Gerhard Kotze Email & Phone Number

Advanced Process Control consultant.

Responsible for the Advanced Solutions business in Sub Saharan Africa.

Managing the Customer Marketing organization in EMEA responsible for orders growth

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Designed and implemented (Lead Engineer) advanced control on Cold Separation unit (Separating Hydrogen, Methane, C2’s and C3’s) at SASOL, Secunda. The solution featured multiple Profit Controllers, Profit Optimizers and Custom URT Function Blocks.• Consultant on Reforming APC at SASOL, Secunda.• Lead Engineer on LNG APC for Qatar Gas 3&4. Took over the project during the Detail Design Phase and include APC on Feed Stripper, Acid Gas Removal, NGL Recovery, Gas Chilling and… Show more • Designed and implemented (Lead Engineer) advanced control on Cold Separation unit (Separating Hydrogen, Methane, C2’s and C3’s) at SASOL, Secunda. The solution featured multiple Profit Controllers, Profit Optimizers and Custom URT Function Blocks.• Consultant on Reforming APC at SASOL, Secunda.• Lead Engineer on LNG APC for Qatar Gas 3&4. Took over the project during the Detail Design Phase and include APC on Feed Stripper, Acid Gas Removal, NGL Recovery, Gas Chilling and Liquefaction, Refrigeration and Fractionation.• Overall Technical Lead on C3 Distribution Project at SASOL, Secunda. The control architecture includes multiple controllers connected via an Optimizer to maximize high value product rundown.• Lead Engineer on Depropaniser APC Project at SASOL, Secunda. The solution delivers significant value and consist of both base-layer design changes and APC• Support business development in the region for Honeywell with technical consulting Show less

• Designed, developed and implemented (Lead Engineer) a web-based real-time process simulation for SASOL using a combination of existing technologies as well as newly developed software.• Designed and implemented (Lead Engineer) an advanced control system on Waste Water Stripper at NATREF.• Support and maintenance on fuel gas control system at GS-Caltex (formerly LG-Caltex) in South-Korea (Lead Engineer).• Designed and implemented an advanced control system on a Hotoil system at Eni… Show more • Designed, developed and implemented (Lead Engineer) a web-based real-time process simulation for SASOL using a combination of existing technologies as well as newly developed software.• Designed and implemented (Lead Engineer) an advanced control system on Waste Water Stripper at NATREF.• Support and maintenance on fuel gas control system at GS-Caltex (formerly LG-Caltex) in South-Korea (Lead Engineer).• Designed and implemented an advanced control system on a Hotoil system at Eni Refinery, Livorno, Italy.• Support Engineer on advanced control system for a Crude Distillation Unit at Eni Refinery, Venice, Italy.• Developed a functional design for a decision support system for a discrete manufacturing plant at Coca-Cola, South-Africa• Lead Engineer on a Fuel Gas Optimiser project in Hovensa, USVI Show less

• Aspen Dynamics modelling• Aspen Plus modelling• HYSIS Modelling• Lead Engineer on Hydrogen Controller revamp• Lead Engineer on HF Alkylation unit SmartStep/DMCPlus implementation• Co-inventor of AspenTech’s Fuelgas Optimizer• Inventor of DMCPlus feature: Multiple Plot View• Design and commission Fuelgas Optimizer at LG-Caltex, South-Korea• Support Engineer on advanced control implementation on a FCC• Support Engineer on advanced control implementation on a… Show more • Aspen Dynamics modelling• Aspen Plus modelling• HYSIS Modelling• Lead Engineer on Hydrogen Controller revamp• Lead Engineer on HF Alkylation unit SmartStep/DMCPlus implementation• Co-inventor of AspenTech’s Fuelgas Optimizer• Inventor of DMCPlus feature: Multiple Plot View• Design and commission Fuelgas Optimizer at LG-Caltex, South-Korea• Support Engineer on advanced control implementation on a FCC• Support Engineer on advanced control implementation on a CDU unit• Lead Engineer on advanced control system for furnaces• Inferential developments• Developed various Visual Basic applications for data handling and data extraction• Implemented PIDWatch – plantwide PID performance monitoring and tuning on various sites• Developed a web-based Furnace monitor and advisory system Show less

• Responsible for all advanced control maintenance and new implementations• Various inferential developments• Developed and implemented a web based advanced control event logging system• Advanced control applications included Hydrogen Unit Controller, FCC, Platformer Stabiliser, Fuel-gas system and various furnace controllers

• Developed a neural network model to predict equipment failures• Maintained and improved Honeywell RMPCT advanced controllers• Developed a complex wide ammonia balance using Sigmafine• Support engineer on advanced control implementation on CD Hydro unit

B.Eng (Hons), Control Engineering

B.Eng, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: 1998 - Engineering Faculty Student Representative 1997 - 1998 - Student Hostel Committee Achieved 1st class degree