Simulation-led process design for direct lithium extraction
Brett Schug is a Senior Consultant at SysCAD, driving client success through advanced sales support, software training, and project execution. Holding a BS and PhD in chemical engineering, he brings over 35 years of process industry expertise, specializing in steady-state, dynamic, continuous, and discrete process simulation.
Throughout his versatile career in technical and commercial roles, Brett has delivered high-impact process design, optimization, and advanced control projects across six continents.
Process Simulation of DLE: Optimizing Experimental Data Usage for Accelerated Development
How process simulation shortens the road from bench data to a bankable DLE flowsheet — extending public-domain thermodynamic databases with experimental data so processes can be modelled from first principles, building dynamic ion-exchange models with reaction kinetics to predict column performance and cycle times, and using high-accuracy chemistry models to compress project timelines and strengthen stakeholder confidence.
- Expanding public domain databases with experimental data to model DLE processes directly from first principles
- Implementing dynamic ion exchange process models with reaction kinetics to predict column performance and cycle times
- Leveraging high-accuracy chemistry simulation models to accelerate project delivery and enhance stakeholder confidence
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