Design Plant

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March 09, 2010

Dana M. Richards

757-***-**** ****.*.********@*****.***

EXPERIENCE_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Evaluated existing heat exchangers with Aspen Tasc+ software to maximize use of surface area

Modeled distillation columns for separation of ethanol – water mixtures using ChemCad simulation software

Sized and developed data sheets for ethanol plant equipment: pumps, tanks, filters, eductors, distillation columns,

scrubber columns, heat exchangers, desuperheaters, corrosion inhibitor skid

Sized pressure relief devices for stamped vessel design based on the controlling relief scenario

Reviewed P&IDs (Piping and Instrumentation Drawings) for proper line sizes, manual/ control valve placement, and

special piping requirements such as gravity drains and equipment arrangement

Participated in a PHA (Process Hazards Analysis) / HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Study)

Performed commissioning activities prior to plant start-up (piping walk-downs, vacuum testing for piping leaks, etc)

Interfaced with vendors for equipment selection and design related issues

Developed process descriptions for Control Narrative and System Design Specification documents

Determined capital costs to construct ethanol plants

Assisted with the preparation of cost estimate summaries for clients

Updated the template for cost estimate summaries, which was adopted by the company for future cost estimates

Characterized phase separation times for caustic/organic liquid two phase systems to support a solvent retrofit in a

DuPont Plant.

Performed DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimeter) experiments to characterize the apparent Tg of polymer/

solvent mixture

Supervised preparation of polymer solutions with very hazardous organic solvents

Characterized rates of loss of residual solvents from polymer films using a TGA.

Wrote student user manual for a NOVA Surface Area Analyzer for B.E.T. surface analysis

EDUCATION_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Relevant Course Work: Thermal Systems Design, Senior Design I- Corn to ethanol plant design, Senior Design II -

Distillation column for chemicals with close boiling points, Materials Science for Engineers, Thermodynamics, Heat

Transfer, Fluid Dynamics, Process Controls, Kinetics, Introduction to Environmental Engineering

TECHNICAL SKILLS________________________________________________________________________________________

Aspen Tasc+, ChemCad, Pro-II, Visual Basic, Microsoft Office

Experience with TA instruments’ DSC and TGA systems, IR, NMR, Thin Layer Chromatography, Reflux,

HPLC

Brookfield Viscometers, UV- Visible Spectrometry, pH/ion conductance, GC-MS

AFFILIATIONS_____________________________________________________________________________________________

2006 - Present SWE National Member

2004 - Present AICHE National and Local Chapter Member

2004 - Present Zeta Phi Sigma Engineering Sorority (Vice President, 2006)