Minmin Li recently joined SAS in Tulsa, OK

Minmin Li has recently joined SAS Inc., the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based provider of advanced engineering services to the energy and process industries as Project Engineer.

Her primary role will be to support SAS’ clients interested in biomass and coal combustion / gasification-based electric power generation.  She will also support ongoing activities in the chemical and hydrocarbon process industries.

Commenting on Ms. Li’s appointment, SAS President, Joseph Smith, said, “Minmin Li brings with her an excellent foundation in scientific and chemical process technology, gained during her studies at the Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center (ACERC), part of Brigham Young University, plus extensive experience gained in China at two chemical factories, where she worked as a Safety Manager and as a Process Engineering Supervisor as part of her initial degree in Chemical Engineering at Sichuan University (from 2004 – 2007).

“Ms. Li strengthens our already strong focus on CFD-analysis while expanding our efforts to support the emerging renewable energy market with biomass-based combustion. Having a new member of staff with excellent knowledge and training in chemical engineering and combustion reaction processes is a real boost to the SAS team,” he added.

Minmin Li confirmed, “This is a very exciting opportunity and I am delighted that I will be able to apply my knowledge to some really complex emissions and combustion challenges at SAS. What’s even more exciting is that we are also working on a number of international assignments thanks to the close partnership between SAS and its sister organization, RJM International based in England,” she said, “and that is both a challenging and rewarding prospect”.

SAS Inc. is currently working on a number of emissions-related projects supporting generators in the US and in Europe as they seek to meet new forthcoming emissions limits and other chemical and hydrocarbon process industry assignments.

For further information, please contact:

Joseph D. Smith, Ph.D., President, SAS Inc.
T (918) 770-6840                             E jdsmith@sas-ieng.com

Christopher Biggs, Marketing Manager, RJM International
T + 44 (0)1803 868824                   E cbiggs@rjm-international.com

Technology solutions firm to help power producers reduce costs, meet environmental regulations

Tulsa, OK, April 18, 2011– Systems Analyses and Solutions (SAS), a provider of technology solutions based in Tulsa, OK, has formed a joint venture with RJM International (RJM) in based in Winchester, UK, to bring advanced combustion solutions to the to a broader market of power producers in the U.S. market. The new company will focus on assisting power plant operators to reduce costs and better meet environmental regulations.

Joseph D. Smith, SAS President stated, “This new partnership will leverage our world class computer aided engineering services with RJM’s low NOx burner and systems technology to provide our client with a custom product to help them meet ever increasingly stringent environmental regulation in the fossil power industry”.  He further stated that “RJM has a long track record of excellent customer service and suburb engineering expertise in the electric power industry and we are excited to join forces with them to grow our business”.

According to John Goldring, RJM Managing Director, the rising cost of meeting increasingly stringent environmental regulations make efficient combustion a necessity. SAS is focused on helping power plant operators meet local, state and federal environmental regulations,” Goldring adding, “Using advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools, SAS is able to identify inefficiencies and model the most effective solutions. This can help power producers greatly reduce both costs and emissions.”

Smith went on to say “SAS’s technical experts have successfully addressed many of the complex issues governing safe, efficient, and clean operation in a cost-effective manner by coupling computational analysis with field testing and equipment optimization.  The new company will provide better coverage to key market areas in the Americas”.  He further added, “Our engineering staff has over 100 years of combined experience in using computer aided engineering (CAE)  tools to solve the tough problems and provide practical industrial solutions to our clients”.

RJM International, the UK-based provider of emissions reduction technologies, announces today the launch of a new business activity with Systems Analyses and Solutions, Incorporated (SAS) located in Owasso, Oklahoma, USA.

SAS was originally set up in 2006, providing advanced engineering analysis and scaled testing of combustion systems, including performance characterization of catalytic systems, to businesses across a range of industrial sectors in the United States.

Over that period, RJM has increasingly been working with SAS on a number of European emissions reduction analysis projects, exploiting its state-of-the-art expertise and advanced analytical tools developed in-house by SAS and unavailable elsewhere.

It is because of this increasingly significant shared business activity that RJM was keen to formalize the relationship between the two parties and create a new company with enhanced resources, a strengthened management team and therefore the ability to win new, larger assignments across a wider range of industrial sectors, throughout the world.

Commenting on the new SAS venture, John Goldring, Managing Director of RJM said, “We’ve been working with the SAS team for a number of years now on several projects such as detailed CFD analysis or scale-model airflow distribution analysis, where attention to detail and the highest levels of precision can make the difference between meeting a new, reduced NOx threshold or missing it altogether.

“There are a number of industrial sectors which could benefit from SAS’s extensive experience in the chemical and hydrocarbon industries plus their background in forensic  engineering – as well as our own core market in the power generation sector at large combustion plants – and we want to enable the new SAS business to achieve its full potential.

“By joining forces, SAS now has the resources to build on its previous successes and become a significant global player,” he said.

Supporting that viewpoint, Joseph D. Smith, SAS President said, “We are very excited at the prospect of linking up with the RJM team to facilitate new business growth not just in the USA but all over the world.”

“Our high quality engineering team, all with advanced degrees, represents over 100 plus years of practical experience solving real industrial problems.  With our new office and testing laboratories located in Owasso, Oklahoma, we are now ready to aggressively move forward in this business venture with RJM.”

“My priority for the next 12 months will be to meet potential clients in the power and process industries to introduce our well proven solutions to meet the critical challenges in the process and power generation business,” he added.

SAS is moving into a new office to better serve our clients with expanded laboratory services. We provide scaled testing of combustion systems including performance characterization of catalytic systems plus fire analysis. Our lab is equipped with analytical tools to measure flow and temperature profiles in process equipment. We also use advance techniques including GC-MS and ERD to identify possible accelerants used in set fires.

SAS has also recently added new field investigators in Houston, Texas and Cookeville, Tennessee. This allows SAS to respond more quickly to your immediate needs for a site investigation in the Southeastern and Texas regions. As part of I-ENG-A, SAS is closely aligned with an affiliate organization of investigative engineers with over 50 offices through the US and Canada.

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