Brad Price, P.E. Email & Phone Number

Reno, Nv, Us

San Francisco Bay Area

Lead the technical due diligence team at NER.Lead the reviews of innovative technology projects.Ensure comprehensive technical due diligence of innovative technologies.

Menlo Park, California, United States

Performed technical due diligence for innovative technology companies. Provided technical inputs to risk models for performance insurance. Enabled deployment of new technologies by providing performance insurance solutions.

Kingwood, Texas, United States

As a process engineer in Global Process Engineering group:Performed process design (pre-feed) for internal and external licensors of the loop slurry polyethylene technology. This includes PFD preparation, HMB, P&ID, Datasheet preparation, reactor design, treater design, vessel design, heat exchanger design, and separations process design.Led the effort to produce CPChem's first circular polyethylene (PE) at commercial scale. Performed techno-economic evaluations of waste plastic based feedstock integration with existing CPChem assets. Develop process improvements to the polyethylene loop slurry technology.Participate in corporate PSM best practice team as technology SME. Evaluate basis for and improve on corporate process hazard evaluation and LOPA policy.

Al-Jubial, Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia

Primary Operations Egineering support for a 1,200 kta ethylene plant, assigned primarily to the cold section of the plant.Backup support for providing daily operations instructions and plans for the above unitsSecondary Operations Engineering support for a 1-Hexene, Metathesis, and Pygas Hydrogenation Unit.Extensive Process Hazard Assessment (PHA) experienceDeveloped and assisted in managing multi-million dollar operating budgetsIdentified and assisted in mitigating low temperature brittle fracture PHA scenarios due to auto-refrigeration.Identified, scoped, and modeled a turbo-expander to improve ethylene recovery in cold section of plant.Experienced in Pressure Relief Device (PRD) mitigation planning, Management of Change (MOC), Incident invenstigations, Process Safety Management (PSM), vessel entry planning, nuisance alarm management, unit optimization, dryer and treater operations and maintenance preparation, procedure writing, reactor regeneration, furnace and burner optimization, Independent Protection Layer (IPL) tracking, safety system bypass mitigation planning,

Al-Jubial, Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia

Primary Operations Egineering support for a 1-Hexene , Metathesis , and Pygas unitBackup support for providing daily operations instructions and plans for the above unitsSecondary Operations Engineering support for an Ethylene unitExtensive Process Hazard Assessment (PHA) experienceDeveloped and assisted in managing multi-million dollar operating budgetsParticipated extensively in planning and executing a $125 MM, 55 day turnaround for the ethylene and metathesis unit on time and under budgetIncreased metathesis unit productivity by streamlining treater regen sequence from 72 hours to design 48 hoursBecame Chevron Phillips metathesis subject matter expertDeveloped procedure for water filling desiccant beds, to avoid inert entry during maintenance Designed and implemented a project to increase metathesis unit production by 10% to 20%.Participated as the operations engineering representative on an ~$19 MM Thin Film Evaporator (TFE) project to reduce waste disposal in the 1-Hexene unit.Experienced in Pressure Relief Device (PRD) mitigation planning, Management of Change (MOC), Incident invenstigations, Process Safety Management (PSM), vessel entry planning, nuisance alarm management, unit optimization, dryer and treater operations and maintenance preparation, procedure writing, reactor regeneration, furnace and burner optimization, Independent Protection Layer (IPL) tracking, safety system bypass mitigation planning,

Pasadena, Texas

Supported 3 loop slurry polyethylene units through troubleshooting, material balance analysis, and optimization support.Analyzed reciprocating compressor performance and discovered a 16% capacity limitation that was recovered by hydro-blasting the shell side of a heat exchanger. Initiated a controls change for better pressure and flow control. Managed all polyethylene additives orders for the site of over 1 MMlbs and over $3MM, averaging 100 Mlbs in weekly orders.Performed a project evaluation for a $10MM project for all process objectives, and published an internal report on the project results.

Baytown, Texas

This was my first assignment in CPChem's new engineer development programRevived and updated a Cape Software operator training simulator (OTS)Wrote the function specification, reviewed proposals, performed procurement responsibilities, worked with the vendors to update the OTS.Initiated and completed a project to expand Foxboro DCS hardware on the OTSDeleted and reloaded an updated controls database into the OTSInitiated a re-validation of the Cape Software OTS models with operations staffInitiated, managed, and completed projects ranging from $30k to $90kUpdated the PAS alarm management software with current IPL dataAnalyzed SPYRO model performance against actual furnace yields over time.

Baytown, Texas

Modeled ethylene furnace kinetics and production using SPYRO softwareStudied composition analyzer lineup and ethylene furnace control schemePresented recommendations to improve run life of ethylene furnacesProposed new analyzer lineup and control scheme to improve economics

Golden, Colorado

I spend 2 to 4 hours per week helping to write a full chemistry curriculum and lesson plans for a high school in Uganda. This was delivered to the school in May 2011.See http://mcs.mines.edu/NSFscholarship/update/proj.html

Tuned control loopsDeveloped inferential properties to predict outlet composition from a distillation columnDeveloped redundant inferential properties in the event of instrument failureTroubleshot instrument data for inferential property reliabilityExplored various unit operations during turnarounds (distillation column, catalyst regenerator, etc.)Presented my final project and contributions to plant management

Wrote the State template for the Total Coliform Rule (TCR) within the new monitoring plan templateAssisted in developing TCR plans for 30 public water systemsBecame a Certified Small Water System Operator and Certified Water Professional.Documented the history of waterborne disease outbreaks in Colorado from 1971 in conjunction with Alamosa outbreak