Dividing wall columns for fatty acids fractionation

Quan Yang is a Sulzer Senior Technical Expert, specializing in mass transfer components. He is in charge of air separation knowledge management within Sulzer Chemtech. Recently, his field expanded to process optimization for DWC. He holds a PhD in environmental engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Patrick Farquet is the Head of renewables and bio-based applications at Sulzer Chemtech. He leads research and development, senior experts and innovation teams with a focus on developing novel processes in the fields of polymer chemical recycling, biopolymers and production of bio-based intermediates, oleochemicals and biofuels. He holds a PhD in chemical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich.

Peter Faessler is a Senior Technical Consultant in the field of chemical engineering. He has worked at Sulzer Chemtech for 38 yr, holding various positions at different locations including Switzerland, Brazil, Mexico, Singapore and China.

Wan Seang Kek is the Lead Process Engineer under Sulzer Chemtech’s Global Biobased Group. He has been working at Sulzer since 2002, holding various positions in process engineering, technology and sales. He specializes in distillation technology and has vast experience in oleochemicals and petrochemicals such as phenols, ethanolamine and aromatics. He holds a BE degree in chemical engineering.

Keen Hoe Lui is an Oleochemicals Applications Manager at Sulzer Chemtech, responsible for global oleochemicals application development. He has 18 yr of process engineering and project management experience in oleochemicals and edible oils processing. Mr. Lui holds a BE degree in chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK.