Expert Details
HVAC and Energy Conversion Technologies: Design, Construction, Analysis and Troubleshooting
ID: 733396
Florida, USA
Almost all Expert's projects have involved construction oversight, start-up and commissioning. The boiler capacities and pressures have ranged from 500MWe@2400psig to 100 bhp at 100 psig. The plant designs include single and batteries of multiple individual boilers. All have involved compliance with EPA emission standards. He has designed the distribution systems for steam, hot water and condensate associated with such plants.
As a consultant, Expert has written a large number of technical reports on failed CHP Infrastructure for Jones Lang LaSalle (boilers and steam failures), the State of Illinois CDB (boiler failure), and the University of Illinois at Chicago (Chilled Water Distribution failures).
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1968 | Degree: Bachelor of Science | Subject: Physics | Institution: Iowa State University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2002 to 2017 | Employer: Power Engineers Collaborative, LLC | Title: Vice President and Principal | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:Expert supervises engineering projects;selects staff for employment; assists in marketing and sales; and assists in contract development and supervision. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 2001 | Employer: Environmental Systems Design, Inc | Title: Senior Vice President | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:Expert supervised major HVAC projects. He also supervised multi-discipline staff for the execution of complex HVAC projects. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1984 to 1993 | Employer: Savage Engineering, Inc | Title: Partner/Chicago Offiec Manager | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:Expert executed a broad range of new and retrofit HVAC, refrigeration, steam and distribution projects across the United States. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1973 to 1984 | Employer: Fluor Power ( Pioneer Service and Engineering | Title: Supervising Mechanical Engineer | Department: Mechanical Engineering |
Responsibilities:He executed and supervised Mechanical Engineering projects, including tenure as Design Lead for LG&E Trimble County, New England Power Salem Harbor retrofit to coal. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1970 to 1973 | Employer: United Conveyor Corporation | Title: Project Manager and System design engineer | Department: Sales and Applications Engineering |
Responsibilities:Expert prepared system designs to support proposal work, estimated cost, prepared proposals, and designed and delivered presentations on ash handling systems for power plants and industrial boiler plants. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1968 to 1970 | Employer: Sargent and Lundy Engineers | Title: Nuclear Analyst | Department: Nuclear Engineering |
Responsibilities:He calculated radiation-induced heat generation in the biological shield wall and required shielding to protect personnel and critical equipment. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2017 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Engineering | Department: |
Responsibilities:Independent engineer. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| ASHRAE (1976 to present) ASME (1976 to present) |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Professional Engineer by examination: State of Illinois (1975 to present) |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Honorary Award, Northwind Franklin and Van Buren Chilled Water Plant, Chicago, Illinois (1996) |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has written and published an ash handling reference manual for the power industry. He has also published 2 HPAC articles and 1 POWER-GEN Conference paper. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert was involved in two arbitrations and was hired to prepare technical reports and give depositions on several engineering cases. In most cases he has worked for lawyers defending contractors and not owners. He was hired by a past employer to provide technical deposition on the 69 W Washington case in Chicago where six people were killed by suffocation. The case was settled out of court for $100,000,000. Other cases involved a claim of defective design against Holabird and Root by the Sisters of Mercy. His testimony in arbitration resulted in total exoneration of Holabird and Root. Additionally, a mold damage claim was made by the University of Illinois against a subsidiary of Paschen Construction -- after Expert's technical report, the University of Illinois dropped the claim. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| For several years, Expert delivered seminars on power plant design to Ingersoll Rand sales and marketing personnel. He did the same for United Conveyor Corporation staff. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| He has been the lead professional in the evaluation and selection of boilers, turbines, condensers, cooling towers, boiler feed pumps, hotwell pumps, FD and ID fans, precipitators and bag houses, and chillers. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert has conducted a great deal of start-up, commissioning and troubleshooting of plants and HVAC systems throughout his career. He prefers this work to other forms of consulting work. |
Fields of Expertise
central boiler plant, waste-heat boiler, boiler fuel, biomass-fired boiler, coal-fired boiler, water-tube boiler, steam boiler air preheater, gas-fired boiler, boiler explosion, cogeneration boiler, fire tube boiler, boiler furnace, boiler-feed pump, boiler feedwater, boiler combustion, Boiler and Industrial Furnace regulation