayton, OH

1975 – 1978 Plant Manager - Systems Technology Corp., Xenia, Ohio

Accomplishments

Mr. Kohnen is a registered licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Ohio. Experienced in equipment design, construction, project management and operations.

Recently, Mr. Kohnen developed a patented process whereby scrap whole tires are recycled both for their fuel and scrap metal value while charging a fee for the tire disposal. The energy value is recovered via combustion in a utility boiler while the scrap metal is sent offsite for recycling. Thus saving the fuel cost for the utility and generating revenues for the user through disposal fees and scrap metal sales.

Early in his career, he had the responsibility of installing and managing Solvent Resource Recovery, Inc.'s reclamation facility in West Carrollton, Ohio (currently owned by Veolia Environmental). This included acquiring all environmental operating and construction permits (including writing and being issued a USEPA Part A and Part B permit), distillation equipment specification, material purchases, plant layout, equipment installation and shakedown.

Mr. Kohnen has successfully worked on alternative fuels projects using Municipal Solid wastes and coal fines throughout the Midwest of the United States. His involvement included the design and layout of the processing of waste materials into fuels through the use of shredders, pelletizers and briquettes.

Mr. Kohnen designed, permitted, built and operated a state-of-the-art regional biomedical waste disposal facility in Dayton, Ohio. Included in the operation of the facility was the development of both the hardware to destroy the medical waste and the implementation of a training program to instruct the employees at the facility the proper handling and emergency response techniques necessary to operate the plant.

For a number of the sites, he was involved in the writing of the operating manuals and the training of the employees. Other projects Mr. Kohnen has led are identified on the below project list.

Concerned about recycling, resource recovery, and proper environmental controls, Mr. Kohnen has used his knowledge of combustion principles and assisted in converting twenty-four cement kilns to using whole scrap tires as a supplemental fuel. Also he has worked with ten cement kilns in augmenting their fuel usage by legally combusting hazardous waste derived fuels, internationally.

Mr. Kohnen has vast experience in the waste disposal field. His blend of environmental awareness and operational knowledge has enabled him to become recognized as a leader in the industry. He has consulted on a number of projects throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, Poland, Thailand, Chile, and Spain has presented technical information to groups in Washington, D.C. and has two patents in the field.

Education

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1975

Has taken graduate courses in the Chemical Engineering field including Reaction Kinetics, Reactor Design, Industrial Organic Chemistry, Air and Water Pollution. Worked on MBA, General Management at Wright State University.

Registration

Professional Engineer (P.E.) - 1979 - Ohio

Professional Affiliations

Rotary International - West Carrollton, Ohio - President 1995 - 1996

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Treasurer of Dayton Section 1978, 1979 and 1980

Engineers Club of Dayton

Director of Air Pollution Control Association, Southwestern Ohio Chapter - 1986, 1987

Vice Chairman of Air Pollution Control Association, Southwestern Ohio Chapter, 1988

Chairman of Air and Waste Management Association, Southwestern Ohio Chapter, 1989

Non-Professional Recognition

Who's Who - Various editions

Outstanding Young Man of America - Various editions

Patents:

Kohnen – Energy and Steel Recovery Patent No. US 7,647,874 B2

Kohnen et al – Energy and Steel Recovery Patent No. US 8,789,480 B2

Expert Witness Experience

Sun v. Davis December 2, 1996

ESSROC v. Olin et al December 2002

Professional Publication

Cement Resource Recovery in Developing Countries - A Sustainable Development Option – Presentation to Air and Waste Management Conference, April 2002, co-author with B. Schipholt

Cement Resource Recovery in Arab Countries – Presentation to12th International Cement Conference, Marrakech, Morocco, October 2002, co-author with B. Schipholt

Disposal Options for Spent Pot Liner, Global Cement & Lime Magazine, June 2001

Operations/Projects involved with:

In the United States:

Blackburn Coal Services – Paducah, Kentucky

Solvent Resource Recovery, Inc. – West Carrollton, Ohio (Now Veolia)

Southwestern Portland Cement – Fairborn, Ohio (Now CEMEX)

Systech – Paulding, Ohio

Systech – Fredonia, Kansas

Systech – Alpena, Michigan (Now Closed)

Systech – Demopolis, Alabama (Now CEMEX)

Systech – Lebec – California (Now Closed)

Safety Kleen – Clarksville, Missouri

Safety Kleen – Artesia, Mississippi

Safety Kleen – Holly Hill, South Carolina

Lone Star Alternate Fuels – Greencastle, Indiana

Lone Star Alternate Fuels – Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Continental Cement – Hannibal, Missouri

Outside the United States:

Organic Technologies, Ltd. – Killamarsh, England (Now Veolia)

Rugby Cement – Barrington, England

Rugby Cement – South Ferriby, England

Blue Circle Cement – Masons, England (Now Lafarge)

Redlands – Thrislington, England (Now Lafarge)

CMR – Sunderland, England

Recitermia, S.A. – Gatafe, Spain (Now FMC/Veolia)

Ecotermia, S.A. – Santiago, Chile (now Hidronor)

Bravo Energy – Santiago, Chile

Hidronor – Chile, S.A. – Santiago, Chile

Ta-Ho Energy – Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Now Veolia)

Personal involvement with discussions and presentations to:

US EPA – Region 5

Ohio EPA

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution, England (Now EPA)

Health Services, Chile

Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan

Department of the Environment for Quito, Ecuador

Ministry of the Environment-British Columbia, Canada

Environmental Protection Administration, Kuwait

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