Ken Battle, P.E.
Ken Battle Services
105 Shadow Lake Drive
Shamong, NJ, 08088
Phone:
(609) 268-2353
Cell:
(302) 383-3440
Fax:
(973) 302-8571
E-mail: Ken Battle Services
Web Page: www.kenbattleservices.com
Experience and Services:
- Process Development
- Program Management
- Conceptual Design
- Process Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Troubleshooting
- Polymers: plastics and elastomers
- Polymer Devolatilization
- Viscous Processing
- Pilot Plant Design and Operation
Services:
- Resolution of tough technical issues
- Design and budgeting of Pilot Plants
- Scale-up to commercialization
- Unit operation testing
- Conceptual design and preliminary estimates
- Proven path to rapid commercialization
- Troubleshooting
- Travel to all locations
- Introduction to associates with other expertise
Technology Evaluations:
- Determine state and robustness of technology
- Financial evaluations
- Capital estimate checks
- Anonymous contacts to third parties
- Independent and objective evaluation
Polymer Plant Design:
- Determine best balance of unit operations
- Wide view of process options
- Innovative approach to new processes
- Experience with many polymerization media
- Knowledge of many products and processes
- Equipment and vendor selection
Pilot Plant Design and Operation:
- Define pilot plant objectives
- Define success criteria
- Match design to objectives
- Select scaleable equipment
- Degree of instrumentation
- Layout
- Common pitfalls
- Budget: capital and ongoing
- Operation
Academic:
- Senior Chemical Engineering Design Advisor, Drexel University
- Chemical Engineering Graduate Studies, University of Cincinnati
- B.S. (honors) Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Employment:
- Monsanto Chemical Co.: Addyston, OH: Springfield, MA: Antwerp, Belgium; Wingles, France: London, England
- Uniroyal Chemical, Geismar, LA
- M. W. Kellogg, Houston, TX
- Fluor Daniel: Houston, TX; Marlton, NJ
- Day & Zimmermann: Newark, DE; Philadelphia, PA
Partial Client List:
- Arkema, Inc.
- Avecia, Inc.
- Pdc Machines
- PTC Value Recovery
- Regent Group
- Sugar Research Institute (Australia)
- Washington Group International
- Recarbon, Inc.
MISSION
My company will provide a portfolio of high quality services to my clients and I will meet my commitments every time. I will assist clients develop new technologies and processes in a cost effective manner and in a shorter time than they can do on their own.
VISION
Ken Battle Services will provide high-end engineering services that assist a small number of repeat customers with the ability to complete projects involving new chemical technologies and solve existing problems in a timely and innovative manner. My services will allow clients to achieve results far beyond the cost of the service.
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"Innovate with Simplicity"
New innovations do not need to be complex, expensive and time consuming. Understanding basic principles and objectives can bring about new innovations and the results are often surprisingly simple.
Experienced Consulting for the Polymer & Chemical Industries
For over 30 years, Ken Battle has been finding solutions to his employers' and clients' toughest problems. With technical and management experience in the polymer process and engineering industries, he has demonstrated proven ability to commercialize new products and processes in a cost-effective and schedule-driven manner. Ken Battle Services, established in 2003, helps companies save time and money!
Polymer and chemical engineering consultant provides cost effective technology development, problem solving and troubleshooting. High level of expertise in polymer devolatilization.
Plastics:
- PMMA
- SAN
- PS
- ABS
- HDPE
- LLDPE
- PP
- PET
- Polyurethane
- PVC
Elastomers:
- EP / EPDM
- SBR
- PBd
- K-Resin
- Acrylics
- Spandex/Lycra
- Block Copolymers
- Hydrogenated elastomers
Non-polymers:
- Monomer recovery
- Utilities
- Vaccine
- Lipids
- Photo film
- Gelatine
- Surfactants
Processes:
- Solution
- Mass
- Slurry
- Latex
Catalysts:
- Ziegler
- Ziegler-Natta
- Metalocene
- Free-radical
- Ionic
- Phase Transfer Catalysis
Polymer Unit Operations:
- Devolatilization
- Viscous reactors
- Slurry reactors
- Loop reactors
- Batch reactors
- Wiped Film DV
- Flash DV
- Melt pumps
- Devol. Extruders
- Compounding
- Dewatering presses
- Purge Columns
- Dryers
- Centrifuges
- Pelletizing
- Bailing
- Solids conveying
- In-line coloring
- Heat Transfer Systems
- Rubber Processing
Non-polymer Unit Ops:
- Distillation
- Molecular sieves
- Coke Gasification
