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Expert has worked in all facets of industrial air pollution control. He is "problem - solution" oriented and experienced in working with people, process and culture. When available, he uses a fact based decision process; and by developing a predictive mathematical model of the air handling system under consideration, obtains insight into interaction of system components under variable process conditions. He has obtained several patents in this area.

High temperature processes like handling off-gasses from electric arc furnaces and aluminum melting furnaces have been a specialty of Expert.

He developed a line of water-cooled ducting and water-cooled dampers used in support of EAF melting of steel (temperatures up to 2500 F).

He also developed a light "weight duct" system designed for a specific application, using a "fiberglass and rock wool combo" as insulation to minimize heat escaping from afterburner off-gasses (at +1600 F) returned into the process dryer (duct diameter ~ 4 ft). Both, outside shell and inside floating wall of the duct system constructed of selected metals.

In order to optimize the recovery of aluminum from aluminum dross as generated in aluminum melting, Expert developed a process which increased the aluminum recovery rate from 40-45% to a level exceeding 70%, while saving aluminum he also accomplished to reduce the gas consumption in the process substantially and the amount of landfill of residual salt cake and aluminum oxide was reduced by ~ 45% (patented).

Pneumatic conveying in combination with drying of keolin "mud" came under Expert's scrutiny, result, 20% increase in plant capacity.

"Beeze wings" as generated when cleaning corn can be a nuisance to a corn processor. A special concentrator/collection system took care of the problem. The system handled 50,000 cfm of air, which could be directly released to the environment using a simple "non plugging" system.

This concentrator design was also applied in collecting trim generated in a paper making process. The cutting speed was in excess of 5000 fpm, generating 300 lb/min of trim (20 lb paper), which subsequently was returned into the plant's digester.

Expert has designed and supervised the fabrication and installation of flooded-wall and venturi scrubbers on a turnkey basis. He did extensive research and development on venturi and packed-bed scrubbers and brought them to a point of market acceptance.

Expert has extensive experience with cyclones used as primary dust collectors and as precleaners in a multi-stage collector system. He developed custom designs for elevated temperature and pressure operations. He developed computer programs for sizing, performance projections, and costing of cyclone collectors and other air pollution control collectors.

Early in Expert's engineering career, he worked for a leading manufacturer of air filtration and dust collection equipment. This work included research and development on viscous impingement filters, roll type filters, inertia type separators, scrubbers, baghouse collectors, and high efficiency particulate arrestors. This was the foundation of Expert's career. He received five patents related to his work in this area.

Expert's experience with air filters includes the design, development, and testing of a horizontally-operated roll type filter used on large heating, ventilating, and air conditioning units. He received a patent in connection with this work. He did research and development work on a series of high-efficiency filters.

Within his professional career, Expert has had broad design experience involving baghouse fabric filters. He is familiar with the installation of bag type collectors in a pressure vessel and free standing units which are insulated and provided with supplementary heat to avoid condensation.

Expert's first concern is to assure that the air stream has sufficient velocity to transport the particle away from the source, then to treat the particle to make it compatible with the arrestor or collector which is employed as wet, dry, dynamic, or electrostatic.

Expert's commitment to preventing or solving air pollution control problems is through an analytical systems approach. He maintains that all aspects of design, equipment conditions, and related considerations must coordinated to produce the desired effect.

Expert's experience with the treatment of gases has afforded him the opportunity to focus on all aspects of the gas being treated; its chemical composition, temperature, moisture, particulate loading, and the volatile compounds carried in the gas stream.