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Vincent P. Nero Ph.D. Organic Chemistry PDF Version
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Consultant in the disciplines of Petroleum Chemistry, Environmental Analysis, and Water Filtration
Retired as Senior Consultant at Chevron Texaco, Houston, TX, 1980-2001
Director of Chemistry at Unipure Corporation, Houston, TX, 2001-2004
Director
of Research at KX Technologies,
West Haven,
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Nationally recognized expert in the analyses of
petroleum products, petroleum additives and base oils. Invited
speaker to PittCon’98 Analytical Chemistry Conference,
· Nationally recognized expert for non-routine environmental analyses
Selected author for the Encyclopedia of Environmental Analysis and Remediation, John Wiley & Sons, March 1998.
· NY certified environmental laboratory director (1995-1997)
Consistently received the highest ratings on all NY State audits.
· Operated an ISO-9000 certified spectrometry laboratory (1997-8)
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Experienced in federal environmental refinery
audits and commercial laboratory audits in the United States and the Middle East.
Successfully defended Texaco’s position
during a major US EPA Audit at the Texaco Refinery in
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Represented Texaco and ten other petroleum
companies as a major expert witness during a $70,000,000 superfund litigation.
(Sept 1998)
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Extensive knowledge of the sulfur, hydrogen
sulfide and naphthenic acid chemistries of crude oils and base oils. Developed
oxidative desulfurization methods for moving sulfur from petroleum products.
Other Related Work Experience
Taught
Chemistry, Physics and Statistics on the college and secondary levels
Chemist,
General Foods Corp.
Lieutenant
,
Education
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry,
75
Patents, Publications, and Presentations
related
to oxidative desulphurization of petroleum products, environmental analysis and
environmental evaluation, fuel additive synthesis and analysis, lubricant
additive synthesis and evaluation, crude oil analysis and catalytic processing,
fuel analysis and governmental regulations, motor oil analysis, water
filtration, oil filtration and mass spectrometry.
Recent Papers and Patents
1.
Glycerol Application to Enhance the
Hydrophilicity and Flow Characteristics of Carbon Water Filters,
Patent Pending 2008
2.
Fluid Filtration apparatus and Method of
using the Same, (An
advanced oil filtration device) Patent
Pending 2007
3.
Process for Removing Low Amounts of
Organic Sulfur From Hydrocarbon Fuels U. S. Patent 6,402,940 Jun 11, 2002,
U. S. Patent 6406,616 Jun 18,
2002
4.
Analysis of Sulfur and Sulfur compounds
in Petroleum Products and Crude Oils, Vincent P. Nero, selected author for Analytical Advances for
Hydrocarbon Research, Plenum Publishing Corp, 2003
5.
Oxidative Processes for Sulfur removal
from Gasoline and distillate Streams for Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Fuels and
Gasolines, Vincent P. Nero et.
Al., Symposium on Sulfur Removal from Gasoline and Distillate Streams, Div of
Petr. Chem., Am. Chem. Soc. Miami, Apr 2002
6.
Low Resolution Electron Impact Mass
Spectrometry for the Rapid Analyses of Petroleum Matrices,
Vincent P. Nero, selected author for the Encyclopedia
of Analytical Chemistry: Instrumentation and Applications , John Wiley &
Sons. 2000.
7.
Analysis of Reformulated Gasolines Using
Fast Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry,
Vincent P. Nero, et al, contributing author to the book “Designing
Transportation Fuels for the Environment”, Taylor and Francis, 2000
8.
Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Urban
Backgrounds, Vincent P. Nero,
et al, selected author for the Encyclopedia
of Environmental Analysis and Remediation, John Wiley & Sons.
March 1998.
9.
Rapid Survey for Lubricating Additives in
Motor Oils Using Multiple Spectrographic Techniques,
Vincent P. Nero, et.al., Invited speaker for the Symposium on analytical
Chemistry in Petroleum Industry for PITTCON ’98, New Orleans, March 1998
10.
Distinguishing Petrogenic Hydrocarbons
From Biogenic, Pyrogenic, & Anthropogenic Hydrocarbons,
Vincent P. Nero, et al, Proceedings of Am. Soc. for Mass Spectrometry, 45,
May 1997.
11.
Identification of Organo-metallic
Compounds in Lubricating Oil by Electrospray Mass Spectrometry,
Vincent P. Nero, et al, Proceedings of Am. Soc. for Mass Spectrometry, 44,
May 1996.
12.
Implementing the New EPA GC/MS Method for
Total Aromatics in Reformulated Gasoline,
Vincent P. Nero, et al, Proceedings of Am. Soc. for Mass Spectrometry, 43,
May 1995.
13.
Differentiating Petroleum Hydrocarbons
from Hydrocarbons Found in Urban Backgrounds,
Vincent P. Nero, et al, Symposium on Environmental Petroleum Analyses, Div. of
Envir. Chem., Am. Chem. Soc., Volume 39, July 1994.
14.
Characterization of the Acidic Properties
of Niobia-Containing Aerogels with [18O] Ethanol Dehydration,
Vincent P. Nero, et al, J. Catalysis 1994,146,
317.
15.
27Al
NMR, FT-IR and Ethanol-18O TPD Characterization of Fluorided Alumina,
Vincent P. Nero, et al., J. Catalysis 1993,140,
84
16.
Identification of Alcohol Adsorption
Sites on g-Alumina,
Vincent P. Nero, et al., J. Catalysis 1992,135,
444
17.
Structure/Property Relationships of Base
Oils, Vincent P. Nero, et al,
Symposium on Modern Analytical Techniques for the Analysis of Petroleum, Div. of
Pet. Chem., Am. Chem. Soc., Volume 36, August 1991.
18.
A Comprehensive Analysis of Diesel
Fractions, Vincent P. Nero, et
al, Symposium on Modern Analytical Techniques for the Analysis of Petroleum,
Div. of Pet. Chem., Am. Chem. Soc., Volume 36, August 1991.
19.
Determination of the Molecular Weights of
the Ratawi Vacuum Residue Fractions - a Comparison of Mass Spectrometric and
Vapor Phase Osmometry Techniques,
Vincent P. Nero, et al,
20.
Evidence for microbial polysaccharide
preparations containing polyester substituents,
Vincent P. Nero, et al, Int. J.
Biol. Macromol., 1990, 12, 311
21.
Liquid Chromatographic Cleanup Prior to
Determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Oil by Gas Chromatography/Mass
Spectrometry, Vincent P. Nero,
et al, Anal. Chem. 1984, 56,1041.