Agenda

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Sunday, November 28, 2021
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Welcome Reception
 
Monday, November 29, 2021
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Conference Brunch / Registration
 
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Welcome and market news
Waldemar Hiller - Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
Peak investment in new LDPE/EVA/Copo capacity – why and how much
Andrea Borruso - IHSMarkit
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM
ECI Group and Repsol Quimica agreement for LDPE/EVA/EBA technology offering
Abhi Shivraj - ECI Group
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
Remachining of autoclave reactor sealing surfaces at plant site
Holger Werth - Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM
Insights into high-pressure reactors – mixing & gradients by simulation and experiment
Markus Busch - Technische Universität Darmstadt
Lena Gockel - Technische Universität Darmstadt
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Baker Hughes hyper compressor technology update implemented in new plant projects
Tommaso Wolfler - Baker Hughes
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Keeping old catalyst pumps alive: transplantation of critical components
Rainer Achatzi - Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM
Digital Uhde: New tools to improve timing control on LDPE projects
Dennis Tomath - Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
The most recent experiences on cost saving through the pneumatic conveying process FLUIDLIFT ecoblue® of Coperion
Christian Soretz - Coperion GmbH
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Unlocking Project Potential with the Value Engineering method
Anke Schneider - thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions
3:35 PM - 3:55 PM
Turnaround Consultancy Services for LDPE Compressors
Heinz Meier - Burckhardt Compression AG
3:55 PM - 4:15 PM
Hyper compressor monitoring & various case studies
Jan Loeken - PROGNOST Systems GmbH
4:15 PM - 4:40 PM
Increasing the reliability of LDPE-plants
Patrick Tetenborg - KÖTTER Consulting Engineers GmbH & Co. KG
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Tubular reactor exchange project after 40 years of operation
Jörg Lojewski - Versalis Deutschland GmbH
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sports Event
 
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Conference Brunch
 
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Decomposition & venting – playing with scenarios at lab-scale
Markus Busch - Technische Universität Darmstadt
Aaron Röblitz - Technische Universität Darmstadt
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
Plant recovery after decomposition
Philipp Teucher - Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH
12:50 PM - 1:10 PM
Replacement Reactor Project (it started in Barcelona)
Richard Buckley - Otto Simon Chemicals
Mirko Graf - Innospec Leuna GmbH
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM
Prevention of excessive operational vibrations during the erecting and commissioning of a new tubular reactor
Christian Jansen - Dr. Jansen - Vibration + Pulsation Consulting
Mirko Graf - Innospec Leuna GmbH
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
The importance of details in manufacturing and reconditioning of hyper compressor cylinder components
Luc van Loon - CTD S.A.
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
Case Study in Optimizing Major Upgrades through Modularization
Chris Brock - ECI Group
Tom Owens - ECI Group
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Upgraded pneumatic reactor control valve - successful deployment after lessons learnt
Yuri Levchenko - Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Proper design and care of nuclear devices on high pressure separators
David Williams - Berthold Technologies USA, LLC
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
Foulant-removal technology application for unplanned outages of LDPE service
Brooks Bradford - Hydrokinetics
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
Flow measurement without pressure limits
Ingo Nickel - FLEXIM Flexible Industriemesstechnik GmbH
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
The influence of different modifiers to the molecular structure and therefore to the final properties
Hans-Joachim Meinke - Meinke-Consulting
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
QHSE in high pressure LDPE plants
Thomas Lütgens - Tecnimont Salzgitter
4:15 PM - 4:35 PM
Screen Changer Retrofit to Existing Extrusion Lines
Thomas Preuss - KraussMaffei Extrusion GmbH
4:35 PM - 4:55 PM
Innovating Formulation Technology for Consistent Hyper Compressor Protection
Dong Chen - TOTALENERGIES LUBRIFIANTS
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Best Paper Award
 
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Conference Dinner
 

Sunday, November 28, 2021  - 6PM

The welcome reception takes place from 06:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the Bold Campus Hotel at the Main House Restaurant & Bar.

Monday, November 29, 2021 - 6PM

The sports event takes place from 06:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the Bold Campus Hotel at the Dinner Atrium Restaurant.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021 - 6:30PM

The conference dinner takes place from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the Hotel Kronberg, Hainstraße 25, 61476 Kronberg