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Expert Witness #260698
This expert leads the technical staff of an internationally renowned consulting firm that serves major power generation technology developers and sells commercial software packages worldwide. This expert is also recognized throughout the world as the author of over 240 technical papers on air pollutant formation and control.
This expert and consultancy performed sponsored research to develop and validate detailed chemical reaction mechanisms to predict the partitioning of mercury (Hg) along coal-fired utility gas cleaning systems. These mechanisms accurately describe the fate of Hg as flue gas moves through economizers, SCR units, air preheaters, ESPs and fabric filters, and FGD scrubbers in utility power plants. They also accurately predict Hg capture efficiencies for bromine and chlorine additives, activated carbon injection, and the full domain of gas cleaning conditions. The predictions have been validated with measured Hg speciation from over 200 field tests at commercial power plants.
This expert's firm's reaction mechanism for bromine/chlorine/Hg chemistry is regarded worldwide as the best-in-class. Collectively, this expert's publications on Hg control have been cited more than 800 times and research also spawned three patent applications. The work also spawned two software packages.
This expert has served as an expert witness on two cases of patent infringement involving Hg control with bromine and activated carbon at coal-fired power stations.
Start Coal Expert SearchExpert Witness #216341
This expert provides Expert Witness, Investigation, and Technical Consulting services for Industrial Control Systems, Automated Systems, and Safety Systems. This expert has litigated several cases that involve PLC ladder logic, and has designed scores of systems which utilize PLC code. This expert manages an automation engineering group, and writes/analyzes PLC code virtually every day. Experience includes:
Automated Machinery – Manufacturing Plants, Production Plants
Robotics – Assembly Lines, Semiconductor Plants, Packaging Plants
Control Systems – PLC Controls, Computer Controlled Machines
Automatic and Revolving Doors
Amusement Park Rides – Control Systems, Safety Systems
Bowling Centers – Equipment Systems
Mining – Surface and Strip Mining, Coal, Quarry, Minerals, Oilsands, Conveyors, and Crushers
Lasers – Etching Equipment, Production Lines
Egg Production and Packaging
Food and Beverage Plants – Snack Foods, Cereal, Pasta, Soft Drinks, Beer, Meat Packaging
Breweries
Conveyors – Belt Conveyors, Bucket Conveyors, Packaging Machines, Vibratory Systems
Wood Production – Sawmills, Chippers, Wood Pellet Plants
Patents – Control Systems, Automated Devices, Production and Manufacturing Machines
Contract Disputes – Control Systems, Production Equipment, Manufacturing Equipment
This expert has acquired many years of experience in electrical, electronic, automation, robotics, bulk materials handling, and mechanical system design. As an inventor, this expert holds several electronic and mechanical patents. This expert’s technical background includes extensive experience with digital logic circuits, vision systems, laser research involving Co2 lasers (Class 4 100 watt), and laser diodes (Class 3B). This expert has established and managed several engineering, CAD, automation, and field service groups, for deployment of automated machinery in the food, beverage, refinery, coal, oil sands, pharmaceutical, and chemical plant industries. Most of this work carried over to the field, where this expert managed electrical and mechanical field construction projects.
This expert’s memberships have included ISA (Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society), and AEE (The Association of Energy Engineers). Authorships include Whitepapers for RAM (Remote Asset Management), Energy Management, Automation, and cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) for FDA related validation procedures in lab environments. Intellectual property and patent experience includes work as a Technical Expert Witness involving patent infringement and automation related accidents.
Start Coal Expert SearchExpert Witness #260722
This expert has many years of extensive experience in the power generation field. This expert's air pollution control system experience includes wet and dry FGD systems, low-NOx burners/combustion controls, SCRs, SNCRs, ESPs, and baghouses for boilers and SCRs for gas turbines. This expert has provided testimony to various legislative committee on the impact of air pollution control legislation. This expert has in-depth knowledge of combustion processes and the control of dioxins through combustion technologies and mercury control in power plants and waste-to-energy facilities. This expert is also experienced in project development, financing, conceptual engineering, evaluation of business ventures including feasibility and risk analysis, and contract negotiations. This expert has assisted in compliance strategies for current and emerging air pollution rules and regulations, technology transfer and acquisition of technologies. This expert is a recipient of numerous certifications and awards based on work in the waste-to-energy and fossil-fuel industries and has published over 100 technical papers on environmental issues.
This expert started working with activated carbon for mercury (Hg) control many years ago with mercury control on waste-to-energy plants. This expert was involved in research work that used both brominated and un-brominated activated carbon for coal-fired applications, and was importing activated carbons. This expert went to work leading a mercury control business unit. Part of this expert's responsibility was importing, marketing, and technical support for activated carbon products. This expert was involved in several DOE test programs evaluating various activated carbons. This expert is very familiar with many competitor's products and methods of injecting activated carbons.
This expert leads a highly respected energy consultancy, specializing in emission compliance strategies, business development as related to EPA regulations, and licensing of new technologies. This expert also provides strategic planning assistance with compliance strategies for current and emerging air pollution rules and regulations. This includes, among others, regulatory applicability analysis, control technology evaluations, and integrated compliance strategies and compliance options for viable long-term viability.
This expert has prior litigation experience.
Start Coal Expert SearchExpert Witness #259442
This expert has prepared and presented claims on behalf of general contractors and specialty contractors, and evaluated and refuted claims on behalf of owners, engineers and contractors.
This expert has had in-depth involvement in efficiently researching and analyzing facts relating to disputes and presenting them in a clear and concise manner. This expert's areas of expertise include critical path schedule analysis, time extension requests, labor productivity analysis, damages calculations and preparation of comprehensive reports. This expert has experience in mediation, arbitration and has provided various litigation support services. This expert has also provided formal presentations for Mediation Settlement Conferences in addition to expert testimony for deposition and trial. This expert's assignments have included projects associated with power generation, penal institutions, commercial facilities and transit systems.
This expert was a Project Architect for a architectural firm that specialized in the construction of public facilities. This expert was a Senior Associate for a construction claims consulting firm. This expert's experience there was the preparation and defense of construction claims related to commercial, industrial and public work projects. This expert also worked as a Project Architect for an architectural firm specializing in the design of commercial interiors and public facilities.
This expert received a B.S. in architectural technology, and a M.S. in civil engineering. This expert also received a J.D.
This expert has qualified as an expert and has provided lectures on the topic of construction claims.
Start Coal Expert SearchExpert Witness #284166
This oil and gas supply management expert founded a consultancy that helps companies, investors, and governments develop resilient, agile, sustainable, and secure supply chains. The consultancy has analyzed contracting procedures for gas pipeline allocations and operations as part of an assessment of the comparability of natural gas marketing, operations, pricing, contracting, and maintenance to their equivalents in oil and coal supply chains, highlighting differences between the industries.
This expert has identified potential sources of discrepancy in measured quantities of resin delivered under a supply contract and suggested the most likely causes of the variances. The product was shipped in bulk and weighed via scales, silos of material were released via calibrated meters, and the manufacturing operation used backflushed quantities of resin to quantify the discrepancies.
This expert led a multi-year project assessing technological, economic, and operational issues affecting the supply of gas and oil. The scope included flowmeters, line pipe, OCTG, valves, compressors, surveillance drones, and other pipeline equipment and services.
This expert has experience creating an oil and gas pipeline study that analyzed competitive dynamics in the oil and gas pipeline market and quantified and forecast pipe needs by pressure, size, and metallurgy, based on a bottom-up database of pipe projects in the United States.
Start Coal Expert SearchExpert Witness #297185
This logistics expert has over 40 years of experience in the transportation industry, with work spanning rail operations, transportation-related computer systems, service management, market management, account management, sales leadership, business development, and logistics strategy. This expert began in rail operations and later worked at the headquarters level, leading a diversified programming team that designed and coded sophisticated transportation-related computer systems.
This expert later held increasingly responsible roles across business sectors including petroleum and chemicals, coal, fertilizers, metals, sulfur, and other industrial products. This expert concluded a major rail-industry career in a senior business development role focused on long-term transportation strategy, particularly relating to the petroleum industry in western Canada.
Following that rail-industry career, this expert became a principal consultant for a trans-modal and inter-modal logistics and supply chain consultancy specializing in business development, sales and marketing, and operations.
This expert has been in the transportation and logistics business for over 40 years, with experience in sales and marketing, logistics, transportation operations, and information technology. This expert has negotiated dozens of transportation contracts for a wide variety of commodities from both supplier and consumer perspectives, including significant multi-year agreements involving industrial materials and energy-sector transportation.
This expert has developed numerous rail and truck terminals from conception through operation, including freight contract negotiations, permitting, systems development, project oversight and management, and long-term contracts with major rail carriers. This expert has also negotiated contracts of varying sizes and has broader relevant transportation and logistics experience.
This expert has limited experience as an expert witness and litigation consultant, including research, expert report writing, and deposition testimony, and has not testified at trial.
Start Coal Expert SearchExpert Witness #298200
This coal-fired power plant expert has over 40 years of experience with air quality control systems at coal-fired electric power generating stations and has expertise in the technology and chemistry of wet and dry flue gas desulfurization systems and the control of emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), mercury, sulfur trioxide (SO3), sulfuric acid mist (H2SO4), and halogens.
This expert is knowledgeable about controlling mercury re-emission from wet flue gas desulfurization systems and the addition of halogens to coal to improve mercury capture by activated carbon and by flue gas desulfurization systems.
This expert has experience in the process technology and chemistry of flue gas desulfurization and mercury capture systems, including design, start-up, operation, and troubleshooting of flue gas cleaning processes in coal-fired electric generating plants.
This expert has managed R&D to develop improvements to flue gas cleaning processes in coal-fired power plants and directed the development, installation, and start-up of flue gas cleaning technology.
This expert has provided expert witness services regarding air quality control systems and is a named inventor on U.S. and foreign patents in the air quality control field.
Start Coal Expert SearchExpert Witness #298231
This coal-fired power plant expert has been actively involved in the North American coal-fired industry for more than 25 years and in the European coal-fired industry for decades, with substantial familiarity in coal-fired power plant issues and related technologies.
This expert's career has focused on flue gas cleaning technologies, including mercury control. This expert has provided technical guidance involving halogen addition, including bromide addition, to coal based on patents related to mercury and VOC control technologies.
This expert has served as an expert witness in environmental enforcement matters, provided technical guidance to government attorneys, authored expert reports, and assisted attorneys with trial preparation. This expert has also been closely involved in inter partes review proceedings in an industry role.
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