Therm-A-Cor - Solving Heat Transfer and Incineration Problems, Combustion Expert Witness

Therm-A-Cor Combustion Consultant Experts

Donald L Corwin PE has over 30 years of experience in designing, installing and troubleshooting problems with air pollution control, combustion, incineration and heat transfer equipment. He is active in the forensic operation evaluation of process heaters, incinerators, regenerative thermal oxidizers, refinery fires, refinery heaters, and organic fume collection systems. The evaluations are performed to determine the cause of failure, emission releases or to improve operation.

He generates and supervises the development of the detailed engineering modifications for the mechanical, electrical, and process designs of combustion and air pollution equipment. He has provided detailed technical oversight for the fabrication of heat transfer, incineration and combustion equipment systems. These systems included solar energy collectors, ASME Code vessels, high temperature and high pressure heat exchangers, liquid and solid incinerators, organic fume collection systems, low NOx burner systems, air pollution control equipment and LNG vaporizers. Mr. Corwin has directed the field start up of numerous combustion and heat transfer systems during his career. Mr. Corwin designed and supervised the design of process heat exchangers, process boilers, air pollution control systems, LNG vaporizers and incinerator systems to meet the EPA, NFPA, IRI, FM, Hartford, and NEC code requirements.

Mr. Corwin provides detailed engineering reviews of operational combustion systems that are not meeting client expectations. He performs a forensic analysis of current and historic operational conditions for a wide variety of combustion and air pollution control. He analyses the catastrophic failure of burning, boiler, refractory and heat transfer systems to identify the cause of the failure and estimate potential emissions. He generates opinion reports on the catastrophic failure of mechanical equipment and estimates emissions from these combustion systems.

Mr. Corwin provides accident reconstruction analysis of combustion system failures to the insurance industry. He evaluates duct fires, fume collection system explosions, natural gas system explosions and operational failures that result in property damage. He also estimates the organic and non-organic emissions from combustion events.

(copies available upon request)

Book Section:

Section 8.2, “Rotary Kilns,”Standard Handbook of Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal. Freeman, H.M. Editor, McGraw-Hill. 1997

Papers:

Corwin D., Process Control with a Radiation Thermocouple, American Flame Research Council, Dynamics and Control of Industrial Combustion Processes, Atlanta, GA. Nov. 2005

Corwin D., Rapid Process Control with Radiation Thermocouple, Incineration and Thermal Treatment Conference, Phoenix, AZ, May 2004

Corwin D., Ullrich R: Burner Design: Fuel NOx and Staged Air Experience, Incineration and Thermal Treatment Conference, Orlando, FL, May 2003

Corwin D., Process Monitoring with a BIF Unit, Incineration and Thermal Treatment Conference, New Orleans, LA, May 2002

Corwin D., Operational Considerations with a Liquid Waste Burner, Incinceration and Thermal Treatment Conference, Portland, OR, May 2000

Corwin D., Process Production Increases through Oxidizer Control Modification, Incinceration and Thermal Treatment Conference, Orlando, FL, May 1999

Santoleri J., Corwin D., Thermal VOC Oxidizer Modifications for Improved Efficiency, 1997 AICHE Annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA 1997

Corwin, D., A Detailed Review of Metal Partitioning in a Kiln, 13th Incineration and Thermal Treatment Conference, Houston, TX, May 1994.

Carnes R., Santoleri J., Corwin D., Operational Problems with Mobile Combustion Systems, 13th Incineration and Thermal Treatment Conference, Houston, TX 1994.

Santoleri J., Corwin D., Air Toxics Emissions Control: Application and Design, 87th Annual AWMA Conference, Cincinnati, OH, Aug. 1994.

Corwin D., Radiation Cooling in Hazardous Waste Incincerators, 11th Incineration Conference Albuquerque, NM, May 1992.

Corwin D., Santoleri J., VOC Control Techniques, Third International Congress on Toxic Combustion By-Products, Cincinnati, OH 1992.

Santoleri J., Corwin, D, Industrial Waste Incineration System Material Selection and Application Problems, International Conference on Fireside Corrosion, Palm Coast, FL 1989.

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