Harald Funk

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Harald Franz Funk (born September 20, 1918 in Herzogenburg ; † January 1, 1992 ) was an Austrian chemist .

Life

Harald Franz Funk, son of Franz Anton Funk and Anna Maria geb. Seifried, studied chemical engineering from 1940 to 1944 in Karlsruhe . From 1940 to 1946 he worked as a research engineer at BASF in Ludwigshafen . He then worked as a chemical engineer in an advisory capacity until 1951, and from 1952 to 1956 at Gulf Oil in Canada . He was then responsible for North America at Linde AG until 1962 . From 1962 to 1965 he was a cryogenics manager at Allied Chemical Corp. From 1962 to 1965 he was President at Silvichem Corp. in Toronto and Salzburg . From 1988 he was Vice President at Phoenix Gold Mines Ltd. in Toronto. He also worked as a consultant for the World Bank .

Funk published numerous articles on solid waste gasification and received more than 44 patents . His achievements include the calculation and creation of steam tables and Mollier diagrams for ammonia and acetylene , the design and construction of a flue gas desulphurisation system for gasoline in oil refineries (removal of mercaptans ), the commissioning of a flue gas cleaning system , the development of a demonstration system for coke oven gas cleaning with recovery of pure hydrogen and desulphurisation , a demonstration plant for the production of activated carbon from waste wood , a plant for the recovery of C5 and C6 monomers from wood for the production of sugar ( xylitol ) and other products, and a demonstration plant for the gasification of solid waste.

He was a member of the Association of Professional Engineers in Ontario , the American Institute of Chemical Engineers , Air Pollution Control Association , Verein Deutscher Ingenieure , German Society for Chemical Apparatus and the New York Academy of Sciences .

literature

  • Who Was Who in America , 2000, p. 100
  • Men of Achievement , 1979, p. 240
  • Chronicle of the City of Salzburg, 1980–1989 , 1990, p. 26

References

personal data
SURNAME Funk, Harald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Funk, Harald Franz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian chemist
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Herzogenburg
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1992