LEE M. HENTON, Research Engineer

Mr. Henton’s responsibilities at Eltron have included design, assembly, operation, testing and analysis, data reduction, and reporting. Subject areas include novel membranes for improved lithium batteries; spouted cathodes for electrolytic removal of heavy metals from water wastes; generation of low concentration peroxides to control exotic species contamination from shipboard discharge waters.

Previously, Mr. Henton spent 20+ years in petroleum refining pilot plant and laboratory research, areas including circulating and PDU fluid catalytic cracking, hydrotreating, and wiped-film evaporation fractionation of crude fractions and vacuum resids from both conventional and syncrudes derived from shale, coal, tar sand, and heavy oil. Mr. Henton also supervised startup operations of the first commercial Phillips Re-Refined Oil Process Plant.