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COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL Anniston Plant TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT Anniston Summary lant Copy* File Copy J. C. Landwehr* OCTOBER 1971 *PRSD Mid-month Report Attached General Offices D. Danna* (5) C. F. Luecke*/ R. E. Howard W. R. Richard* W. R. Robirds* J. R. Savage* J. A. Stephens Ag Division Winterization of Parathion Department to produce Methyl in cold weather continues. As of end of October, project is approximately 40% complete. Expenditures are in line with project estimate. A preliminary estimate for debottlenecking of PNP by increasing production capacity 2.0M lbs./yr. was prepared for production. Economic studies of residue recycle based on the latest PR&D work were initiated. This work will continue into November. The automatic steam controller on No. 1_ Intermediate Still con tinued to function as designed. A profile for steam input was developed which saved 0.5 hour in cycle time. Polyphenyls All design and construction work on CEA 2472 Santowax R/Q refining facilities was suspended as of October 1 pending final approval of the appropriation. Work up until that time was proceeding on pre-approval appropriations. The cumene injection system has been removed from the No. 1 Poly phenyl Tubular Unit. A project for a permanent facility will be forwarded for approval by mid-December. Design features will be incorporated to correct the problems encountered during operation of the test facility. The CED proposed Biphenyl Still control system has been successfully started up. The controls plus' replacement of the ten broken trays has enabled the overhead product biphenyl to maintain its usual high quality while suppressing the biphenyl content of the bottoms (Santowax C) to below 0.5%. . A Partek Liqua-Blaster has been successfully tested as a means of cleaning the Polyphenyl Tube preheater tube bundles. A permanent unit will be purchased by the 'Maintenance Department to be used throughout the plant in cleaning fouled heat exchangers. N --906 REV. 11/1/1 968 ----------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION - DSW 551571 ``This document contains confidential information which is the property of Monsanto Company. Only those portions of the document relevant to a duly authorized individual's need to know may be exerpted for him. The report must not be sent outside the Company without written annrm/al anri thp rerinlonf k arAAimtahlp Inr Itc afp l/Ppnino ovorntino ai nthprwicp riicrlhftinff nf Its rOfltehts and fO^MtS^b^ODe^^icliSbOSal.,, ,,, STLCOPCB4089988 2. HB-40 Samples of. Santowax have been hydrogenated to 30%, 35% and 38% by PR&D as part of the WCM optimization study. The samples will be forwarded to St. Louis for an application testing study. Studies to determine the hydrogenation rates of HB-40 and WCM at 500 and 900 psi will begin immediately. EDC for this phase is 12-1-71. The Hydrogen Purification Unit was modified to increase recovery from 65 to 70%. Startup was successful and optimization is continuing. This work has delayed the third autoclave project scope until November. The liquid hydrogen trailer was removed from the plant in early October. Solid Aroclor Therminol FR-2 was removed from the Therminol heating system in the Solid Aroclor Department and replaced with chlorinated Santowax OM (OM-16). The changeover was successful with minor startup problems due to the high viscosity of cold OM-16. Plasticizers An evaluation is in progress for converting the old Aroclor tank farm into a plasticizer bulk handling and blending facility. Pollution Control Samples were collected and sent to an outside laboratory in preparation for com pleting the E.P.A. questionnaire. Quality Control The plant quality score was 90.9, up 1.8 from September, with a YTD score of 86.2. PCB in plant effluent showed marked improvement. /dp DSVV 551572 STLCOPCB4089989 PLANT LABORATORIES ANALYTICAL AND QUALITY CONTROL - S. 0. Kemp 3. Complaint Report Quality Number EVT-28P SP-33-P Material XS-324 Pyranol 1492 Customer Reason Nashua Corp. Crystalline precipitate - all drums shipped General Electric None at this time YTD Quality Complaints 100/Shipments 0.30 Target 0.20 0s* *5'515 STLCOPCB4089990 4. COMMUNITY RELATIONS, PERSONNEL, RECRUITING AND DEVELOPMENT Personnel E. G. Wright, J. T. Bel-1 .and J. C. Landwehr attended the Second Annual Alabama Environmental Conference at Auburn University October 6 and 7. E. G. Wright and J. C. Landwehr met with J. L. Crockett, Jr. (A.W.I.C.) in Montgomery on October 21 to discuss PCB pollution abatement efforts at the Anniston Plant. J. R. Savage and E. V. Weeks (MCL) visited the plant 10-27-71 to review operations and technical programs. D. W. Dudley was transferred to the Columbia, Tennessee Plant as a Senior Maintenance Engineer. He reported to Columbia on October 18. DSW 551574 STLCOPCB4089991 1971 DISTRIBUTION OF TIME BY TECHNICAL SERVICE .\ <d I'D Q Pm >1 c n) S . <a (fl s 3 *3 1--t 3 t7> 3, <3 <U W +> > OO O2 U 0) Q EXISTING PRODUCT 70 TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT NEW PRODUCT EVALUATIONS 60 MAJOR PROJECT SUPPORT 50 PROCESS CONTROL IMPROVEMENT 40 PROJECT DESIGN PROCESS MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNICAL MANPOWER PLANT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT DSW 551575 STLCOPCB4089992