Greater Nottingham
I am a specialist consultant in power plant cycle chemistry and water treatment. My main activities involve: • Boiler and water-steam circuit chemistry. • Plant preservation and chemical cleaning. • Demineralised water make-up, condensate polishing, waste water treatment and cooling water treatment. • Environmental compliance and discharges to water. I provide plant specific technical and analytical support and investigations with respect to water-steam cycle chemistry and corrosion and water treatment. This includes the preparation of engineering standards and guidelines, plant status reviews and audits, outage inspections for plant component condition assessment, diagnosis and resolution of problems, equipment specification and environmental monitoring. My work has involved supporting plants in the UK, Europe and worldwide. Outside of Uniper, I am a member of the power plant chemistry committee for the UK and Ireland (BIAPWS). I was also chair of BIAPWS for 4 years up to 2016. This lead to involvement in the international IAPWS organisation and I am now vice-chair of the IAPWS Power Cycle Chemistry Working Group.
I am a specialist advisor to both internal and external customers on power plant cycle chemistry and water treatment. For both operational and commissioning plant, UK based and worldwide, my principal technical areas cover the provision of advice, technical support and investigation of problems in respect of : • Power plant cycle chemistry and corrosion. • Desalination and deionisation plants. • Condensate polishing plant. • Cooling water systems. • Wastewater treatment and discharges. • Chemical cleaning. Typical activities include: • For new plant, technical specification, tender proposal assessment, design review and project support during construction and commissioning phases for all chemistry and water treatment aspects. • Production of company standards for water-steam cycle chemistry for all steam raising power plants. • Plant status reviews, audits and assessments of water-steam cycle chemistry and water treatment. • Flow-Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) risk assessments, specification of outage inspections, completion of plant inspections, specification and assessment of non-destructive testing for plant component condition assessment. Guidance on cycle chemistry changes for FAC mitigation. • Technical support with boiler and steam turbine issues related to corrosion and deposition. • Production of company guidance and site specific plans for plant preservation during standby operational periods and for full plant mothballing. • Investigation and analysis of water treatment plant operational problems. • Cooling water treatment, including pilot trials, environmental impact assessment and technical support. • Environmental compliance support for plant permitting.
Responsible for developing process modelling capability and assisting in a technology status review for the UK Department of Trade and Industry.