Program

Agenda

GMT / UTC +2

Monday,

17.06.
2024

LDPE Plant Improvement Conference

from 10:00 am to 06:00 pm

Conference (Hybrid)

Tuesday,

18.06.
2024

LDPE Plant Improvement Conference

from 10:00 am to 06:00 pm

Conference (Hybrid)

Wednesday, 19.06.
2024

BC Technology Day

from 08:00 am to 06:00 pm

Conference (Hybrid)

Presentations

Titel Autor1 Company Autor2 Company
Welcome and market news Waldemar Hiller Uhde High Pressure Technologies
Conference special - to be announced prior to conference TBA Univation
Lummus-Sumitomo LDPE/EVA
A world of high pressure polyethylene beyond LDPE and EVA Abhi Shivraj ECI
The Plant Improvement Alliance: Total plant health check approach Alex Cosack Uhde Jonas Gomes Burckhardt Compression
Dynamic aspects on foundation of hyper compressors Jan Steinhausen Kötter Consulting
Energy-savings and emission reductions on existing LDPE compressors N.N. Burckhardt Compression
Manufacturing capacity and Digital technology to boost LDPE/EVA industry Riccardo Bartalucci Baker Hughes Samra Masinovic Baker Hughes
Introducing the next level of machine data analysis and failure prediction Christian Steinkamp Prognost Helge Bergmann Clariant
Performance of Peroxide Cocktails in the High-Pressure Polyethylene Process and Investigation of their Decomposition Kinetics Sandra Pietrasch TU Darmstadt Svenja Albus TU Darmstadt
Safety-Related Investigation of Decomposition and Relief Processes Aaron Röblitz TU Darmstadt
Advances on state-of-health methodology for high pressure tubes Fabian Pöhl Uhde High Pressure Technologies
Safe and fast response temperature measurement under highest pressure
Improvements and internal guidelines for process interlocks - hppe plants Luciana Almeida da Silva Braskem
Regular health check for catalyst pump’s optimal uptime Paul Phelan Uhde Service Center USA
Strategies to avoid dome overflow at devo extruders Thomas Preuss KME David Williams Berthold
Conveying and logistics concepts for LDPE and LDPE/EVA Christian Soretz Coperion
Situation of aging LDPE plants in Japan requiring special service initiatives Tsuyoshi Mizuno Tetsugen
Partial replacement of catalyst pump with state-of-the-art components Rainer Achatzi Uhde High Pressure Technologies
The Plant Improvement Alliance: Cooperation case study on tubular reactor and let down valve improvement Chris Willy ECI
Investigation of the Transfer Activity in the High-Pressure Polyethylene Process Laura Euler Bueno TU Darmstadt
Sustainable process performance improvement via polymer APC for LDPE/EVA Kawin Vanijdee iAPC
UHPT's approach for high pressure plant turnaround support Philipp Teucher Uhde High Pressure Technologies
Severe central valve damages after modifying a tubular reactor to an intercooler Mirko Graf Innospec Christian Jansen Jansen + Tetenborg
100,000 cycle test of a high pressure control valve Yuri Levchenko Uhde High Pressure Technologies Thorsten Denz Uhde High Pressure Technologies
Better be safe! The latest developments and findings on the long-term stability of high-pressure rupture discs. David Rasche Rembe
Hyper compressor solid carbide plunger reconditioning strategies Luck van Loon CTD
Unveiling Compressor Challenges and Process Inconsistencies through Non-Intrusive Flow Measurement Technology Mirko Graf Innospec Ingo Nickel Flexim
Cleaning of the tubular reactor Boris Brat Tecnimont

Last Year Topics

  • Introducing hybrid reactor technology – first successful implementation   
  • Trends in Lupotech High Pressure Technology Licensing   
  • Successful project execution: engineering, procurement and contracting stragegies   
  • Hydraulic oil system revamp after 40 years of operation   
  • Corrosion mechanisms in jacketed high pressure tubes and appropriate counter measures   
  • Significant advancements in bearing performance - CEROBEAR hybrid ceramic bearings at South Korean high pressure autoclave plants 
  • Ideal configuration of a catalyst pump system for new plants and revamps   
  • Investigation of individual peroxide decomposition kinetics in cocktails under relevant process conditions   
  • The power of sound speed measurement   
  • Micro injection set-up for high-pressure polymerization of delicate monomers   
  • Challenges of Valve Monitoring on Hyper Compressors   
  • Hypercompressor Production Line Expansion to follow market evolutionary needs   
  • Compressor system survey and assessment   
  • Fatigue, major cause of catastrophic failure of hyper compressor cylinder components   
  • Solar energy boom and EVA growth scenarios: Real trend overtaking growth in traditional markets   
  • Safety quenching systems for LDPE/EVA high pressure technologies   
  • The challenges of a blow down valve replacement: A case study   
  • Limited space – alternative layouts for catalyst pumps   
  • Production improvement with implementation of pneumatic conveying technology FLUIDLIFT ecoblue® in LDPE Plant   
  • ECI Group’s Hybrid Reactor Technology – Revolutionising HPPE Production   
  • Decomposition in cold gas injection lines   
  • Combined deflagration and ventilation investigations under process conditions   
  • Retrofit of homogenization extruders - chance and risk   
  • Failure of hyper compressor coupling   Elimination of impulse lines   
  • Comprehensive and sustainable vibration remediation of a knock-out drum in a high-pressure LDPE plant   
  • Dynamic versus static reactor piping support design – a contradiction?   
  • Dynamic Pipe Supports - On-site handling of numerical uncertainties   
  • Implementation of new monomers into the high-pressure process   

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