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ing on the specific requirements.
an efficient energy recovery within
the process can be achieved, thus
enabling significantly reduced opex
as compared to the disposal of sa
as a hazardous waste and buying
of fresh acid from the market. With
increasing prices for fresh acids and
more stringent environmental regulations
applying to the disposal of sa,
chemical and thermal recycling of sa
becomes increasingly beneficial for
plant operators.
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Edited by Gerald Ondrey
Authors
Kevin Schnabel is process/project
engineer for Plinke GmbH
(Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade 24,
61348 Bad Homburg, Germany;
Phone:
Email:
+49-6172-126-156;
schnabel@plinke.de),
where he works on the basic and
detailed engineering and commissioning
of treatment and concentration
plants for sulfuric, nitric
and mixed acids. He is also responsible for Plinke's
CO2-related R&D projects. Schnabel earned two masters
degrees in environmental technology and energy
systems from the University of Applied Sciences MittelCall
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Peter Pataky is director of Technology
for Plinke GmbH (same address
as above; Phone: +496172-126-315:
Email: pataky@
plinke.de). In his current position,
he is responsible for R&D, process
design and technical proposals.
He has more than 34 years of international
experience with technologies
for treatment and concentration
of sulfuric, nitric, hydrochloric and mixed
waste acids, as well as adiabatic nitration of benzene
while working for Plinke GmbH in basic and detailed
engineering, project management, procurement, erection
supervision and commissioning. From 2005 to
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waste treatment and CO2-abatement technologies.
Sebastian Bialek is head of Laboratory
for Plinke GmbH (same address
as above; Phone: +49-6172126-137;
Email: bialek@plinke.de).
He has more than 10 years of experience
in industrial and research
laboratories. Initially he started his
career as a laboratory technician for
Evonik Stockhausen GmbH, Germany.
After that he earned a bachelor
and master of science degree in business chemistry
from the Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf, with main
focus on crystallization of arene complexes of main group
metals. Since then, he has also worked as a laboratory engineer
for GEA Messo GmbH, Germany. He joined Plinke
GmbH in 2018 in his current position.
2019, he was director of Engineering and Project Execution
and took over his current position in 2019. He
has an engineering diploma (masters degree) in process
engineering from the University of Applied Sciences,
Frankfurt am Main, and is inventor/co-inventor in various
international patents and patent applications.
Max Heinritz-Adrian is managing
director for Plinke GmbH (same
address as above; Phone: +496172-126-134;
Email: adrian@
plinke.de) and for KBR Ecoplanning
Oy (Pori, Finland). He has
more than 20 years of international
experience in petroleum refining,
petrochemical and chemical
technologies. He started his
professional career with Uhde GmbH, Germany (now
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG), where he held
various leadership positions, including head of the Process
Department, head of the Gas Technology Division
and Member of the Board of Directors for KEPCO-Uhde
Inc., a joint venture of thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions
and Korea Electric Power Generation. Heinritz-Adrian
joined KBR as director Technology, Olefins in 2016 and
took over his current position in 2018. He has an engineering
diploma (masters degree) in process engineering
from the Technical University in Clausthal-Zellerfeld,
Germany, and is inventor/co-inventor in various international
patents and patent applications.
Note: For more on acid recovery, see part 2, " Acid Recovery
and Recycle Technologies, " on pp. 46-51, as
well as the Newsfront, " Acid Recovery Becomes the
Norm, " Chem. Eng., October 2018, pp. 14-19).
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