Expertise

Landfill:

• Landfill gas power collection, compression and generation.
• Landfill gas measurement and characterization.
• Landfill gas recovery systems: Gas collection, gas compression and gas storage.
• Compressor systems related to landfill gas power generation.

Design of compressor systems for landfill gas power generation, either engines or gas turbines, tailored to client's needs, including:

• Mechanical equipment specifications:
• Vessels.
• Heat exchangers.
• Liquid separators.
• Refrigeration.
• Valves and piping.
• Instrumentation and control system.
• Corrosion protection, mechanical equipment redundancy and degree of unattended operation as required.
• Startup of landfill gas collection and power generation systems.

Designs engineering support for:

• Process flow diagrams.
• Thermodynamic calculations for each step of the compression process.
• P&ID: Pipping and instrumental design of the compression process.
• Piping size calculations.
• Bypass calculations.
• Condensate control and removal.
• Specifications of all mechanical equipment, vessels, heat exchangers, liquid separators, refrigeration, valves/piping, instrumentation and control system.

Compression system include:

• Calculations, drawings and specifications.
• Submission of specifications to at least three compressor packager.
• Review of packager quotations and selection of a packager.
• Coordination with the packager and witnessing of the final testing.
• Commissioning assistance calculations.

Experience

Independent Consultant, 1999 - Present

• Designing new landfill gas compression systems.
• Trouble shooting existing landfill gas compression systems.

Dresser LeRoi, Engineer, 1991 - 1998

• Marketing and Engineering for rotary screw gas compressor.
• Entered LeRoi into the gas compressor business.

Dresser Clark, Engineer, 1971 - 1991

• Marketing and engineering for large reciprocating, centrifugal compressors and engines.

Honors & Publications

Education

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute