Refinery Plant Noise and Vibration Control, Flares Technical Expert

Technical Consultant #2214

Thirty years ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company technical specialist, with experience resolving numerous plant noise and flare problems for worldwide refining, chemical, and production facilities.
Mechanical engineering specific to; noise control, engineering acoustics, and flares.

Undisclosed Company, Senior Technical Advisor, Present

Providing worldwide consulting for the refinery, chemical, and production facilities industries.

ExxonMobile Research and Engineering Company, Technical Specialist

Plant Noise

Resolved plant noise problems for various refining, chemical, and production facilities at ExxonMobil and other oil companies.
Compressors, gas turbines, fired heaters, flares, and cooling towers were identified and qualified using state-of-the-art noise measurement instruments.
Consulted with plant engineers on maintenance and safety issues to specify and design low-cost noise control devices.
Applied computer modeling in conjunction with surveys to identify the dominant noise sources and solve community noise issues.

FCC and Flue Gas Line Noise and Vibration Problems

Measured piping acoustic data to assess the potential for failures of the flue gas lines and developed mitigation options.
Used data to set a suitable pressure drop across the slide valves.
Measured narrow-band noise spectra for waste heat boiler vibration and FCC reactor noise to identify problems and develop corrective actions.

Flares

Involved in numerous trouble shooting activities for flare-related problems such as community noise and flare combustion efficiency.
As a part of capital project teams, assisted in selecting suitable flare tips. In addition, member of an EPA-sponsored task force that researched flare combustion over a five-year.

Academic and Professional Affiliations

Member of a task force for EPA - sponsored five flare combustion research program
Committee member working for ASHRAE, ISA

Publications