Engineer Project Manager

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Lawrence R. Lepovitz

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Summary of Engineering Experience and Skills

Technical Skills

• Project manager/coordinator for numerous plant improvement

- Microsoft Office products

projects, performance evaluation tests and Air Quality Control

Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

System (AQCS) studies.

Outlook

• Supervision of union labor, vendors, contractors and engineering

consultants.

- OSI/PI software

• Research and development of air pollution control systems at both a

- Adobe Acrobat Pro lab and pilot scale.

• Monitoring and optimization of full-scale utility plant equipment and

- B&W precipitator systems.

management software

• Preparation of technical reports, papers and presentations.

• Specific air pollution control expertise includes: boiler combustion

tuning; application of utility wet and dry flue gas desulfurization

(FGD) systems, electrostatic precipitators (ESP), fabric filters, and

dry sorbent injection for flue gas SO2 and mercury control.

Employment History

Education/Professiona

l Registrations and Principal Engineer, Electric Energy, Inc., Joppa, Illinois, 1998 – Present.

Certifications • Electric Energy is a 1086 MW coal-fired power plant comprised of

six, 181 MW CE T-fired units burning PRB coal. Experience at EEI

- B.S., Environmental includes System Engineer for the air pollution control systems,

Engineering, California

boiler combustion optimization, and ash handling systems.

Polytechnic State University,

Responsibilities include system performance and operation,

San Luis Obispo, CA,

inspection and coordination of repairs, and budget preparation.

graduated with honors, 1982

• Project management and supervision of contractors, contract

engineering, and EEI labor for system upgrades and improvements.

- Registered Professional

Engineer, Texas, License

#77855 Senior Engineer, Radian Corporation, Austin, Texas, 1985 – 1998.

• Primary experience encompassed the research and development of

- Project Management dry flue gas desulfurization (FGD) technologies for the Electric

Professional (PMP)

Power Research Institute (EPRI), the Tennessee Valley Authority

certification, 2005 – 2013

(TVA), and the Department of Energy (DOE).

• Process engineer at Northern Indiana Public Service Company

(NIPSCO) R.M Schahfer Generating Station in Wheatfield, Indiana.

Responsibilities included operation of the dual alkali, FGD systems

on Units 17 and 18 and the conversion of these FGD systems to

limestone, forced-oxidation systems.

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• Source testing and sample acquisition at municipal and hazardous

waste incinerators, electric power plants, refineries, and various

other stationary sources. Responsibilities included proposal

preparation, test equipment design, operation of source testing

equipment and supervision of test crews.

Environmental Engineer, EMCOTEK – Emission Control Technology,

Visalia, California, 1982 – 1985

• Assisted in the design and development of the Rotary Atomizing

Scrubber for fine particulate and gaseous emission control.

Responsibilities included test design and performance evaluation,

equipment design and development, and system installation and

start-up supervision. Work culminated in the procurement of two

patents.

Engineering Aide, San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control

District, San Luis Obispo, California, June – September, 1980 and 1981.

• Primary responsibilities were to compile the emission inventory for

San Luis Obispo County. Also assisted in processing permits,

inspecting stationary sources, reviewing environmental impact

reports and witnessing source tests.

Publications

Patents

• Mimna, R., W. Tramposch, L. Lepovitz, “Recent Advancements in

- “Method for Metal Halide

Activated Carbon for Mercury Control,” paper presented at the Air

Removal”, Patent Number

Quality IX Conference, Arlington, VA, October 21-23, 2013.

4,544,379, October 1, 1985

• Burnett, T., E. Puschaver, T. Little, L. Lepovitz, R. Altman, F. Hsu,

S. Marchant, “Results from the Recent Testing of the 10-MW Gas

-“Method and Device for

Suspension Absorption Flue Gas Desulfurization Technology,” paper

Cleaning Particulate-Laden

Gases”, Patent Number presented at the AWMA 1995 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX,

4,881,956, November 21, June 18-23, 1995.

1989 • Burnett, T., E. Puschaver, T. Little, L. Lepovitz, R. Altman, “Results

from the Phase II Testing of the Gas Suspension Absorption Flue

- “Apparatus and Method for

Gas Desulfurization Technology at the Center for Emissions

the Continuous Measurement

Research,” paper presented at the 1995 SO2 Control Symposium,

of the Wet Bulb Temperature

Miami Beach, FL, March 28-31, 1995.

of a Flue Gas Stream”,

• Burnett, T., V. Norwood, T. Little, L. Lepovitz, F. Hsu, S. Marchant,

Patent Number 5,460,041,

October 24, 1995 R. Altman, “Recent Results from the 10-MW Demonstration of the

Gas Suspension Absorption Process at TVA’s Center for Emissions

Research,” paper presented at the 1994 International Joint Power

Generation Conference, Phoenix, AZ, October 1994.

• Lepovitz, L.R., G.M. Blythe, “A Survey of Spray Dryer FGD

Vendors and Spray Dryer FGD Installations Treating Flue Gas from

Coal-Fired Boilers,” EPRI TR-102865, Project 2880-02, Final

Report, December 1993.

• Durham, M., D. Holstein, R. Rhudy, R. Altman, T. Burnett, L.

Lepovitz, “Performance of ESPs with Small-SCAs in Spray Dryer

Retrofit Applications,” paper presented at the 10th Particulate

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Control Symposium, Washington, D.C., April 5-8, 1993.

• Lepovitz, L.R., C. Brown, T. Pearson, J. Boyer, T. Burnett, V.

Norwood, E. Puschaver, C. Sedman, B. Toole-O’Neil, “10-MW

Demonstration of the ADVACATE Flue Gas Desulfurization

Process,” paper presented at the EPRI’s 1993 SO2 Control

Symposium, Boston, MA, August 24-27, 1993.

• Blythe, G., L. Lepovitz, R. Rhudy, and R. Carr, “Results of EPRI’s

High Sulfur Test Center Spray Dryer/Pulse-jet Fabric Filter Pilot

Tests,” paper presented at EPRI’s 1990 SO2 Control Symposium,

New Orleans, LA, May 8-11, 1990.

• Carr, R., G. Blythe, L. Lepovitz, R. Rhudy, “Pilot-scale Evaluation

of the HYPAS SO2 and Particulate Matter Removal Process,” paper

presented at EPRI’s 1990 SO2 Control Symposium, New Orleans,

LA, May 8-11, 1990.

• Blythe, G., L. Lepovitz, R. Rhudy, and K. Cushing, “EPRI High-

Sulfur Spray Dryer/Fabric Filter Pilot Results,” paper presented at

the EPA/EPRI sponsored Seventh Symposium on the Transfer and

Utilization of Particulate Control Technology, Nashville, TN, March

22-25, 1988.

• Blythe, G., L. Lepovitz, R. Rhudy, and K. Cushing, “Results from

the First Year of Operation of the EPRI High-Sulfur Spray

Dryer/Fabric Filter Pilot Unit,” paper presented at the APCA 1988

Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, June 19-24, 1988.

• Blythe, G., L. Lepovitz, R. Rhudy, “Results from EPRI HSTC High

Sulfur Spray Dryer/Fabric Filter Pilot Unit,” paper presented at the

First Combined FGD and Dry SO2 Control Symposium, St. Louis,

MO, October 25-28, 1988.

• Brown, C.A., G.M. Blythe, and L. Lepovitz, “Design and Selection

Considerations for Spray Dryer Based Flue Gas Desulfurization

System,” report prepared for the U.S. EPA and the Naval Surface

Weapons Center in Dahlgren, VA, Radian Corporation, Austin, TX,

September 30, 1986.

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