Industrial & Power Plant Instrumentation, Process Control, and Flow Measurement Expert

Technical Consultant #2394

Consumer guides for various flow and level measurement technologies in municipal and manufacturing industries.
Industrial flow measurement, instrumentation and process control.
Variable speed drives.
Hazard reviews.
Energy conservation, system efficiency, system simplification, operating flexibility, reliability and maintainability.
Regulatory and safety: RCRA, cGMP and NFPA/NEC - Waste and hazardous waste water.
Perform flow laboratory uncertainty analysis.
Protocols for testing competitive instruments.
Energy cost reduction through substituting a waste fume for combustion air and by atomizing with plant air instead of steam.
Energy conservation.

Expert Witness Experience

Determined that sewage flowmeters used for billing were not accurate and helped persuade party to correct said installations.
Arbitration for allegations that the instrumentation review process caused construction delays.
Investigated an incident where swimming pool chemicals mixed to produce a chlorine cloud in which the individual was injured.
Conducted a performance review of a flowmeter measuring and billing for effluent to the water treatment facility to defend allegations that the flowmeter was measuring erroneously low for many years.
Defended the claims of 50 year-old flowmeters (not calibrated for 7 years) passing approximately $200 million of steam per year were inaccurate.

Undisclosed Company, Principal, 2002 - Present

Provides instrumentation, process control and market research consulting services to industry and manufacturers.
Developed Consumer Guides for various flow and level measurement technologies.
Wrote various market studies and analysis.
Instructor: Industrial Flow Measurement seminars.
Performs expert witness work.
Provides consulting services to various manufacturers and end-users.

C&P, Chestnut Ridge, NY, Principal, 1986 - Present

Provides instrumentation and process control consulting services to industry and manufacturers.
Specialization in flow measurement, advanced regulatory control and the application of variable speed drives.
Taught numerous flow measurement and instrumentation seminars.
Performed expert witness work including testimony in Federal court.

Nepera, Harriman, NY, Lead Utility and Instrumentation Engineer, 1983 - 1998

Managed the instrumentation, electrical, and utility areas on a plant wide basis, including long range capital planning, utility process engineering, boiler and incinerator controls.
Energy conservation and the development and implementation of capital projects addressing system efficiency, system simplification, operating flexibility, reliability and maintainability. Familiar with RCRA, cGMP and NFPA/NEC.
Increased profitability by $1,100,000 (U.S.) per year, by installing novel control valves that increased main reactor and byproduct processing capacities by 15% and 33%.
Reduced annual energy costs by $ 250,000, (U.S.) by substituting a waste fume for combustion air and by atomizing with plant air instead of steam.
Eliminated the need for an expenditure of $ 75,000 (U.S.) plus ongoing maintenance expenses and environmental problems by championing a hazard review that eliminated the need for explosion doors.

Mobay Chemical, Pittsburgh, PA, Senior Process Control Systems Engineer, 1980 - 1983

Executed the instrumentation portion of capital projects throughout the corporation.
Non-project assignments included the development of an instrumentation estimating procedure and a flowmeter technology study.

United States Steel, Pittsburgh, PA, Instrumentation Engineer - Corporate Staff, 1975 - 1980

Performed the scoping, estimating, specification, preparation of installation drawings, and startup assistance for process instrumentation systems on various steel-making processes.
Effectively coordinated the activities of outside engineering contractors and vendors. Spent 12 months in Brazil directing calibration, checkout, dry run and startup.

Educator

Instructor teaching industrial flow measurement and variable speed drive seminars at the ISA Training Center, ISA International Conferences, and at various other locations.
Instructor teaching variable speed drive technology seminars for the Association of Energy Engineers.

Credentials

Languages

Academic and Professional Affiliations

(ISA) Flow measurement and variable speed drives for process control
Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Measurement of Fluid Flow in Closed Conduits Main Committee and various subcommittees Member of ISO TC30 SC9 WG4 - Selection of Flowmeters
INTECH Editorial Advisory Board Member
Flow Control Editorial Advisory Board Member
INTECH Brasil Editorial Advisory Board Member
Knovel Editorial Advisory Board Member
International Speaker: ISA meetings and conferences including, Global Conference and Exhibition on Innovative Solutions in Flow Measurement and Control (flotek.g)

Awards

Education and Development in Flow Measurement Technology (ISA)
Chemical Industry Engineer of the Year recognizing - instrumentation and control
Instrument Society of America; Douglas H. Annin Award recognizing, (Flowmeters)
Instrument Society of America Process Measurement and Control Division Best Paper Award
International Society of Automation (ISA), Life Fellow for contributions in flow measurement

Publications

International Author and Co-Author of over 10 books and over 400 technical articles-subject matter:
Flow Measurement
Level Measurement
Variable Speed Drives
Process Control

M.S. Electrical Engineering (Optimal Control), University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT