Expert Details
Hydroelectric Power Generation (All Aspects)
ID: 732040
Pennsylvania, USA
Nearly forty years of experience in the design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and operation of hydroelectric power and pumped storage plants with individual unit output ratings from 100 kilowatts to 800 Megawatts.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 1977 | Degree: Technological | Subject: Construction Technology | Institution: United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Jointers of America - Millwrights & Machinery Erectors |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2011 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Manager | Department: Generator Division |
Responsibilities:Supervising Engineer/Division Manager• Installation of two (2) 58 Mw Kaplan turbine/generator units at the Holtwood Power Project near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. • Operational diagnostics of dynamic problems pertaining to two (2) 10 Mw Kaplan turbine/generators at the City of Chicago's Lockport Power Plant near Lockport, Illinois. • Consultation on myriad rehabilitation issues concerning the rehabilitation of the Dix River Power Project near Burgin, Kentucky. • Engineering Support Services for Toshiba International Corporation involving the development of their rehabilitation program for the Ludington Pumped Storage Project, near Ludington, Michigan. • Problem diagnostics and program development for the emergency repair of two (2) 16 Mw Francis turbine/generating units at Lower Colorado River Authority's Buchanan Hydroelectric Project near Marble Falls, Texas. • Engineering Support Services for Toshiba International Corporation involving the completion of a 90 Mw Kaplan turbine/generator (Unit #7) at the Wells Hydroelectric Project, near Azwell, Washington. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2008 to 2011 | Employer: American Hydro Corporation | Title: Senior Field Representative | Department: Field Service/Field Engineering |
Responsibilities:Supervising Engineer/Senior Field Representative• Installation of two (2) 4 Mw station service units at the Osage Power Station at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. • Rehabilitation of two (2) 10 Mw generating units (Units #1 and #3) at the Keokuk Power Plant near Keokuk, Iowa. • Project Engineering for two (2) 10 Mw generating units (Units #2 and #4) at the Keokuk Power Plant near Keokuk, Iowa. • Rehabilitation of two (2) 40 Mw generating units at the Parker Dam Project near Lake Havasu, Arizona. • Field Machining/Engineering of (1) 9 Mw generating unit at the Thousand Springs Power Plant near Wendell, Idaho. • Non-rotating Component Embedment for (1) 18 Mw generating unit at the Snoqualmie Falls II Power Station in Falls City, Washington. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2000 to 2008 | Employer: White Engineering Consultants | Title: Supervising Engineer | Department: Executive |
Responsibilities:Executive/Supervising Engineer• Rehabilitation of one (1) 112 Mw generator at the Ross Hydroelectric Project near Newhalem, Washington. • Complete rehabilitation of one (1) 3.1 Mw “Tube” (Kaplan) turbine/generator and control system at the Ware Shoals Power Plant near Ware Shoals, South Carolina. • Design and implementation for the rehabilitation of three (3) Larner-Johnson turbine regulating valves at the Dix River Power Project near Burgin, Kentucky. • Rehabilitation of one (1) 84 Mw generator at the Wells Hydroelectric Project near Azwell, Washington. • Uprate study – complete plant – including three (3) 10 Mw Francis turbine/generators at the Dix River Power Project near Burgin, Kentucky. • Rehabilitation of one (1) 100 Mw generator at the Cerron Grande Hydroelectric Project near Chalatenango, Republic of El Salvador CA. • Diagnosis of dynamic operating problems on (1) 700 Mw Francis turbine/generator at the Guri II Hydroelectric Station near Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela SA. • Complete rehabilitation of one (1) 2 Mw Kaplan turbine/generator at the Gantt Hydroelectric Project near Gantt, Alabama. • Complete rehabilitation of four (4) 495 Mw water-cooled motor/generators at Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Project near Tiftonia, Tennessee. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 2000 | Employer: Siemens Power Corporation | Title: Senior Field Engineer - Western Hemisphere | Department: Hydroelectric Services |
Responsibilities:Senior Engineer - Hydroelectric Services• Complete installation of two (2) 90 Mw generators at the Casecnan Multipurpose Project near Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija in the Republic of the Philippines. • Rehabilitation of (1) 19.6 Mw Generator at Pensacola Power Plant near Langley, Oklahoma. • Winding cooling water system repairs on (1) 404 Mw motor/generator at the Helms Pumped Storage Project near Shaver Lake, California. • Technical direction for the rehabilitation of one (1) 1.1 Mw vertical Francis turbine/generator at the Lyons Falls Hydroelectric Plant in Lyons Falls, New York. • Design, manufacture, testing, and installation of (1) 144 inch spherical valve for the Eastside Reservoir Project near Winchester, California. • Rehabilitation of (3) 30 Mw propeller turbine/generators and (2) 35 Mw Kaplan turbine/generators at the Afobaka Power Plant near Brokopondo, Suriname SA. • Complete rehabilitation of three (3) 805 Mw water-cooled generators at Grand Coulee Dam in Coulee Dam, Washington. • Repair and rehabilitation of two (2) 11.5 Mw Francis turbine/generators at the Swan Lake Power Project near Ketchikan, Alaska. • Complete rehabilitation of one (1) 32 Mw Kaplan turbine/generator at Markland Dam near Vevay, Indiana. • Technical Advisor on over 30 projects throughout the Western Hemisphere. • Member, Design-Liaison Committee – VGS Consortium for the Sanxia (Three Gorges) Project near Sandouping, China. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1986 to 1993 | Employer: Voith Hydro, Incorporated | Title: Senior Field Representative/Senior Field Engineer | Department: Field Service |
Responsibilities:Senior Field Representative/Project Engineer• Complete rehabilitation of one (1) 325 Mw reversible pump/turbine – motor/generator at the Ludington Pumped Storage Project near Ludington, Michigan. • Installation of three (3) 7.5 Mw tube (Kaplan) turbine/generators at Headgate Rock Dam near Parker, Arizona. • Rehabilitating the wicket gate assembly of (1) 350 Mw pump/turbine unit at the Bath County Pumped Storage Project near Warm Springs, Virginia. • Technical support for one (1) 112 Mw reversible pump/turbine - motor/generator at the Seneca Pumped Storage Project near Warren, Pennsylvania. • Technical support for the rehabilitation of one (1) 3.7 Mw tube (Kaplan) turbine/generator and one (1) 100 kW axial-flow propeller turbine/generator at the Wyre Wynd Hydroelectric Plant near Jewett City, Connecticut. • The installation of one (1) prototypical, uprated, 200 Mw Francis turbine at the Robert Moses Power Project near Niagara Falls, New York. • Installation of four (4) 1067 cfs centrifugal pumps at the Harvey O. Banks Delta Pumping Plant near Tracy, California. • Complete rehabilitation of (1) 1.5 Mw and (1) 3.5 Mw Francis turbine/generators at the LaGrange Power Plant near LaGrange, California. • Complete realignment of one (1) 2 Mw vertical Francis turbine/generator at the Seneca Falls Power Plant in Seneca Falls, New York. • Complete installation of one (1) 3.5 Mw “S” (Kaplan) turbine/generator and control system at the Warrensburg Hydroelectric Project in Warrensburg, New York. • Warranty repairs for three (3) 3.2 Mw vertical tube (Kaplan) turbine/generators at the Great Falls Hydroelectric Project in Patterson, New Jersey. • Rehabilitating and aligning the shaft assembly of one (1) 700 Mw Francis turbine at Grand Coulee Dam in Coulee Dam, Washington. • Complete installation of two (2) 45 Mw and one (1) 11.5 Mw Kaplan turbine/generators at the Lucky Peak Power Project near Boise, Idaho. • Rehabilitation of (1) 210 Mw pump/turbine - motor/generator at the Castaic Pumped Storage Project near Castaic, California. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1976 to 1986 | Employer: Various | Title: Machinery Erector | Department: Machinery Erector |
Responsibilities:Machinery Erector - Selected Energy Projects• Overhauling Unit 1 at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant near Avila Beach, California (thermal). • Overhauling Units 1 and 2 at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station near San Clemente, California (thermal). • The installation of (2) 215 Mw Francis turbine/generators at Boundary Dam near Metaline Falls, Washington. • The overhaul of (1) 7 Mw and (1) 900 kW steam turbine/generator units at the Montana Power Company Generating Station near Libby, Montana (thermal). • The complete installation of (1) 170 Mw Francis turbine/generator at Noxon Rapids near Noxon, Montana. |
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Fields of Expertise
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