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Process Development Division Area 12B -Pilot Plants Steering Committee Meeting

Process Development Division Area 12B -Pilot Plants Steering Committee Meeting. AIChE Fall Meeting Austin, TX Tuesday November 9, 2004 11:50 am - 12:30 pm Meeting Room 2 (Level 1 ACC). AGENDA. Introductions Mission Statement Review Area Leadership and upcoming elections

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Process Development Division Area 12B -Pilot Plants Steering Committee Meeting

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  1. Process Development Division Area 12B -Pilot PlantsSteering Committee Meeting AIChE Fall Meeting Austin, TX Tuesday November 9, 2004 11:50 am - 12:30 pm Meeting Room 2 (Level 1 ACC)

  2. AGENDA • Introductions • Mission Statement Review • Area Leadership and upcoming elections • Programming Review (2005, 2006, 2007) • Current Action Items • New Business • Benchmarking Study

  3. Mission Statement The Pilot Plant Area is a forum for active interchange of ideas and for the continual improvement of Pilot Plant contributions to quality research and effective scale-up. AIChE programming, benchmarking, operation reviews, and extensive networking form the backbone of the Area activities.

  4. Area 12B Leadership • Chair: David Edwards, Zeton • Chair-Elect: Joe Powell, Shell USA • Activities Chair: Michael VonDeak, Pfizer • Past Chair: Bob Duggal, Afton Chemical

  5. Programming…. Fall 2004 (Austin, TX) • Elegant Experimental Methodology in Pilot Plants • Marc Privitera, Brian Johnson • Membrane Process Design and Scale-up Considerations • Glenn Lipscomb (Group 2), Robert A. Cross • R&D Management Topical 3: Six Sigma Usage in the CPI • Frank van Lier (Group 5), Bob Duggal • Pilot Plant Benchmarking Study Results • Bob Duggal, Joe Powell, Dan Pintar, Sean Murray, David Edwards

  6. Programming…. Spring 2005 (Atlanta, GA) • Fuel Cell and Gas to Liquid Fuels Pilot Plants • Chair : Ramesh Rameswaran (Area 12b) • Co-Chair : Vacant (Area 16e) Co-Sponsored by F&PD (Group 16) Part of the Hydrogen Topical Conference

  7. Programming…. Fall 2005 (Cincinnati, OH) • Pilot Plant Economics • Mitch Loescher, Peter Smith • Safety in Design and Operation - Pilot Plants and Unit Operation Labs • John Corn, Dennis Hendershot, Salma Saddawi Co-Sponsored by S&HD (11), Education (4) • P&G Pilot Plant Facility Tour • Ed Baier, David Edwards

  8. Programming…. Spring 2006 (Orlando, FL) • Pilot Plant Success Stories • Chair : David Edwards • Vice-Chair : Raymond Rooks

  9. Programming…. Fall 2006 (San Francisco, CA) Pilot Plants Mini-Topical • Unit Operations : Scale Up and Scale-down in Pilot Plants • Joe Powell, Osman Aboul-Nasr • Pilot Plants in the Food and Consumer Products Industries • Marc Privitera, Vice-Chair (15a) • Poster Session : Pictures of Pilot Plants • John Corn • Potential Operations Review/Pilot Plant Facility Tour • David Edwards

  10. Programming…. Spring 2007 (Location TBA) • Best Practices in Pilot Plants • Chair : TBA • Co-Chair : TBA

  11. Programming…. Fall 2007 (Location TBA) • Pilot Plant Metrics and Productivity • Chair, Vice Chair • Internal & Contract Vs. Toll Pilot Plants • Chair, Vice Chair • Biotech and Biopharma Pilot Plants • Misti Ushio (Merck 12b), Vice Chair (15c)

  12. Programming…. Spring 2008 (Location TBA) • Careers in Pilot Plants • Chair : TBA • Co-Chair : TBA

  13. Programming…. Fall 2008 (Location TBA) • Mixing in Pilot Plants • Chair TBA, Vice Chair TBA - Co-Sponsored by NAMF (Group 6) • Miniaturization and Process Intensification in Pilot Plants • Chair, Vice-Chair • Pilot Plant Instrumentation and Control Systems • Chair TBA, Vice Chair TBA

  14. Programming…. Spring 2009 (Location TBA) • Topic To Be Determined • Chair : TBA • Co-Chair : TBA

  15. Programming…. Fall 2009 (Location TBA) • Tools in Pilot Plants • Chair : TBA • Co-Chair : TBA

  16. Potential Session Topics... • Analytical techniques/devices for pilot plants • Pharmaceutical pilot plants - regulations and environmental challenges • Process safety management in pilot plants • Bio-informatics/Bio-technology • Generic drugs and related topics • Bio-processing • Bio-tech Pilot Plants • Polymer Processing in Pilot Plants • Syngas Pilot Plants • Contract Pilot Plants (contracting either as a supplier of pilot plant services or a client) • Constructability issues for Pilot Plants • Careers in Pilot Plants • Microbiological and Cleanliness Challenges in Pilot Plants

  17. Potential Session Topics • Miniaturization of Pilot Plants • Cost-Driven Pilot Plants (Funding) • Process Control and Data Acquisition in Pilot Plants • Marketing of Pilot Plants (internal see next topic or External for purposes of contracting services) • Time-to-Market • Successful Pilot Plant Design • Pilot Plant Productivity (Metrics used to define equipment/personnel/reliability) • Pilot Plants as Part of the Corporate Structure/Organization • Optimum Sizing of Pilot Plants • Internal or Contract Pilot Plants ? • Pilot Plant Tools and Techniques • Pilot Plant Equipment Selection • Use of Computer Simulation to Support Pilot Plant Design and Operation

  18. Current Action Items • Continue the Pilot Plants benchmarking initiative (Bob Duggal et al). • Oversee a Pilot Plants Web Forum and Vendor Area (DE) • Hosted on www.eng-tips.com • Define roles of Chair, Chair-Elect and Activities Chair (DE) • Collaboration with Univ. of Wisconsin on continuing education course on pilot plants and scale-up (JP) • Contact AIChE regarding Fall meeting room allocation (DE) • Run a mini-series of pilot plant articles in CEP (DE)

  19. New Business • Publish Pilot Plant Benchmarking results in CEP (BD), and present results in Glasgow (DE) • Session topics for Spring meeting may need to be broader given low attendance (All)

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