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Simon Davies

Simon Davies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Information

Office: +1(303)273-3561
Fax:     +1(303)273-3730
Email: sdavies@mines.edu

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Position: PhD Candidate
Start Date: January 2004

 

Research Interests:

Experiments and modeling of hydrate plug dissociation. Modeling of hydrate plug formation with CSMHyk / Olga2000 ®

Education:

2000-2005 First Class (Hons) MEng Chemical Engineering (5 Year), Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire

Experience:

2002-2003 Operations Support Engineer BP Southern North Sea (South), Thames House, Thames Field Way, Great Yarmouth, UK

Current Research at CHR:

Development of the CSMHyK module that is integrated into Olga2000® for prediction of hydrate plug formation in pipelines during steady state and transient operations.

Recent Publications/Preceedings:

  • S.R. Davies, M.S. Selim, E.D. Sloan, P. Bollavaram, D.J. Peters, "Hydrate Plug Dissociation" 52, 2006 AIChE J.
  • Davies S.R., Ivanic J. and Sloan E.D. Predictions of Hydrate Plug Dissociation with Electrical Heating. Proc. 5th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vol. 4. pp 1396-1405, Trondheim, 2005.

 

Awards/Honors:

  • Science Engineering and Technology Award for the Best Chemical Engineering Student in the UK 2005 by the World Leadership Forum
  • Salters Graduate Prize 2005 by the Salters Institute
  • First Prize in the IChemE Particle Technology 2004/5 competition for MEng research
  • Awarded BP Design Prize 2005
  • Awarded Shell Prize for Professional Development Project 2004
  • Awarded H.K. Suttle Prize as student most likely to succeed in industry 2005
  • Spot Recognition Award from the platform manager on Indefatigable 49/27Alpha for design verification 2003
  • Finalist in the UK Engineering Leadership Awards