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Henry Kister

Citation name

Kister, H.

Affiliation

Fluor Inc

State

CA

Country

USA

Henry Z. Kister is a Fluor Corp. Senior Fellow and Director of Fractionation Technology. He has over 35 years experience in design, troubleshooting, revamping, field consulting, control and startup of fractionation processes and equipment. He is the author of three books, the distillation equipment chapter in Perry’s Handbook, the distillation chapter in the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, and over 130 articles. Kister has taught the IChemE-sponsored “Practical Distillation Technology” course over 530 times in 26 countries, and a recent “Troubleshooting Distillation Controls” course, also sponsored by IChemE. A recipient of several awards, Kister obtained his BE and ME degrees from the University of NSW in Australia. He is a Fellow of IChemE and AIChE, Member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and has been serving on the FRI Technical Advisory and Design Practices Committees for more than 25 years.

Groups/Topicals chaired or co-chaired

General Paper Pool/Available Papers
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1098-4)
Kister Distillation Symposium
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1098-4)
Topical 8: Kister Distillation Symposium
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
Topical 8: Kister Distillation Symposium2023 Spring Meeting and 19th Global Congress on Process Safety

Sessions chaired or co-chaired

Kister Distillation Symposium 2021: Distillation Control, Optimization, and Startup
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
Kister Distillation Symposium 2021: Exciting Developments in Chemicals Distillation
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
Kister Distillation Symposium 2021: Honoring the Contributions of Daryl Hanson: Innovation, Troubleshooting, and Inspiration to Young Engineers
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
Kister Distillation Symposium 2021: New Insights into Reboilers, Condensers, and their Controls
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
Kister Distillation Symposium 2021: Optimization and Operation in Refinery Distillation
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
Kister Distillation Symposium 2021: Overcoming Operation Challenges in Refinery Distillation
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
Kister Distillation Symposium 2021: Troubleshooting: The Lessons Learned Applied to Better Operation
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)

Areas chaired or co-chaired

Topical 8: Distillation Symposium
2020 Virtual Spring Meeting and 16th GCPS (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1113-4)

Authored

(124b) Is the Hydraulic Gradient on Sieve and Valve Trays Negligible?
2012 Spring Meeting & 8th Global Congress on Process Safety
Loss of Valves Causing Flood
2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
(119d) Gaining Insights into Parting Box Hydraulics
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1109-7)
(159g) Diagnosis Key to Rectification of Premature Flood and Instability in a Debutanizer Tower
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1109-7)
(187a) Stable Thermosiphon Reboiler Operation: With or without a Valve in the Inlet Piping?
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1109-7)
(215a) Improved Feed Entry Improves Parting Box Hydraulics
2020 Virtual Spring Meeting and 16th GCPS (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1113-4)
(21f) Good Distributor Design for High-Velocity Feed Debottlenecks a Crude Preflash Tower
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
(79b) Feed Entry into Parting Boxes: What Works and What Does Not
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
(144c) Controlling Reboilers Heated by Condensing Steam or Vapor
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
(120d) Can Vapor Channeling on Trays Induce Premature Foam-Flood?
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
(154e) Light Tales from The Tower Doctor’s Casebook
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
(195d) Gas Entrainment By Liquid Jets and Cascades Can Unsettle Towers
2022 Spring Meeting and 18th Global Congress on Process Safety Proceedings
(25a) Elizabeth and Norman Lieberman and Their Contribution
2023 Spring Meeting and 19th Global Congress on Process Safety
(157f) Light Tales from The Tower Doctor’s Casebook II
2023 Spring Meeting and 19th Global Congress on Process Safety

Associated proceedings 

2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety
2012 Spring Meeting & 8th Global Congress on Process Safety
2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
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
2023 Spring Meeting and 19th Global Congress on Process Safety