Ullrich H Engel has worked in the field of gasification for
more than 25 years, focusing on pyrolytic gasification as an efficient way to
convert biomass and hydrocarbon waste streams into a substitute gas for Natural
Gas, clean power and/or liquid transportation fuels. Technical and economic
feasibility studies were conducted in cooperation or as a consultant for
following companies:
- Fidelity Investments
- Chase Manhattan Bank
- Siemens AG
- Terra Genesis
- Fulcrum Bioenergy
- RW Beck
- Linde Engineering
- Shaw Industries
After developing his own pilot plant for tire gasification in 1998 and conducting
a major redesign of an operating plant in Pennsylvania USA with a new reactor
design, the KUG GmbH company was introduced to Ullrich as a new evolutionary
concept in pyrolytic gasification. He decided to license this technology for
North America with a US Joint Venture partner
Pyrolyzer LLC in 2008. Project
developments worldwide with this technology and upgrading its potential for new
applications and product yields are the main fields of work since then.
Experience
| 3/2005 – Present | Eco Capital and Invest, Inc. | Boulder, CO |
- Project development of KUG systems worldwide
- Testing and feedstock analysis for customers including
mass and energy balance calculations at the pilot plant in Germany
- Evaluation of removing Cesium 137 from
contaminated debris at sites in Fukujima, Japan using gasification and
separating the concentrated residuals
- Certification of clean pyrolytic gases for the
use in Siemens gas turbines, GE Jenbacher and MAN gas engines
- Determination and calculation of the Wobbe Index
and Methane No for inhomogeneous gas mixtures for the rating of gas turbines
and engines and emission reductions
- Evaluation of converting pyrolytic gas into a
Syngas suitable for existing Gas to Liquids processes based upon
Fischer-Tropsch technology
- Evaluation of using modified existing LNG
technology for separating pyrolytic gas components and utilizing H2, CO and
Methane as main fraction
- Recent developments include the project
development of a waste wood to power plant in Japan and using separated MSW as
feedstock in Nigeria
- Selected as the plant provider in a RFP for a
major RDF to power plant in Logansport, IN
- Project development in cooperation with KUG for
a 50,000 tons/year gasification plant in Zeitz, Germany to substitute Natural
Gas for an used motor oil recycling facility
| 8/2002 – 3/2005 | Plastics Reclaiming Technologies, Inc. | Michigan City, IN |
- Development
of an highly – efficient metal and plastics separation system with Dr. Stephen
Paspek, Joe Bork, PE and Al Schroeder, PE from the Broadview Group, LLC in
Westlake, OH. The Hydrogravity system was patented and successfully operated in
a 6000 lbs/hr recycling facility for rejected cable plastics.
- Extensive material research with the Chemical
Department of the University of Huntsville, AL
| 8/1999 – 8/2002 | Renaissance Recycling, Inc. | Philadelphia, PA |
| Chief Engineer | |
- Design engineering
and installation of new hardware and software to an existing 25 tons per day
tire gasification plant. Provided the new design for the main reactor necessary
due to expansion problems and supervised the installation of the new horizontal
reactor. Implemented new control systems for safety improvements and upgrading
the products.
- Preliminary
design of additional reactors to improve Carbon Black quality and more complete
gasification
| 8/1999 – 8/1999 | ATSI, Inc. | Aguirre, Puerto Rico |
| Project Engineer | |
- Project
contract for a tire gasification plant in Puerto Rico including building and
testing of a pilot plant. Product enhancements of Carbon Black by fine tuning
the operating parameters and separation of the liquid fuel products.
- Pre-IPO
feasibility study and permitting the commercial plant in cooperation with the
Chemical department of San Juan University
| 7/1996 – 8/1999 | Pyrowaste, Inc. | Huntsville, AL |
- Project
engineer to support a major ASR recycling project in the US introduced by Chase
Manhattan Bank and initiated a cooperation between Pyrowaste, Inc. and two
German companies
- Tender
documentation for additional equipment parts and improving efficiencies of heat
transfer together with Dr. James Hammond
- Design
of an high temperature reactor utilizing Know-How of the NASA TTC
| 5/1983 – 7/1996 | Institute for Environmental Planning,LLC | Camberg, Germany |
| Project Engineer - Presiden | |
- Technical
evaluation of new environmental technologies and project development with
corporations and Federal Institutions
- Development
of a program with the German Federal Railways ( DB ) to increase traveler
frequency in high-speed trains
- Development
of a vitrification process hazardous fly – ash and filter dust for
environmentally friendly disposal
- Assessment
of technical solutions to avoid creation of hazardous waste
- Permitting
assistance for new environmental technologies
Education
| 3/1983 | Technical University Darmstadt | Hessen, Germany |
Masters Degree
Mechanical Engineering
- Major field
: Hydraulics
MBA
- Major field
: Operations Research
Languages
English – German – French –
Spanish ( basic )
