Power Plant Engineer

Reza Sabet

*** ***** ***., *** # ***, Santa Monica, CA 90403, 818-***-****, ****.*****@*****.***

WORK EXPERIENCE:

July 2009 to present Director of Power Plant Engineering, Suntrough Energy Inc,

9848 De Soto Ave., Chatsworth, CA, US

• Served as the Director of Power Plant Engineering, leading the design, development and integration of 5 MW packaged solar thermal power plant, and also responsible for solar power plant project management:

o Developing the complete heat transfer loop design, including pre-heaters/ economizers, boilers/evaporators, superheaters.

o Developing Process Flow Diagram and P&IDs for the plant including the Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF) system.

o Performing complex engineering analysis of design of the HTF system , including design of boiler (economizer, evaporator, superheater), and boiler thermal performance calculations, pressure part design, tube material selection and tube metal temperature calculations, and HTF system operational reviews and tune-ups.

o Being responsible for all vendor contracts for custom fabricated equipment, the HTF system equipment including steam generators, HTF pumps, tanks, as well as the balance of plant equipment, including condensers, de-aerators, multiple effect flash distillation units.

o Leading the Suntrough Energy’s proprietary passive molten salt thermal storage technology.

o Interfacing with EPC contractors, and international engineering contractors to develop Suntrough Energy’s first California projects.

Nov. 2007 to March 2009 Director of Receiver/Boiler Design and Manager of the Littlerock Test Site, eSolar Inc

130 W Union St., Pasadena, CA, US

• Served as the Director of the Design of Solar Receiver (Boiler), including performance calculations, material selections, test procedures and drawings, and incorporating the relevant ASME codes such as ASME Section I and VIII codes

• Co-authored the US Patent Application “Solar Receivers with Internal Reflections and Flux-Limiting Patterns of Reflectivity “, 2009

• Designed the Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) for Receiver(boiler)

• Manager of the Littlerock Test Site Facility ensuring safety of people and compliance to safety practices

• Trained the receiver (boiler) operator and supervised the receiver(boiler)operation

• Coordinated all logistics and test activities at Littlerock between mechanical, electrical, and tracking/controls and the receiver teams

• Supported the efforts of the designated team leads from each of these respective subsystems in getting their hardware/software installed and operational.

• Tracked issues across the board and helped drive them to closure, working with appropriate people from each of the functional groups

• Coordinated efforts to ensure that each subsystem achieves their Littlerock test objectives

• Responsible for on-going data collection, test and performance validation of the test boiler as, well as integrated test site operations

• Supervised and guided test site plant tours for the potential investors and clients, providing them technical information regarding the test site plant and design of the Solar Receiver (Boiler).

Jan to Oct. 2007 Senior Performance Design Engineer, Doosan Babcock Energy US

1050 Crown Pointe PKWY, APT #200, Atlanta, GA, USA

• Worked as a Senior Performance Design Engineer on Coal Fired Utility Boiler projects, including retrofit proposals, contracts and studies, and Ultra Supercritical New Boiler Studies (in collaboration with EPRI).

• Supported the Sales and Marketing Department as part of winning new business efforts, and starting/keeping a successful and close relationship with the Customer’s organizations at Corporate Levels and Engineering Departments

• Prepared Proposal write-ups and Presentations, and participated in proposal (pre)bid meetings to present proposals to the customers as support activity to win business

• Performed complex engineering analysis based on the relevant ASME codes such as ASME Section I codes: boiler thermal performance calculations, pressure part design, tube material selection and tube metal temperature calculations.

Sept 2001 to Dec 2006 Consulting Design Engineer, ALSTOM Power Inc.

2000 Day Hill Road, Windsor, CT, USA

• Participated in various boiler projects as the proposal and/or contract Consulting design engineer:

o Coordinated activities to support various proposals and contracts activities, communicated effectively with customers, proposal/contract managers and other engineers involved.

o Prepared Proposal write-ups and Presentations, and participated in proposal (pre)bid meetings to present proposals to the customers as support activity to win business

o Developed and reviewed engineering design specifications to ensure compliance with proposal specifications.

o Prepared risk assessment documents for proposals to ensure the successful executions of the projects in the most cost effective manner.

o Performed complex engineering analysis of design of mechanical/chemical systems and (pulp & paper) plant equipments based on the relevant ASME codes such as ASME Section I codes: boiler thermal performance calculations, pressure part design, tube material selection and tube metal temperature calculations, boiler auxiliary equipment design and selection, firing and air system upgrades/tune-ups, and boiler operational reviews.

o Planned engineering activities, time management in contract/proposal activities, and determined the successful approach.

o Prepared and maintained Proposal/Contract documentation and files per required ISO 9000 Standards.

• Assisted in Proposal strategy developments.

• Supported the Sales and Marketing Department as part of winning new business efforts, and starting/keeping a successful and close relationship with the Customer’s organizations at Corporate Levels and Engineering Departments.

• Proposed several new product ideas to the R & D department to develop new product and business for the Company.

• Acted as the lead Engineer in reverse engineering projects to develop new products for the Company.

• Participated in “Condition Assessment Projects”: evaluated the Field, Metallurgical and other Lab reports to determine remaining life of pressure parts and to recommend required actions, Coordinated with NDE group in developing job scopes and site visit and project reports

• Developed programs in Microsoft Excel VBA for boiler heat & mass balance and performance simulations, boiler parts/equipment sizing, tube temperature calculations, and condition assessments.

• Received employee recognition for his efforts in providing solutions to superheater corrosion and tube cracking for boilers in two different projects (one domestic unit and one international unit).

July 2000 – April 2001 Senior Technical Coordinator, Rowan Williams Davies and Irwin Inc. (RWDI),

Consulting Engineers (CANADA)

• Participated in furnace flow optimization field tests and boiler tune-ups

• Developed programs in Microsoft Excel for heat & mass balance in boilers.

• Worked as a consulting engineer in the HVAC design projects

1988 - 1992 Mechanical Consulting Engineer, various chemical and petrochemical industries

• Prepared PFD and P&ID for main process and auxiliary lines for Bandar Abbas # 8 Refinery Oil Depot, including various oil product lines, steam and condensate lines

• Participated in multi-disciplinary project teams

• Developed a numerical model to predict the heat transfer rate from pipe lines

• Prepared progress and final reports, and presented to the clients

EDUCATION:

1995 - 2001 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical Eng, University of Toronto, Canada

Achievements:

• Designed three different laboratory experimental set-ups to investigate the interaction between sootblower supersonic steam jet and fireside deposits in recovery boilers (Supervisors Dr Honghi Tran and Don Cormack).

• Prepared and Presented progress reports to the representatives of 22 international companies at the Annual Research Consortium Meetings

• Relevant Graduate Courses: Fluid Mechanics III (A+), Fluid Mechanics IV (A)

1992 - 1995 Master of Science in Eng. (MScE), Mechanical Eng., University of New Brunswick, Canada

Achievements:

• Research subject: Heat Dispersion in Turbulent Curved Shear Flows

• Conducted experiments in a Wind Tunnel using Hot Wire Anenometery

• Held the Highest G.P.A in Graduate Studies (G.P.A.: 4.2 on the scale of 4.3)

• Relevant Graduate Courses: Turbulence (A+), Aerodynamics (A), Digital Signal Processing (A+)

1984 - 1989 Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Mechanical Engineering,

University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

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