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Daniel Summers

Citation name

Summers, D.

State

OK

Country

USA

Dan Summers was (until January 1, 2021) the Tray Technology Manager for Sulzer Chemtech. He was a 1977 graduate in Chemical Engineering from the SUNY at Buffalo. He has also worked for Union Carbide, UOP, Stone & Webster (now Technip Energies), and Nutter Engineering. His entire career has been focused on Distillation. He is the author of over 70 papers and is a listed inventor on three US patents. At present, Dan is a consultant for (Fractionation Research Inc.) FRI’s Design Practices Committee & was the Chair of that committee for 12 years. He is currently a Director and the Awards Co-Chair of AIChE’s Separations Division. He is a registered professional engineer in New York and Oklahoma and is a Fellow of AIChE. He is also a recipient of AIChE’s Gerhold Award for outstanding work in Chemical Separations Technology.

Groups/Topicals chaired or co-chaired

Distillation Symposium
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1098-4)
Kister Distillation Symposium2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety

Sessions chaired or co-chaired

Advances in Distillation Modelling
2016 AIChE Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1097-7)
Advances in Distillation Technology
2016 AIChE Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1097-7)
Advances in Distillation Technology I
2017 Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1102-8)
Advances in Distillation Technology II
2017 Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1102-8)
Advances in Dividing Wall Column (DWC) Technology
2017 Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1102-8)
Advances in Dividing Wall Towers
2017 Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1102-8)
Distillation Processes Fundamentals, Developments, and Applications II2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
Distillation Sequencing and Optimization2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
Distillation Symposium 2020: Tray Technology - New Developments2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
HIDiC Applications and Reactive Distillation2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
Honors Session for Paul Steacy of UOP2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
In Honor of Andrew Sloley2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
In Honor of Tony Cai of FRI
2018 AIChE Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1108-0)
Operational Excellence in Refinery Distillation
2018 AIChE Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1108-0)
Safety Measures for Tower Entry
2020 Virtual Spring Meeting and 16th GCPS (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1113-4)

Areas chaired or co-chaired

Distillation and Absorption
2016 AIChE Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1097-7)
Distillation and Absorption
2017 Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1102-8)
Distillation and Absorption2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
Topical 8: Distillation Symposium
2018 AIChE Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1108-0)

Authored

(4c) Dry Tray Pressure Drop of Sieve Trays Revisted
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1098-4)
(186a) Distillation 101
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1098-4)
(4a) Bibliography of Neil Yeoman
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1098-4)
(122c) Bubble Cap Tray Vapor Turndown 
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1098-4)
(31a) Distillation 101 - Theory to Practice
2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
(127b) Practical Tower Safety from the Engineer's Perspective
2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
(5e) Tower Entry Safety - Safety in Field Inspections
10th AIChE Southwest Process Technology Conference
(32a) Industrial Distillation - Theory to Practice
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1109-7)
(79f) Tray Design Challenges in Aromatics DWC
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1109-7)
(5a) Practical Industrial Distillation
2020 Virtual Spring Meeting and 16th GCPS (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1113-4)
(54a) Practical Industrial Distillation
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
(79e) Sieve Tray Stability Factor Based on Efficiency Data
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
(184f) A Brief History of Distillation Trays and Tray Correlations
2022 Spring Meeting and 18th Global Congress on Process Safety Proceedings
(81a) Practical Industrial Distillation
2022 Spring Meeting and 18th Global Congress on Process Safety Proceedings
(85d) Short History of Distillation with Trays
2022 Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1118-9)
(24a) Practical Industrial Distillation
2023 Spring Meeting and 19th Global Congress on Process Safety
(26a) Practical Industrial Distillation
2024 Spring Meeting and 20th Global Congress on Process Safety

Associated proceedings 

2016 AIChE Annual Meeting
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety
2017 Annual Meeting
2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
2018 AIChE Annual Meeting
10th AIChE Southwest Process Technology Conference
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety
2020 Virtual Spring Meeting and 16th GCPS
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety
2022 Spring Meeting and 18th Global Congress on Process Safety Proceedings
2022 Annual Meeting
2023 Spring Meeting and 19th Global Congress on Process Safety
2024 Spring Meeting and 20th Global Congress on Process Safety