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Dudley
J. Benton, Ph.D. Mechanical
Engineer, Software Developer, and Author Semi-Retired |
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Education |
Doctor of Philosophy
in Mechanical Engineering (Heat Transfer & Thermodynamics) - University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 1982 Master of Science in
Ocean Engineering
(Fluid Flow & Heat Transfer) - Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton,
Florida 1977 Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Ocean
Engineering (Fluid Flow) - Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
1976 |
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Achievements |
Who's Who Among Students
in American Colleges and Universities (4 years) Uarda McNaughton
Scholarship (Highest GPA in the College of Engineering) Exceptional
Professional Promise Award, UTK |
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Professional |
American Society of
Mechanical Engineers Pi Tau Sigma
(Mechanical Engineering Honor Society) Phi
Kappa Phi (Scholastic Honor Society) |
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Experience |
40+
years in the power and process industries |
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Summary
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A
Mechanical Engineer with broad-base experience in analyzing diverse systems
and developing state-of-the art computer models of those systems. He
began working in the power industry in 1980 at the TVA Engineering
Laboratory. Since that time he has successfully completed projects for
many power-producing utilities in North America and around the World, working
with coal, oil, and gas fired conventional plants, combined cycle plants,
nuclear plants, and alternative fuel plants, as well as in such process industries
as paper mills and air separation plants. He has also completed many
projects in the associated environmental areas, including thermal and
hazardous materials transport, for the Department of Energy, the Department
of Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Army Corps of
Engineers. Throughout this time he has developed numerous computer
models of complex systems. These models have been based on and
validated with measured data, and not simply academic exercises. As a
part of this development, he has been involved in the data acquisition
process and the associated instrumentation needed to acquire such data. |
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Core |
His
Technical Expertise includes the following core competencies:
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Professional |
Principal Performance Engineer McHale
& Associates, Inc. (dba McHale Performance) 2007—present While at McHale
Performance he has developed dozens of detailed computer models for coal, gas,
and oil fired conventional, combined cycle, and alternate fuel power plants,
as well as process industries, including paper mills, and has utilized these
models to predict the performance of these systems under operating conditions
and to correct as-tested performance back to design or contract
performance. He has also utilized these plant models to perform
long-term historical simulations in order to quantify the performance of
plants over their expected life cycle and to quantify the impact of different
replacement or upgrade equipment options and proposed environmental
regulations as well as power purchase agreements. He has also performed
extensive analyses of power plant operational data, identifying periods of
base load, operational anomalies, and the prediction of equipment failure. |
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Professional |
Engineer
& Computer Model Developer P-Squared
Technologies & Dynamic Solutions 1993—2007
While at Dynamic Solutions he developed an interactive three-dimensional
model of DOE's Molten Salt Reactor, which was used to train operators.
He also developed an interactive three-dimensional model of the original
Manhattan Project nuclear fuel enrichment facility, which was being
demolished. This interactive model was not only used for demolition
training, but also to track the status and location of the almost 20,000
individual components, each having differing levels of radioactivity.
He also developed an interactive three-dimensional model of the nearby DOE
nuclear waste burial site, which was used to track the status and location of
the diverse inventory, including where and how each item could be moved based
on its level of radioactivity. He also developed an interactive
three-dimensional model of the future DOE museum, including walk-through
capability and transparent display cases containing specific historical
artifacts from the Manhattan He also developed a technically correct
three-dimensional animated model of the flooding of downtown Philadelphia in
June of 2001, which spawned numerous litigations. This model was based
on measured flood stages, aerial photographs, and doppler radar throughout
the storm and included detailed topography, buildings, roads, railways,
overpasses and culverts.
While at P-Squared Technologies he developed a computer program to create
three-dimensional grids for solving groundwater flow in complex geological
structures with random fractures in order to simulate karst formations.
To accompany these simulations, he also developed a computer program to track
particles through any three-dimensional media in the presence of complex flow
fields with specific application to contaminant transport in
groundwater. This particle tracker also creates technically correct
animations of the contaminant migration. These two models are still
used on the largest remediation project ever undertaken by the Department of
Defense and have been repeatedly verified in their accuracy by field data. |
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Professional |
Engineer &
Computer Model Developer Tennessee Valley
Authority, Engineering Laboratory 1980—1993 While at the Tennessee
Valley Authority's Engineering Laboratory he developed a computer program to
analyze the heat and mass transfer and air flow in mechanical and natural
draft, crossflow and counterflow cooling towers, which is still used today by
utilities and manufacturers. He also developed the first computer
program which would run on a mini-computer to analyze thermodynamic cycles,
including, but not limited to, coal-fired and nuclear power plants. He
also developed one or more computer models with differing levels of
complexity for every one of TVA's then thirty-nine generating
facilities. He also developed models to perform long-term historical
simulations for two coal-fired and six nuclear plants plus a simplified
long-term simulation for the entire TVA power system. These models were
the basis for every NPDES 316(a) variance obtained by TVA at its nuclear
plants. He also collected extensive field data and then developed a numerical
model of the discharge of a thermal plume through a submerged multi-port
diffuser into a thermally stratified, flowing environment which was so
successful at predicting the downstream river temperature that the EPA has
accepted this calculation in lieu of maintaining monitoring stations in the
navigation channel. He was also part of the team, which developed the
first computer program to solve complex branched pipe network flow ever to be
approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for use on safety-related
systems. |
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Educational |
Adjunct Professor Pellissippi State
Community College & East Tennessee State University 2000—2001 Taught courses on
fluid flow, heat transfer, hydraulics, physics (particle dynamics), and
process optimization. |
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Educational |
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant & Adjunct Professor
The
University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1977—1982 While at
the University of Tennessee he taught undergraduate courses in
thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid flow. After completion of his
degree at the University of Tennessee he was made an adjunct professor in
order to assist in directing the research of a doctoral student. |
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Educational |
Graduate
Research Assistant Florida
Atlantic University 1975—1977 While at
Florida Atlantic University he developed a computer model for optimizing the
heat exchangers in an ocean thermal energy conversion system operating as a
refrigerant-based Rankine cycle. He also assisted with the grading of
papers and providing tutoring for students in several classes, including
advanced fluid flow and heat transfer. |
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Computer |
Proficient in C,
Assembler, and FORTRAN programming languages. He has developed numerous
interactive Windows applications as well as extensive add-ins for Microsoft
Office, for both the 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. He has developed
several three-dimensional interactive simulators and operator training
systems. He is also skilled with a number of software packages,
including Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint), MathCAD, Tecplot, and
Visual Basic, as well as hardware maintenance and network administration. |
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Patent |
Method and Apparatus
for Distributing Air Through a Cooling Tower #5,480,594 (with H. J.
Wilkerson) 1996. |
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Selected |
"A Digital Method for Analyzing
Droplets on Sensitive Paper," Cooling Technology Institute, Paper
TP09-24, 2009. "A Microscopic
Perspective on Availability and Irreversibility," American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, Winter Annual Meeting, 1990. "A Modified F-Factor Approach for Real-Time Performance Monitoring of Fossil Fuel Power Plants," with J. Staller, R. Craven, S. Idem, S. Munukutla, K. Kirkpatrick, S. Eisenstadt, K. Kopperstad, S. Leedy, J. McHale, T. Licata, and D. Andrei, Report No. 79166, Proceedings of the ASME Power Conference 2022. "A
More Nearly Exact Representation of Cooling Tower Theory," Cooling
Technology Institute, Paper TP91-02, 1991, with A. E. Feltzin. "A
Numerical Simulation of Heat Transfer in Evaporative Cooling Towers,"
Tennessee Valley Authority Report WR28-1-900-110 (also published as NASA
STI/Recon Technical Report No. 09/1983, 1983. "A Real-Time Output-Loss Method for Monitoring Heat Rate for Coal-Fired Power Plants," with J. Staller, R. Craven, S. Idem, S. Munukutla, K. Kirkpatrick, S. Eisenstadt, K. Kopperstad, S. Leedy, J. McHale, A. Licata, and D. Andrei, Open Journal of Engineering, 2022. "A Reynolds Number Correction for Pitot Measurements," Cooling Technology Institute, Paper TP09-12, 2009. "A
Simplified Approach for Modeling a Thermal Plume in a Stratified
Ambient," a report to the Tennessee Valley Authority for the USEPA,
February, 2002. "A
Supplemental 316(a) Demonstration for Alternative Thermal Discharge Limits
for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant," Tennessee Valley Authority, Report
ONP-83471, 1983, with P. Ostrowski et al. "A Turbulent Burst Model for Boundary Layer Flows with Pressure Gradient," 7th International Heat Transfer Conference, 1982, with L. C. Thomas. "A Proposed Unified Approach to the Thermochemistry of Fluids," TVA Report, Engineering Laboratory, November 1990. "An
Improved Cooling Tower Algorithm for the CoolTools™ Simulation Model,"
American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers,
Annual Meeting, 1999, with C. F. Bowman, Paul Miller, and M. Hydeman. "An
investigation of the Effects of Flue Gas Injection on Natural Draft Cooling
Tower Performance," Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power,
Vol. 119(2), pp. 478-484, 1997, with T. V. Eldredge and J. W. Hodgson. "Analysis
of Browns Ferry Nuclear [Plant] Operation with Four and Six Cooling
Towers," Tennessee Valley Authority, Report WR28-2-67-122, 1986, with W.
G. Carpenter. "Analysis of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers for Use in OTEC Systems," 15th Southeastern Seminar on Thermal Sciences, 1979. "Analysis of the Braidwood Nuclear Plant Cooling Pond," Quantum Engineering Report to Commonwealth Edison, August 1997. "Analysis
of the FS-1 Plume at Otis Air Force Base," P-Squared Technologies Report
for the Department of Defense, 1998. "Analysis
of the Paradise Fossil Plant Cooling System: The Impact on Generation of
Additional Cooling Towers," Tennessee Valley Authority, Report
WR28-2-64-122, 1993. "Applications
of a Hybrid Derivative-Free Algorithm for Locating Extrema," Society for
Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Southeastern Atlantic Section Winter
Annual Meeting, 1991. "Comparison of Methods for
Numerical Integration in Computing Cooling Tower Demand Curves," Cooling
Technology Institute, Dana Point, CA, 1989. "Computer
Simulation of Hybrid Fill in Crossflow Mechanical Induced-Draft Cooling
Towers," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Winter Annual
Meeting, 1984. "Computer
Simulation of Transport Phenomena in Evaporative Cooling Towers," Tennessee
Valley Authority, Report WR28-1-900-141, 1985, with W. R. Waldrop. "Computer Simulation of Transport Phenomena in Evaporative Cooling Towers," Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 110(2), pp. 190-196, 1988, with W. R. Waldrop. "Contaminant Transport In Granular Media: A Case Study In Computational Modeling," Contaminant Transport, November, 2018. "Contamination of An Isolation Cap Due to Retardation," a report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the Housatonic River Project, September, 1999. "Cooling
Tower Performance," EPRI Thermal Performance Improvement Seminar, 1995,
with C. F. Bowman. "Cooling
Tower Performance Evaluation (for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant),"
Tennessee Valley Authority, Report WBN-82104, 1992, with R. Jordan, G.
Cooper, C. F. Bowman, G. Zumwalt, J. Chardos, W. Elliott, and H. Weber. "Cooling
Tower Performance Prediction and Improvement," Electric Power Research
Institute, Report GS-6370, 1989, with B. M. Johnson, D. M. Bell, E. V. Werry,
P. B. Miller, D. E. Wheeler, and K. R. Wilbur. "Cursory
Analysis of the Condition of the Cooling Towers at the Paradise Steam
Plant," Tennessee Valley Authority, Report WR-28-2-64-104, 1986. "Description
and Verification of PTRAX - A Random Walk Model for Predicting Groundwater
Solute Transport," U. S. Department of Energy Report MMESD 8.13-005,
1995, with S. C. Young and N. J. Williams. "Determination
of the Turbulent Lewis Number from Experimental Data for Wet Cooling Tower
Fills," Cooling Technology Institute, Paper TP90-07, 1990. "Development
of a Two-Dimensional Plume Model," ZZC Report to TVA (documenting the
technical basis for the work previously done as part of obtaining an NPDES
316(a) variance at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant), 2003. "Development
of a Two-Dimensional Plume Model for Positively and Negatively Buoyant
Discharges into a Stratified Flowing Ambient," Tennessee Water Resources
Symposium, 1989. "Development
of the Fast 3D Particle Tracker: PTRAX," American Water Resources
Association, Tennessee Annual Conference, 1997. "Development
of the Finite Integral Method," Tennessee Valley Authority, Report
WR28-2-900-148, 1984. "Documentation of the Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Water and Moist Air," Tennessee Valley Authority, Report WR28-4-900-133, 1984. "Evaluation
of Plume Capture Alternatives for A Heterogeneous Fluvial Aquifer at
Portsmouth, Ohio," 6th Tennessee Water Resources Symposium, February,
1996, with B.T. Hurst, S.C. Young, N. J. Williams, and D.H. Barton. "Exploring a Variant of PTC 4-2013 for Real-Time Performance Monitoring of Fossil Fuel Power Plants," with J. Staller, R. Craven, S. Idem, S. Munukutla, K. Kirkpatrick, S. Eisenstadt, K. Kopperstad, S. Leedy, J. McHale, A. Licata, and D. Andrei, Open Journal of Engineering, 2022. "EZFLOW
- A Quality Assured Intuitive Computer Code for Hydraulic Analysis of Pipe
Networks," International Joint Power Generation Conference, Vol.2, No.
17, 1995, with G. A. Schohl, J. D. Hubble, and C. F. Bowman. "Fast
3D Particle Tracking via Spatial Integration," Sixth Tennessee Water
Resources Symposium, Nashville, TN, 1996. "Geostatistical
Evaluation of a Three-Dimensional Hydraulic Conductivity Field in an Alluvial
Terrace Aquifer," Fifth Canadian/American Conference on Hydrogeology,
1990, with S. C. Young and J. Herweijer. "Hydrogeologic
Characterization of the MADE Site," Electric Power Research Institute,
Report EN-6915, 1990, with J. M. Boggs, S. C. Young, and Y. C. Chung. "Impact
of Atmospheric Lapse Rate on Power Plant Performance," American Power
Conference, 1992, with G. R. Mirsky. "Impact
of Incremental Changes in Meteorology on Thermal Compliance and Power System
Operations," Tennessee Valley Authority, Report WR28-1-680-109, 1992,
with B. A. Miller, V. Alavian, M. D. Bender, P. Ostrowski, Jr., J. A. Parsly,
M. C. Shiao, and H. Samples. "Impacts
of Changes in Air and Water Temperature on Thermal Power Generation,"
American Water Resources Association, Symposium on Managing Water Resources
During Global Change, Reno, Nevada, 1992, with B. A. Miller, V. Alavian, M.
D. Bender, P. Ostrowski, Jr., J. A. Parsly, and M. C. Shiao. "Improved
Film Boiling Heat Transfer via Surface Macro-Roughness Elements,"
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Winter Annual Meeting, 1980, with
E. G. Keshock and J. A. Tevepaugh. "Influence
of Fill Type and Flow Orientation on the Lewis Number," Cooling
Technology Institute, Paper TP93-06, 1993. "Integrated
Assessment of Temperature Change Impacts on the TVA Reservoir and Power
Supply Systems," U.S. Department of Energy, Publication No. 52, 1992,
with B. A. Miller, V. Alavian, M. D. Bender, P. Ostrowski, Jr., J. A. Parsly,
and M. C. Shiao. "Liquid-Solid
Contact and Its Relationship to Improved Film Boiling Heat Transfer
Rates," 7th International Heat Transfer Conference, 1982, with E. G.
Keshock. "Liquid-Solid
Contact Phenomenon in Film Boiling of Leidenfrost Drops," Doctoral
Dissertation, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1982. "Mass
Transfer and Pressure Drop in Sprays Falling in a Freestream at Various
Angles," 5th International Association for Hydraulic Research Cooling
Tower Workshop, 1986, with R. L. Rehberg. "Modeling
of Nitrogen Supersaturation at Jennings Randolph," Report to the U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers, 1999. "Modeling
the Response of a Multi-Unit Electric Power Plant to a Changing Environment,"
Tennessee Water Resources Symposium, 1993. "Modeling Transport of PCBs in a Sorbing and Retarding Medium," ATS Report to the USEPA, 1999. "On
the Use of Hermite Polynomials to Test Integration Techniques for Mass
Recovery in Groundwater Tracer Experiments," TVA Report, Norris
Engineering Laboratory, April, 1991. "Oriented
Spray-Assisted Cooling Tower," Cooling Technology Institute, Paper
TP96-08, 1996, with C. F. Bowman. "Paradise
Steam Plant Cooling Tower Operation Scheduling Program," Tennessee Valley
Authority, Report WR28-2-64-102, 1983. "Predicted
Effects for Mixed Temperatures Exceeding 30C (86F) in Guntersville
Reservoir," Tennessee Valley Authority, Report ONRED-8286, 1982, with D.
A. McIntosh et al. "Predictions
of Load Reductions for Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant to Comply with the
Alabama Thermal Water Quality Standards," Tennessee Valley Authority,
Report WR28-2-64-136, 1980, with W. L. Harper. "Results
of Analysis of the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant Heat Rejection System,"
Tennessee Valley Authority, Report WR28-2-88-114, 1992. "Results
of Analysis of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Heat Rejection System,"
Tennessee Valley Authority, Report WR28-2-85-136, 1992. "Running
Large Models on a PC Platform," American Water Resources Association,
Tennessee Annual Conference, 1997, with K. C. Black. "Sensitivity
of the TVA Reservoir and Power Supply Systems to Changes in
Meteorology," National Conference on Climate Change, 1992, with B. A.
Miller, V. Alavian, M. D. Bender, P. Ostrowski, Jr., M. C. Shiao, and H.
Samples. "Sensitivity
of the TVA Reservoir and Power Supply Systems to Extreme Meteorology,"
Tennessee Valley Authority, Report WR28-1-680-111, 1993, with B. A. Miller,
V. Alavian, M. D. Bender, L. L. Cole, L. K. Ewing, P. Ostrowski, Jr., N. A.
Nielsen, J. A. Parsly, W. B. Proctor, H. M. Samples, M. C. Shiao, and R. A.
Shinn. "Solution
of Complex Thermochemical Equilibria in Symbolic Form," American Society
of Mechanical Engineers, Winter Annual Meeting, 1991. "Steam
Cycle Analysis Specifically for the Microcomputer," American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, Winter Annual Meeting, 1990. "The Exact Solutions for Kudryashov and Sinelshchikov Equation with Variable Coefficients," with Jisha Cr, Ritesh Kumar Dubey, and Rashid A, Physica Scripta, August 2022. "The
Usefulness of Multi-Well Aquifer Tests in Heterogeneous Aquifers,"
International Conference on Transport and Mass Exchange Processes in Sand and
Gravel Aquifers, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, 1990, with S. C. Young, J.
C. Herweijer, and P. Sims. "Theoretical
Analysis of Heat Exchangers in an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
System," Master's Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL,
1977. "Total
Solar Field Direct Normal Insolation Measurement Method Under Investigation
for ASME PTC-52," ASME Power Conference, Anaheim, CA, 2012, with T. K.
Kirkpatrick, D. W. Price, and W. D. Ferguson. "Tracking Particles in Fractured Ground," American Water Resources Association, Tennessee Annual Conference, 1997. "Two and Two Does Not Always Equal Four: Achieving Consistency in Cooling Tower Design," CTI TP22-28, 2022, with A. E. Feltzin. "What Went Wrong With My Mass Balance," CTI TP23-02, 2023, with A. E. Feltzin. |
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Books |
3D Articulation Using
OpenGL:
Moving Parts + Hair, ISBN-9798596362480, Amazon, 2021 (book 3 in the 3D
series). 3D Models in Motion
Using OpenGL,
ISBN-9798652987701, Amazon, 2020 (book 2 in the 3D series). 3D Rendering in
Windows:
How to display three-dimensional objects in Windows with and without OpenGL,
ISBN-9781520339610, Amazon, 2016 (book 1 in the 3D series). A Synergy of Short
Stories:
The whole may be greater than the sum of the parts, ISBN-9781520340319,
Amazon, 2016. Azeotropes: Behavior and
Application, ISBN-9798609748997, Amazon, 2020. bat-Elohim: Book 3 in the Little Star Trilogy, ISBN-9781686148682, Amazon, 2019. Boilers: Performance and Testing, ISBN-9798789062517, Amazon, 2021. Combined 3D Rendering
Series:
3D Rendering in Windows™, 3D Models in Motion, and 3D Articulation,
ISBN-9798484417032, Amazon, 2021. Complex Variables: Practical
Applications, ISBN-9781794250437, Amazon, 2019. Compression &
Encryption:
Algorithms & Software, ISBN-9781081008826, Amazon, 2019. Computational Fluid
Dynamics:
an Overview of Methods, ISBN-9781672393775, Amazon, 2019. Computer Simulation of
Power Systems:
Programming Strategies and Practical Examples, ISBN-9781696218184, Amazon,
2019. Contaminant Transport: A Numerical Approach, ISBN-9798461733216, Amazon, 2021. CPUnleashed! Tapping Processor Speed, ISBN-9798421420361, Amazon, 2022. Curve-Fitting: The Science and Art of Approximation, ISBN-9781520339542, Amazon, 2016. Death by Tie: It was the best of ties. It was the worst of ties. It's what got him killed., ISBN-9798398745931, Amazon, 2023. Differential Equations: Numerical Methods for Solving, ISBN-9781983004162, Amazon, 2018. Equations of State: A Graphical Comparison, ISBN-9798843139520, Amazon, 2022. Evaporative Cooling: The Science of Beating the Heat, ISBN-9781520913346, Amazon, 2017. Forecasting: Extrapolation and Projection, ISBN-9798394019494, Amazon, 2023. Heat Engines:
Thermodynamics, Cycles, & Performance Curves, ISBN-9798486886836,
Amazon, 2021. Heat Exchangers: Performance
Prediction & Evaluation, ISBN-9781973589327, Amazon, 2017. Heat Recovery Steam Generators: Thermal Design and
Testing, ISBN-9781691029365, Amazon, 2019. Heat Transfer: Heat Exchangers, Heat Recovery Steam Generators, & Cooling Towers, ISBN-9798487417831, Amazon, 2021. Heat Transfer Examples: Practical Problems Solved, ISBN-9798390610763, Amazon,
2023. Jamie2: Innocence is easily lost and cannot be restored, ISBN-9781520339375, Amazon, 2016-18. The Kick-Start Murders: Visualize revenge, ISBN-9798759083375, Amazon, 2021. The Last Seraph: Sequel to Little
Star, ISBN-9781726802253, Amazon, 2018. Little Star: God doesn't do things
the way we expect Him to. He's better than that! ISBN-9781520338903, Amazon,
2015-17. Living Math: Seeing mathematics in
every day life (and appreciating it more too), ISBN-9781520336992, Amazon,
2016. Lost Cause: If only history could
be changed..., ISBN-9781521173770. Amazon, 2017. Mass Transfer: Diffusion &
Convection, ISBN-9798702403106. Amazon, 2021. Mill Town Destiny: The Hand of
Providence brought them together to rescue the mill, the town, and each
other, ISBN-9781520864679, Amazon, 2017. Monte Carlo
Murders:
Who Stole What and Why, ISBN-9798829341848, Amazon, 2022. Monte Carlo
Simulation:
The Art of Random Process Characterization, ISBN-9781980577874, Amazon, 2018. Nonlinear Equations: Numerical Methods for
Solving, ISBN-9781717767318, Amazon, 2018. Numerical Calculus: Differentiation and
Integration, ISBN-9781980680901, Amazon, 2018. Numerical Methods: Nonlinear Equations,
Numerical Calculus, & Differential Equations, ISBN-9798486246845, Amazon,
2021. Orthogonal Functions:
The Many Uses of, ISBN-9781719876162, Amazon, 2018. Overwhelming Evidence: A Pilgrimage,
ISBN-979851564221, Amazon, 2021. Particle Tracking: Computational
Strategies and Diverse Examples, ISBN-9781692512651, Amazon, 2019. Plumes: Delineation &
Transport, ISBN-9781702292771, Amazon, 2019. Power Plant
Performance Curves: for Testing and Dispatch, ISBN-9798640192698, Amazon,
2020. Practical Linear Algebra: Principles & Software, ISBN-9798860910584, Amazon,
2023. Props, Fans, &
Pumps:
Design & Performance, ISBN-9798645391195, Amazon, 2020. Remediation:
Contaminant Transport, Particle Tracking, & Plumes, ISBN-9798485651190,
Amazon, 2021. ROFL: Rolling on the Floor
Laughing, ISBN-9781973300007, Amazon, 2017. Seminole Rain: You don't choose destiny. It chooses you, ISBN-9798668502196, Amazon 2020. Septillionth: 1 in 1024, ISBN-9798410762472, Amazon, 2022. Software Development: Targeted Applications, ISBN-9798850653989, Amazon, 2023. Software Recipes: Proven Tools, ISBN-9798815229556, Amazon, 2022. Steam 2020: to 150 GPa
and 6000 K,
ISBN-9798634643830, Amazon, 2020. Thermochemical
Reactions:
Numerical Solutions, ISBN-9781073417872, Amazon, 2019. Thermodynamic and
Transport Properties of Fluids, ISBN-9781092120845, Amazon, 2019. Thermodynamic Cycles: Effective Modeling
Strategies for Software Development, ISBN-9781070934372, Amazon, 2019. Thermodynamics -
Theory & Practice: The science of energy and power,
ISBN-9781520339795, Amazon, 2016. Version-Independent
Programming:
Code Development Guidelines for the Windows™ Operating System,
ISBN-9781520339146, Amazon, 2016. The Waterfront
Murders:
As you sow, so shall you reap, ISBN-9798611314500, Amazon, 2020. Weather Data: Where To Get It and How To Process It, ISBN-9798868037894, Amazon, 2023. |
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Selected |
Shepard Energy Center
Performance Test Witness Report, ENMAX, 2015. Hermiston Generating
Plant - Historical Performance Analysis Report, Perennial Power, 2015. Penuelas Degradation
Analysis Report, EcoElectrica, 2014. Limestone Dye Dilution
Flow Testing Report, OG&E, 2014. Calgary Impact of CTG
Upgrade on Overall Plant Performance, ENMAX, 2013. Great Plains Synfuels
Plant - Cooling System Emissions Test Plan Parts 1-3, Dakota Gasification,
2013. Dye Dilution Flow
RateMeasurement Procedure, McHale, 2013. Cabras Units 1 & 2
- Component and Net Unit Normal and Peak Load Operation Performance Test
Reports, Taiwan Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Services, 2011. Coughlin Units 6 &
7 - Plant Correction Curves, Cleco, 2011. Dry Fork Unit 1 -
Technical Review of the Condensate Polishing System, Basin Electric Power
Cooperative, 2011. Lewis Creek Units 1
& 2 - Turbine Efficiency & Steam Passing Capacity Performance Test Procedures,
Entergy, 2011. Muskogee Power Station
- Units 4 & 6 Condenser Flow Using Dye Dilution, Oklahoma Gas &
Electric, 2011 (plus retest in 2013). Pasadena Power Block 1
- GTG Performance Test Report, Calpine, 2011. Puerto Coronel Plant Correction
Curves, TecnimontSpA, 2011. Astoria Performance
Curves and Plant Test Procedure, GDF Suez, 2010. Athens Generating
Plant - Fuel Flow Audit Test Report, New Athens Generating Co., 2010. Foxwoods Casino
Generating Plant - CTG & HRSG Test Procedures, Stantec, 2010. Acadia Power Station
Power Block 2 - Additional Capacity Corrections, Cleco, 2009. Acadia Power Station
Power Block 1 - Capacity Test Report, Cleco, 2009. Bovoni Alternative
Energy Power Generation Project - Test Plan to Determine the Consumption of
Petroleum Coke, Alpine Energy Group, 2009. Monte Carlo Simulation
of the Bovoni Alternative Energy Power Generation Project, Alpine Energy
Group, 2009. Effington County
Electric Generating Plant - Tolling Agreement Test Procedure, Macinaw Power,
2008. Hobbs Generating
Station - GateCycle Model Development, Colorado Energy Management, 2008. Malburg Generating
Station - Review of Tolling Calculations, Colorado Energy Management, 2008. Mint Farm Energy
Center - GateCycle Model Development, GE Energy Inc., 2008. Niland Gas Turbine
Plant - Chiller Test Procedure, The PIC Companies, 2008. Port Hudson Project -
Steam Turbine Generator Output Performance Test Report, Georgia-Pacific
Corporation, 2008. |
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2017 TEMPO - Thermal
Economic Monitoring & Performance Optimizer - next gen power plant
performance forecasting and optimizing software utilizing curve-driven
algorithms for all sub-systems except the steam turbine and iterative model
closure 2017 REFPRPS - Excel
Add-In thermodynamic properties of thirty-eight common refrigerants, many of
which are also constituents of natural gas, providing another step toward
being able to model LNG plants 2016
Allendale/Dorchester Biomass - develop GateCycle model of biomass plant and
correction curves plus analysis of operational data to identify modifications
that would improve performance 2016 develop unique
web-based user credentials verification system to control access to company
software 2015 IDEAS for the Lab
- developed compatible software to facilitate calibration of instruments in
the laboratory 2015 Hermiston -
extensive analysis of historical operating data to determine trends in
performance and identify sources of degradation 2015 IDEAS3 -
developed drivers to enable data acquisition software (DAS) to communicate
with the Agilent, HART, Nexus, and Yoko instruments and began development of
the next generation of DAS 2015 Morgan City -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2015 Panda - develop
GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2014 Limestone -
conduct dye dilution flow test and condenser performance test 2014 MPS - develop
security and deployment software for the Excel Add-Ins 2014 Penuelas -
extensive analysis of historical operating data to determine the rate of
degradation 2014 Pinelands -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2014 West Deptford -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2013 Arlington -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2013 Calgary Energy
Center - develop GateCycle model of the plant and perform analysis to
determine the impact of upgrading the gas turbine on plant performance 2013 Cape Canaveral -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2013 Dan River -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2013 Dye Dilution
Procedure - write test procedure for conducting flow tests using the dye
dilution method 2013 GP SynFuels -
develop a test plan and calculation model for determining the emissions from
the cooling system 2013 Norte2 - develop
GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2013 Plainfield -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2013 Riviera Beach -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2013 UofO - develop
GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2012 Providence -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2012 Solar Testing -
develop Monte Carlo simulation of solar collection field and spreadsheet
model to implement the results of this model for evaluating performance tests 2012 TransCanada
Turbines - prepare test report for several engines that were rebuilt or
serviced 2012 Turk - develop
GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2012 UNC - develop GateCycle
model of plant and correction curves, also write test procedures and test
reports 2011 Cabras - analyze
test data and write four test reports for two units and two separate tests 2011 Cane Island -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2011 Coughlin -
develop GateCycle model of plant for two different units (6&7) as well as
correction curves 2011 Fremont - develop
GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2011 Lewis Creek -
write test procedures for turbine efficiency and steam passing capacity 2011 Muskogee -
perform four dye dilution flow tests 2010 Astoria - develop
GateCycle model of plant, create performance curves, and write test procedure 2010 Athens Generating
Station - prepare test procedure, analyze fuel flow test data, and recommend
changes to plant procedure 2010 Bear Garden -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves, develop over/under
corrections for different trains (A&B) 2010 Berlin3 - develop
GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2010 Colusa - develop
GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2010 Foxwoods - create
plant model and correction curves 2010 H.W. Hill -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2010 Riverbay -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves, perform test, write
test report 2009 Acadia -
evaluated performance test data and prepared capacity test report for one
unit plus capacity corrections for another unit 2009 Bovoni -
developed procedure and correction curves to test alternative energy plant,
also developed Monte Carlo simulation model 2009 Brighton Beach -
develop GateCycle model of plant as well as analyze extensive operational
data, then tune model to historical performance 2009 Cedar Bayou -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2009 Gregory - develop
GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2008 Barney Davis -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2008 Dogwood - develop
GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2008 Greenfield -
develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2008 Hobbs - develop
GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2008 Malburg -
developed plant model and evaluated tolling calculations based on model
results 2008 Newmont - develop
GateCycle model of plant and correction curves 2008 Port Hudson -
analyzed steam turbine performance test data and prepared report for client 2007 Becancour -
developed plant model and performed long-range simulations using historical
weather data 2007 Treasure
Coast - develop GateCycle model of plant and correction curves |
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