Design Practices Committee

Mr. Dan Summers, Chairman,
Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc.

Scope of the DPC

The Design Practices Committee of FRI functions as a body where general distillation industry design practices are documented and guidelines for their application developed. Their work is documented in FRI's Fractionation Tray Design Handbook: Volume 5; Design Practices. This may be viewed online in the TAC Member Access area. A TAC Member Access password is required.

Design Practice Committee members are not always Technical Representatives from their member companies. They are appointed to the committee from Member Companies based on their expertise in the industry.

Members of the Committee

Mr. Jeffery A. Bell, P.E., UOP LLC

Mr. Ed Grave, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company

Mr. Henry Kister, Fluor Daniel, Inc.

Mr. Todd Marut, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company

Mr. Paul Morehead, Koch-Glitsch, LP

Mr. Ron Olsson, Celanese AG

Mr. Joe Parker, Eastman Chemical Company

Mr. Keith Whitt, Shell Global Solutions

Mr. Larry Wilder, Dow Chemical Company

Dr. Simon Xu, Shaw Energy & Chemicals Group

Mr. Attilio Praderio,  ConocoPhillips Company

Mr. Brad Fleming, Raschig GMbH

Mr. Randy Hollowell, Citgo

Consultants: Mr. Doug Bouck, Mr. Neil Yeoman, Mr. John Farone