Adrian N. Bynes

Senior Process Engineer at Yara International

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

Master’s degree in environmental engineering (chemistry) with experience as process engineer at Urea solution & granulation plants, ammonia production plant and within engineering for the oil & gas sector.

Experience

  • Yara International (11 yrs 2 mos)
    • Senior Process Engineer
      Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Yara Sluiskil - Ammonia department, Plant D & E.

    • Senior Process Engineer
      Mar 2019 - Feb 2024 · 5 yrs

      Yara Sluiskil - Nitrate & Urea, accountable for Urea plant 7 and 5. Engineer-in-line for production. Mentoring other engineers and having students on internship. • Part of the Yara world-wide production urea core-team. • RCPS of new corrosion phenomena in the CO2-stripper in connection with early replacement. • Project manager of APC project for Urea 7; budgeting, commissioning and fine tuning. • HAZOP leader qualified (Yara requirements, 1 week course) • ATEX zone classification trained (Dutch NPR 7910, Ex002). • Operations/Production responsible for turnaround in Urea 5 granulation 2020. • Organizing, preparing and supervising in-between stop of all Urea plants spring 2021, two granulations and one solution plant. Production-to-production of 72 hours with 48 hours of continuous maintenance. • Process/Production lead during re-HAZOP of Urea 7 solution plant autumn 2021. • Process/Production lead during turnaround 2022 for all urea plants.

    • Process Engineer
      Mar 2017 - Feb 2019 · 2 yrs

      Yara Sluiskil - Nitrate & Urea, dedicated to Urea plant 5, 6, and 7. Process/Support Engineer for Urea production. Troubleshooting operational issues, daily follow-up of plant performance, monitoring emissions and allowances. Conducting/leading small and large projects related to plant regularity, energy, capacity, and safety. Chief of service/production on rotation during evening/night and weekends. Representing department on internal and external meetings. • Process parameter & small scale modifications of Urea 5 granulation and Urea 6 prilling plant to reduce emissions. • Long-term troubleshooting & reform of Urea 7 solution startup philosophy for a major increase in rate of successful startups. • Debottlenecking Air1/AdBlue installation, capacity increased with 25% for minimal cost. • Responsible engineer for plant modification and 'management of change' during the turnaround for Urea 5 and 7 in 2018. Coordinating plant startup and guiding the panel operators to success.

  • Process Engineer at Frontica Advantage Group
    Oct 2014 - Jun 2015 · 9 mos

    Assigned to Aker Solutions MMO Concept & Technology (C&T) at Sleipner studies for client Statoil. Responsible for process simulation (Hysys) of the Sleipner platforms and simulation reports. Projects: • Oct. 2014 – Des. 2014: Snorre 2040 – Beta Case (C Study). • Oct. 2014 – Des. 2014: Alfa Sentral pre-FEED concept optimization (technical notes).

  • Process Engineer at Aker Solutions MMO
    Aug 2012 - Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Assigned to Concept & Technology (C&T) at Sleipner studies for client Statoil. Responsible for process simulation (Hysys) of the Sleipner platforms and simulation reports. Specialist knowledge within Aspen Hysys process simulations and separator sizing. Extensive experience from several projects covering key process systems such as liquid separation & stabilization, gas treatment, gas re-compression, utility systems (cooling & heating medium, chemical injection). Projects • Aug. 2014 – Sep. 2014: Alfa Sentral pre-FEED concept optimization (technical notes). • May 2014 – Jul. 2014: Alfa Sentral pre-FEED productions optimization (technical note). • Mar. 2014 – May 2014: Alfa Nord Low Pressure Rerouting (C study). • Mar. 2014 – May 2014: Sleipner A: Gudrun Low Pressure permanent solution (B/C study). • Jan. 2014 – Feb. 2014: Gudrun platform low pressure production, feasibility study (A study). • Aug. 2013 – Jan. 2014: Alfa Sentral tie-in to Sleipner T (C Study). • Jun. 2013 – Aug. 2013: Alfa Sentral tie-in to Sleipner T (technical note). • Aug. 2013 – Aug. 2013: Zidane tie-in to Heidrun (minor calculations). • Mar. 2013 – Jun. 2013: Johan Sverdrup tie-in to Sleipner A, DG2 (B/C study). • Jan. 2013 – Feb. 2013: Johan Sverdrup tie-in to Sleipner A, DG1 (A/B study). • Oct. 2012 – Jan. 2013: Alfa Sentral tie-in to Sleipner T (B Study). • Aug. 2012 – Oct. 2012: Sleipner A: Gudrun low pressure production study (A study).

  • Salesperson (part-time) at Clas Ohlson
    Oct 2007 - Jun 2012 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    Sale, Customer handling & advising