Engineer Control

Oscar Alvarez

New Jersey. NJ *****. United States

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Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineer. Graduated in the General Electric Field Engineering Program

(FEP), 1992. Solid knowledge in General Electric control systems: Mark II, Mark V and Mark VI for gas and steam turbines. Analog and digital (EX2000) generators excitation systems. Highlights

Installation, commissioning and startup of

GE gas turbine (Frame 5, 7 and 9) with

Mark V and Mark VI control system.

Knowledge of instrumentation devices such

as pressure transducers/transmitters,

thermocouples, servovalves, solenoid

valves, pressure switches, among others.

Controls conversions, modifications and

upgrades.

Experience with power plants. Turbines

failures troubleshooting and commissioning.

High proficiency in Mark II, Mark V and Mark

VI GE turbines control system.

Strong understanding of gas/steam turbines

operation and its auxiliaries systems.

Maintenance and troubleshooting on Siemens

gas turbine with WDPF control systems and

Solar turbines with RSLogix 5000 control

system.

Instructor in turbine auxiliaries systems and

Mark V control system (IDOS and HMI

version).

Experience on operation, maintenance and

control of GE, Siemens and Solar turbines.

Coordinate maintenance schedules and

establish operating procedures.

Troubleshooting on generator / turbines

failures, getting solutions and returning them

back to service.

Field verifications of I/O and loop checks.

Accomplishments

1. Mark VI software modification during the installation of a new liquid fuel atomization air compressor, at Dos Bocas Maritime Terminal, in Tabasco, Mexico. 2. Consultant, start up and control field engineer hired by SINCOR, Venezuela, for three (3) Frame 5 units and PEMEX, Mexico, for three (3) Frame 7EA units with GE Mark V control system under IDOS version. Loop checks and calibration of inlet guide vanes, gas fuel system and liquid fuel system.

3. GE Mark V control system instructor, during "Training Program for Gas Turbine Maintenance and Operation" at SINCOR (Four times), TURBOVEN (Five times) in Venezuela and PEMEX (Two times), at Nitrogen of Cantarell, in Mexico. 4. Installation, instrumentation and electrical commissioning as startup and control field engineer of four (4) Frame 5 turbines with GE Mark II control system at TURBOVEN and EDELCA, in Venezuela. Loop checks and calibration of inlet guide vanes, gas fuel system and liquid fuel system.

5. Instrumentation and electrical commissioning as startup and control field engineer of a Frame 3 unit, with GE Mark I control system at CAMUZZI-GHEZZI, in Argentina. 6. Instrumentation and electrical commissioning as startup and control field engineer of a Frame 9 gas turbine unit, with GE Mark V (IDOS version) control system at ESSAR COIL, in Mumbai, India.

7. Installation of a GE EX2000 Digital Excitation System in Petrochemical “El Tablazo”, in Venezuela and Petroindustrial of Ecuador. Installation of a Mark V control system, IDOS version, in Ecuador.

8. Troubleshooting, maintenance and startup of a Frame 6 gas turbine unit with GE Mark V control system, in El Salvador.

9. Major overhaul as start up, electrical, instrumentation and control field engineer of three

(3) GE Frame 7 gas turbines units, with GE Mark II control system, at ENELVEN and CADAFE, in Venezuela. Loop checks and calibration of inlet guide vanes, gas fuel system and liquid fuel system.

10. Maintenance, calibration and startup of a Frame 5 gas turbine with GE Mark II control system at ENELVEN, Venezuela and WEB, Oranjestad, Aruba. 11. GE Mark II control system calibration, turbine start up and synchronization of generator as field engineer of a Frame 6 gas turbine unit, in Panama. 12. Troubleshooting of electrical, control and instrumentation turbines failures and on analog and digital generators excitation systems. Calibration of generator excitation systems. Experience

Availability: Immediately.

Electrical, startup and control Technical Field Advisor. Turboaleaciones SA de CV. Villahermosa, México.

Electrical, startup and control Technical Field Advisor (November 2015 – April 2016). Technical Field Advisor in GE Mark VI control system during a modification of the atomizing air system of a GE Frame 5 Unit.

Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) – Judibana. Venezuela. Turbine specialist (March 2003 - July 2015).

Reliability of power generation system feeding Amuay and Cardon Refineries, Venezuela, composed by four GE MS5000 gas turbine (20 Mw), three GE steam turbines (17 Mw), three Siemens gas turbines 501D5 (100 Mw) and two Titan 130 Solar turbines (12 Mw). Diagnosis and solution (Troubleshooting) of failures at all gas turbine auxiliaries systems, like gas fuel system, liquid fuel system, cooling air and sealing air system, cooling water and water injection system, starting and ignition system, lube oil and hydraulic oil system, instrumentation air system.

Calibration of: over speed and over temperatures protection system, gas fuel system, liquid fuel system, Inlet Guide Vanes (IGV’s). Generator synchronism on GE Frames 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 units with GE Mark II, Mark V (IDOS and HMI version) and Mark VI control systems. Fault diagnosis and solution on Siemens gas turbines using WDPF control system and Solar turbines with RSLogix 5000 control system.

TurboMark5, CA – Valencia. Venezuela.

Start up and control field engineer (September 1998 – February 2003). Troubleshooting of electrical, mechanical, instrumentation and control failures on gas and steam turbines. Installation, commissioning and startup of MS5000 and MS7000 gas turbine with Mark II and Mark V control systems. Training to electrical, instrumentation and mechanical engineers in Mark II and Mark V control system, turbines auxiliaries system and generator excitation system (Analog and digital system (EX2000)). Turbimeca (General Electric Company) – Maracaibo. Venezuela. Start up and control field engineer (October 1991 - August 1998). GE Field Engineering Program (FEP) graduate, 1992. Installation, commissioning and start up MS5000, MS7000 and MS9000 GE gas turbine with Mark II and Mark V control system. Replace of one Mark I for one Mark V (CM&U). Frequently worked overtime, weekends and holidays in India, Aruba, Panama, Ecuador, El Salvador, Argentina and Venezuela.

Cadafe – Valencia. Venezuela.

Electrical Coordinator (June 1986 - September 1991). Reliability of the service of 25 GE Frame 5 gas turbines (20 Mw). Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical and instrumentation faults on turbines and on generators in order to put them back to service. Turbines and generator, electrical, hydraulic, mechanical and instrumentation maintenance.

Cadafe – Maracay. Venezuela.

Chief of maintenance and operation (October 1979 to May 1986). Chief of maintenance and operation in a power plant with two turbines General Electric, 50 Mw each, model MS-7000 and three turbines Hitachi, model MS-5000, 20 Mw each; with control systems GE Mark I and Mark II, respectively. In charge of keeping these turbines in safe and reliable service, troubleshoot electrical and control faults, startup, synchronism and commissioning of the turbines. Scheduling and execution of mechanical, electrical and instrumentation maintenances in these units.

Education

University of Carabobo – Valencia. Venezuela (1979). Electrical engineer.

GE Training Center – Schenectady. New York (1992). Start up and control field engineer.

Courses / Certificates:

1. GE Gas Turbine Operator / Maintenance / Speedtronic Control. 2. GE Field Engineer Program (FEP) graduate.

3. Generator excitation analog systems.

4. Generator excitation digital systems (EX2000).

5. Speedtronic Mark V – Gas turbine control system. 6. Speedtronic Mark VI – Gas turbine control system. 7. PLC with RSLogix 5000.

8. SPPA-T3000 – Advance Engineering.

9. SPPA -T3000 - Maintenance / Administration.

Certificate

GED (Eastwick College, New Jersey, 2016)

University of Falcon – Punto Fijo. Venezuela (2010). Lawyer.

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