Session: #73 - Plant Troubleshooting and Problem Solving: The Chemist and Engineer Working Together (12D01)


Monday, April 7, 2008: 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 390 (New Orleans Convention Center)
Manufacturing (12d)
#73 - Plant Troubleshooting and Problem Solving: The Chemist and Engineer Working Together (12D01)
Often, commercial processes go awry without an obvious cause, resulting in decreased yields or conversion, off spec performance, or diminished throughput due to fouling or other phenomenon. This session is devoted to the chemist and engineer working together on teams to solve plant problems. Case histories, examples, and best practices will be presented.
Chair:	Shawna S. Berg
CoChair:	Lorna Ortiz-Soto
2:00 PM		Introductory Remarks
2:05 PM	73a	Plant Troubleshooting: Engineers as Detectives Shawna S. Berg
2:30 PM	73b	Tar Wars in a Complex Chemical Plant: A Fundamentals Approach to Problem Solving Larry G. Wright, Bruce M. Bell, J. Paul Chauvel, Chris P. Christenson, Bruce S. Holden, Terry McCabe, Ron B. Leng, Istvan Lengyel, Dana A. Livingston, Don B. Wood
2:55 PM	73c	Herding Cats: Forming and Leading a Plant Troubleshooting Team Jonathan Worstell, Richard E. Robertson
3:20 PM	73d	Collaboration Leads to Successful Introduction of New Products Eric H. Klingenberg, Cawas A. Cooper
3:45 PM	73e	Tolling Success: Your Chemists and Our Engineers Working Together William G. Baker
4:10 PM	73f	Lean Six Sigma Approach in Chemical Process Troubleshooting Zhen Lai, Chieh-Min Cheng

Manufacturing (12d)