Design and project engineering for coal, gas and biomass fired power plants. Scope included heat balance and cycle design, boiler design, balance of plant specification and design, start-up consultation, and customer support in purchase specifications and negotiations.
Provided engineering and specifications for particulate control systems (baghouses and ESP's) flue gas scrubbers, and NOx control SCR systems.
Design of numerous boilers both new and re-powering of used boilers throughout the world. Experience with opportunity fuels such as biomass crops, chicken and turkey litter, wood byproducts, and sugar cane bagasse.
Responsible for new plant designs, numerous root cause investigations, performance studies, forensic investigations, and design modifications. Restoration of unit with major gas side explosion and fire.
Expertise in mitigating fouling and slagging in both coal and biomass fired boilers. Completed major study and retrofit of equipment to remedy slagging and fouling in biomass chicken litter fired boilers.
Experience in resolving issues in balance of plant components ranging from heat exchangers to pumps, valves, burners, and thermal solar plant components.