Dr. Nenad Sarunac has over 30 years of experience in energy technology as an academic and industrial professional. He has held various roles including associate professor, principal investigator, senior researcher, and president and CEO. His expertise includes energy systems analysis, advanced energy technologies, efficiency improvement, emissions reduction, and applying artificial intelligence to power generation.
Assessment of Photovoltaic Module Failures in the FieldLeonardo ENERGY
This Webinar will present the current status and predictive ability for the power loss of PV modules for specific failure modes. The team describes PV module material interactions and incompatibilities among encapsulation materials and lamination processes so as to better understand PV module failures mechanism.
The PV market has developed significantly in the last years, thanks to a complex combination of price decline, technology improvements and financial support schemes.
This webinar intends to bring additional information about the main trends in the PV market, industry and policy support in key countries and globally. It will highlight the reasons why PV has developed so fast and what can be expected in the coming years. In particular, the current support schemes and market drivers will be analyzed, together with the question of industry development. The geographical rebalancing between western and asian countries will be commented and explained. Finally the growing role of PV in the electricity sector will be explained.
Two presenters will share the floor : Izumi Kaizuka from RTS Corporation in Japan and Gaëtan Masson, Operating Agent of IEA-PVPS Task 1.
Assessment of Photovoltaic Module Failures in the FieldLeonardo ENERGY
This Webinar will present the current status and predictive ability for the power loss of PV modules for specific failure modes. The team describes PV module material interactions and incompatibilities among encapsulation materials and lamination processes so as to better understand PV module failures mechanism.
The PV market has developed significantly in the last years, thanks to a complex combination of price decline, technology improvements and financial support schemes.
This webinar intends to bring additional information about the main trends in the PV market, industry and policy support in key countries and globally. It will highlight the reasons why PV has developed so fast and what can be expected in the coming years. In particular, the current support schemes and market drivers will be analyzed, together with the question of industry development. The geographical rebalancing between western and asian countries will be commented and explained. Finally the growing role of PV in the electricity sector will be explained.
Two presenters will share the floor : Izumi Kaizuka from RTS Corporation in Japan and Gaëtan Masson, Operating Agent of IEA-PVPS Task 1.
Technical Assumptions Used in PV Financial Models: Review of Current Practice...Leonardo ENERGY
Photovoltaic (PV) financial models are used by project developers, banks and asset managers to evaluate the profitability of a PV project. This work presents an overview of current practices for financial modelling of PV investments and reviews them in view of technical and financial risks during the different phases of a PV project. This webinar presents the results from the International Energy Agency (IEA) Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (PVPS) Task 13 Subtask 1. The webinar focuses on establishing common practices for translating the technical parameters of performance and reliability into financial terms. The presentations give a comprehensive set of practical guidelines and recommendations for mitigating and hedging financial risks in a PV investment. The report Technical Assumptions Used in PV Financial Models – Review of Current Practices and Recommendations can be downloaded here: http://www.iea-pvps.org/index.php?id=426
ProME3ThE2US2 Project has recently published a Dissemination Paper on Global Scientia under the title "A Novel Technology to Exceed 50% Efficiency in Solar Concentration Systems". Global Scientia is a community of science that acts as a knowledge transfer. They bring to us some of the major developments in Science nowadays.
INVOLVEMENT OF MAGURELE PROFESSIONAL COMUNITY IN TRANSAT PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE R&D DEVELOPMENTS
Nita Iulian 1, Fako Raluca1, Meglea Sorin1, Cristian Postolache2
1Affiliation(s), addressRATEN CITON
2“Horia Hulubei”, National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering Reactorului Street no. 30, Magurele, Romania
e-mail address of presenting/corresponding author
Activities developed by Magurele R&D community in the TRANSAT project are briefly described in this paper with stress on outcomes to be used in future national major investments in the nuclear field.
Also, considering the analyse of overall results up to date on each work package the other R&D team is proposing new R&D activities to be considered for development in a new project proposal after the completion of the current TRANSAT activities.
The paper will show the Magurele community results within TRANSAT project mainly in the field of the tritium permeation in stainless steels and evaluating the permeation barrier effect of thin copper films (Brad 2008, Ioan 2020, Postolache 2020, Raty 2019)
The role of design & engineering team for input data mining and for potential further implementation of experimental activities within TRANSAT (TRANSversal Actions for Tritium) project is described
Performance Analysis of BIPV Prototype System Installed in Greece and Main Af...CrimsonpublishersPRSP
Performance Analysis of BIPV Prototype System Installed in Greece and Main Affecting Parameters by A Peppas*, K Kollias, M Taxiarchou, D Mantelis, Ch Politi and I Paspaliaris in Peer Review Journal of Solar & Photoenergy Systems
Industrial Sector in Jordan– Energy Use Current Status and Future OpportunitiesSamer Zawaydeh
Industrial Sector Energy Use Current Status and Future Opportunities in Jordan. This includes Electricity Tariffs, Opportunities for Electricity Saving, Stakeholders, Barriers for improvement, type of renewable energy and energy efficiency opportunities in the industrial sector.
Concentration Photovoltaics (CPV) has experienced a large thrust in the last couple of years as it is starting to deliver very promising technologies into the market. The role played by the Institute of Concentration Photovoltaics (ISFOC) in Puertollano, Spain, has been key to the growth of the industry helping the development of the first commercial products and their deployment. Multijunction solar cells with commercial efficiencies close to 40%, innovative optical designs that minimise losses and novel approaches to the tight CPV tracking requirements are the main technical advances that are easing up the way of CPV deployment.
The ISFOC project has been financed by the Spanish Government and through the installation of up to 3MW of various CPV technologies is helping to define the standards for the industry and their evaluation of power and energy performance. Further on, ISFOC will be open for collaboration in applied research and technology on all the key areas of CPV which is to become a major sector in renewable energy generation across the globe. This webinar will review the current status of the ISFOC project and the technical and commercial opportunity for CPV.
Our vision for what next generation net zero commercial buildings can do to realize 100% renewables, enhance grid-friendliness, and provide additional resiliency
Research Associate Dr Callum Rae discusses
the challenges presented by the growth in the
Energy Centre market, and outlines our alternative
approach to Energy Centre design, which has
successfully been applied to the AECC Energy
Centre project.
As the highly prestigious London Wall Place
project approaches completion of the shell
and core, Director, James O’Byrne reviews the
project and the application of BIM, and discusses
the various benefits on the overall design and
coordination process.
Diesel fuel is now a Category 3 flammable liquid.
Technical Board Director Wyn Turnbull reports
on the impact to diesel storage and use, as the
result of the recent Classification, Labelling and
Packaging of Chemical (CLP) Regulations 2015
which have replaced the now revoked CHIP
Regulations.
Associate Director Paul Scriven provides a brief
overview of the WELL Building Standard and
discusses why and how its popularity is growing.
Finally, Group Director Robert Thorogood discusses
how far standardisation of controls and automation
have developed using the IEC 61850 integration
standard, and what the benefits may bring to the
control of power distribution.
Paul Flatt, Group Chairman and CEO,
Hurley Palmer Flatt.
Webinar: Post-combusion carbon capture - Thermodynamic modellingGlobal CCS Institute
Vladimir Vaysman from WorleyParsons gave a Global CCS Institute webinar on 12 March 2013 to present a generic methodology developed to provide independent verification of the impact on a coal–fired power station of installing and operating a post-combustion capture plant.
Vladimir illustrated the methodology using Loy Yang A power station in Australia in five different scenarios that cover carbon capture, air cooling, coal drying and plant optimisation.
The methodology offers a sound approach to provide performance data and protect technology vendor IP while also providing confidence to the wider CCS community to evaluate a project.
Vladimir is a Project Manager with more than 31 years of engineering experience, including 14 years with WorleyParsons. He has undertaken an array of design and analysis studies and developed significant expertise across a range of technologies, from pulverised coal and circulating fluidised bed, to integrated gasification combined cycle and carbon capture. Vladimir has participated in projects in Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Moldova, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.
Technical Assumptions Used in PV Financial Models: Review of Current Practice...Leonardo ENERGY
Photovoltaic (PV) financial models are used by project developers, banks and asset managers to evaluate the profitability of a PV project. This work presents an overview of current practices for financial modelling of PV investments and reviews them in view of technical and financial risks during the different phases of a PV project. This webinar presents the results from the International Energy Agency (IEA) Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (PVPS) Task 13 Subtask 1. The webinar focuses on establishing common practices for translating the technical parameters of performance and reliability into financial terms. The presentations give a comprehensive set of practical guidelines and recommendations for mitigating and hedging financial risks in a PV investment. The report Technical Assumptions Used in PV Financial Models – Review of Current Practices and Recommendations can be downloaded here: http://www.iea-pvps.org/index.php?id=426
ProME3ThE2US2 Project has recently published a Dissemination Paper on Global Scientia under the title "A Novel Technology to Exceed 50% Efficiency in Solar Concentration Systems". Global Scientia is a community of science that acts as a knowledge transfer. They bring to us some of the major developments in Science nowadays.
INVOLVEMENT OF MAGURELE PROFESSIONAL COMUNITY IN TRANSAT PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE R&D DEVELOPMENTS
Nita Iulian 1, Fako Raluca1, Meglea Sorin1, Cristian Postolache2
1Affiliation(s), addressRATEN CITON
2“Horia Hulubei”, National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering Reactorului Street no. 30, Magurele, Romania
e-mail address of presenting/corresponding author
Activities developed by Magurele R&D community in the TRANSAT project are briefly described in this paper with stress on outcomes to be used in future national major investments in the nuclear field.
Also, considering the analyse of overall results up to date on each work package the other R&D team is proposing new R&D activities to be considered for development in a new project proposal after the completion of the current TRANSAT activities.
The paper will show the Magurele community results within TRANSAT project mainly in the field of the tritium permeation in stainless steels and evaluating the permeation barrier effect of thin copper films (Brad 2008, Ioan 2020, Postolache 2020, Raty 2019)
The role of design & engineering team for input data mining and for potential further implementation of experimental activities within TRANSAT (TRANSversal Actions for Tritium) project is described
Performance Analysis of BIPV Prototype System Installed in Greece and Main Af...CrimsonpublishersPRSP
Performance Analysis of BIPV Prototype System Installed in Greece and Main Affecting Parameters by A Peppas*, K Kollias, M Taxiarchou, D Mantelis, Ch Politi and I Paspaliaris in Peer Review Journal of Solar & Photoenergy Systems
Industrial Sector in Jordan– Energy Use Current Status and Future OpportunitiesSamer Zawaydeh
Industrial Sector Energy Use Current Status and Future Opportunities in Jordan. This includes Electricity Tariffs, Opportunities for Electricity Saving, Stakeholders, Barriers for improvement, type of renewable energy and energy efficiency opportunities in the industrial sector.
Concentration Photovoltaics (CPV) has experienced a large thrust in the last couple of years as it is starting to deliver very promising technologies into the market. The role played by the Institute of Concentration Photovoltaics (ISFOC) in Puertollano, Spain, has been key to the growth of the industry helping the development of the first commercial products and their deployment. Multijunction solar cells with commercial efficiencies close to 40%, innovative optical designs that minimise losses and novel approaches to the tight CPV tracking requirements are the main technical advances that are easing up the way of CPV deployment.
The ISFOC project has been financed by the Spanish Government and through the installation of up to 3MW of various CPV technologies is helping to define the standards for the industry and their evaluation of power and energy performance. Further on, ISFOC will be open for collaboration in applied research and technology on all the key areas of CPV which is to become a major sector in renewable energy generation across the globe. This webinar will review the current status of the ISFOC project and the technical and commercial opportunity for CPV.
Our vision for what next generation net zero commercial buildings can do to realize 100% renewables, enhance grid-friendliness, and provide additional resiliency
Research Associate Dr Callum Rae discusses
the challenges presented by the growth in the
Energy Centre market, and outlines our alternative
approach to Energy Centre design, which has
successfully been applied to the AECC Energy
Centre project.
As the highly prestigious London Wall Place
project approaches completion of the shell
and core, Director, James O’Byrne reviews the
project and the application of BIM, and discusses
the various benefits on the overall design and
coordination process.
Diesel fuel is now a Category 3 flammable liquid.
Technical Board Director Wyn Turnbull reports
on the impact to diesel storage and use, as the
result of the recent Classification, Labelling and
Packaging of Chemical (CLP) Regulations 2015
which have replaced the now revoked CHIP
Regulations.
Associate Director Paul Scriven provides a brief
overview of the WELL Building Standard and
discusses why and how its popularity is growing.
Finally, Group Director Robert Thorogood discusses
how far standardisation of controls and automation
have developed using the IEC 61850 integration
standard, and what the benefits may bring to the
control of power distribution.
Paul Flatt, Group Chairman and CEO,
Hurley Palmer Flatt.
Webinar: Post-combusion carbon capture - Thermodynamic modellingGlobal CCS Institute
Vladimir Vaysman from WorleyParsons gave a Global CCS Institute webinar on 12 March 2013 to present a generic methodology developed to provide independent verification of the impact on a coal–fired power station of installing and operating a post-combustion capture plant.
Vladimir illustrated the methodology using Loy Yang A power station in Australia in five different scenarios that cover carbon capture, air cooling, coal drying and plant optimisation.
The methodology offers a sound approach to provide performance data and protect technology vendor IP while also providing confidence to the wider CCS community to evaluate a project.
Vladimir is a Project Manager with more than 31 years of engineering experience, including 14 years with WorleyParsons. He has undertaken an array of design and analysis studies and developed significant expertise across a range of technologies, from pulverised coal and circulating fluidised bed, to integrated gasification combined cycle and carbon capture. Vladimir has participated in projects in Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Moldova, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.
Call for Papers- Special Issue: Recent Trends, Innovations and Sustainable So...Christo Ananth
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The Scott Institute for Energy Innovation works through the academic units of Carnegie Mellon University to find solutions for the nation's and the world's energy challenges including pathways to a low carbon future, smart grid, new materials for energy, shale gas, and building energy efficiency through research, strategic partnerships, public policy outreach and education.
Dr Callum Rae - A New Approach to Energy Centre Design
http://www.ktpscotland.org.uk/ViewArticle/tabid/4421/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/10338/Callum-Rae--Hurley-Palmer-Flatt.aspx
Call for Papers- Special Issue: Recent Trends, Innovations and Sustainable So...Christo Ananth
Christo Ananth, Special Issue on Recent Trends, “Innovations and Sustainable Solutions for Next Gen Renewable Energy Systems”, International Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering & Telecommunications, ISSN: 2319-2518 (Online), indexed in Scopus
An efficient modified cuk converter with fuzzy based maximum power point trac...Asoka Technologies
To improve the performance of photovoltaic system a modified cuk converter with Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT) that uses a fuzzy logic control algorithm is presented in this research work. In the proposed cuk converter, the conduction losses and switching losses are reduced by means of replacing the passive elements with switched capacitors. These switched capacitors are used to provide smooth transition of voltage and current. So, the conversion efficiency of the converter is improved and the efficiency of the PV system is increased. The PV systems use a MPPT to continuously extract the highest possible power and deliver it to the load. MPPT consists of a dc-dc converter used to find and maintain operation at the maximum power point using a tracking algorithm. The simulated results indicate that a considerable amount of additional power can be extracted from photovoltaic module using a proposed converter with fuzzy logic controller based MPPT
In this deck from the HPC User Forum at Argonne, Doug Kothe from the Exascale Computing Project presents an ECP update.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Nenad Sarunac, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
UNC Charlotte
The William States Lee College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science
9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
O: 704-687-1089, M: 610-653-9119, nsarunac@uncc.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering,LehighUniversity,Bethlehem,Pennsylvania,U.S.A.,1985
M.S. Electrical Engineering,Universityof Zagreb, Republicof Croatia,1978
B.S. Mechanical Engineering,Universityof Zagreb, Republicof Croatia(SummaCumLaude),1976
APPOINTMENTS
2013 – Present PresidentandCEOof PowerSystemsAssociates,Inc.
2011 – Present Associate Professorof Mechanical Engineering,UNCC
2002 – 2011 Associate Director, EnergyResearchCenter(ERC),LehighUniversity
1999 – 2002 Principal ResearchEngineer,ERC,LehighUniversity
1991 – 1999 SeniorResearchEngineer,ERC,LehighUniversity
1985 – 1991 ResearchEngineer,ERC,LehighUniversity
1982 – 1985 TeachingandGraduate Assistant,MEDepartment,LehighUniversity
1977 – 1982 AssistantandAssociate Professorof Mechanical Engineering, EnergyTechnology
Department,Universityof Zagreb,Croatia.
SUMMARYOF EXPERIENCE
Thirty years of academic/industrial experience in the energy technology field. Specialist in the areas of
energy system and component analysis and improvement, advanced energy systems, energy efficiency
improvement, emissions reduction, combustion and performance optimization, diagnostics and system
optimization, and application of artificial intelligence in power industry. Lead scientist, engineer and
principal investigator in many research and problem-solving projects for the power generation industry.
Session chair for the Improvementsfor Existing Power Plants session at the International Clearwater Coal
Utilization Conference, and member of the Technical Committee Board.
MAJOR ACCCOMPLISHMENTS
Principal inventor of the coal drying technology, commercially known as DryFiningTM
, based on
fluidized bed drying and waste heat utilization. Development of the multi-stage moving bed
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fluidized bed dryer incorporating gravitational segregation for removal of sulfur- and mercury-
bearingfractions.Systemintegration,design,implementation,acceptance andperformancetesting
of a commercial-scale systemata2 x 600 MW powerplant. HeavilyinvolvedinGlobal marketingof
the Technology.
Proposedpartial CO2 capture concept.AlthoughDr. H. Herzogfrom MIT isusuallycreditedforthat
idea, I have developed the concept at Lehigh University at least a year before the MIT
announcement.
One of the pioneers of a thermal integration concept for efficiency improvement of power
generation cycles.
Developmentof hardware forthe EPA Reference Method30A (Instrumental Reference Method), in
cooperation with the EU research organizations and commercial companies. The hardware is
commercially available in European Union.
Developmentof the Background CorrectionMethod(BCM) for mercury stratificationtesting.BCM
is incorporated into EPA mercury testing procedures.
Principal inventor and developer of the intelligent sootblowing optimization technology.
Development of the Flow Reference methods (methods 2F and higher) for the U.S. EPA.
Development of the combustion-enhancing stoker airfoil technology.
Developmentof the on- andoff-line performance measurementtechniquesforfossil-fired
powerplants(Output/Loss andBoiler/Turbine CycleEfficiency(BTCE)).
Developedthe conceptof the fossil-renewable hybridpowerplant.The conceptisdescribedin
the proposal submitted tothe ICCIin2010.
TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2013 to Present President andCEO of Power Systems Associates,Inc.,Charlotte,NC
Technical consultancyforthe powergenerationindustry.
2011 to Present EPIC AssociateProfessorof Mechanical EngineeringandEngineeringScience, MEES
Department,UNCCharlotte,Charlotte,NC
EstablishedEnergyConcentrationatthe MEES Department.
Curriculumdevelopment: developedandtaughtundergraduate courses:CleanCoal Technology,
Turbomachinery,andEnergyEngineering,andagraduate course:AdvancedEnergySystems.Also,
taught the undergraduate HeatTransfercourse.
Appliedresearchinthe areaof Rankine andBraytoncycle performance improvement(Efficiency
improvementof the PCCpowerplants,parallel Rankine/Brayton cycle, ORC, andsupercritical CO2
Braytoncycle).
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Researchforthe electricutilityindustry
Coordinatorforthe Energy Concentration
1999 to 2011 AssociateDirector, Energy Research Center(ERC),Lehigh University,Bethlehem,PA
Co-principal investigator on the NYSERDA 11139 project concerning use of waste and CO2
compressionheattoreduce penaltydue topost-combustionCO2 capture. The secondphase of the
project, funded by the industry, investigated the use CO2 compression heat for the commercially
available equipment (MHI and MAN compressors) and new concepts (RamGen shock wave
compressor).
Co-principal inventor, co-principal investigator, and one of key technical people on the DOE CCPI
DE-FC26-03NT41729 projectforimprovingefficiencyandreducingemissionsof powerplantsfiring
low-rank high-moisture coals.
Co-principal investigator on the DOE DE-PS26-02NT41422 project for use of coal drying to reduce
water consumed in pulverized coal power plants.
Continueddevelopmentandapplicationof alow-temperature coal dryingsystem throughsystem
integration ata coal-to-liquids(CTL) plant,oxy-fuel, andadvancedPCCpowerplants(USCandA-
USC) firinglow-rank,high-moisture fuels.
Marketingof the coal dryingtechnology,bothdomesticallyandinternationally.
Development of advanced power systems utilizing heat recovery, heat displacement, and tighter
boiler-turbinecycle integration forimprovedperformance andreducedemissions,especially CO2.
Principal inventor and developer of the expert system-based intelligent sootblower optimization
technology.
Development and implementation of the combustion optimization technology for performance
improvement, emissions reduction, and slagging control of coal-fired power plants. Development
and field-implementationof the on-lineexpertsystemandartificial neural network-basedadvisory
systems for maintaining optimal boiler control settings.
Principal investigator on the Illinois Clean Coal Institute (ICCI) project on improving efficiency and
reducing emissions from existing coal-fired power plants.
Measurement and reduction of mercury emissions from fossil-fired power plants, including
evaluating effectiveness of the activated carbon injection.
Long-term cooperation with the U.S. EPA on development of reference methods for mercury
measurementandflowreference methods.Developedaportable Instrumental Reference Method
(IRM) hardware for mercury measurement (in cooperation with the EU Commission).
Problem solving for the U.S. electrical utility industry.
Application of artificial intelligence in the power generation industry. Development of the CEM
sensor validation and early warning systems.
Development of the combustion-enhancing stoker airfoil technology.
Projectdevelopmentandmanagement,proposal writing andbudgetdevelopment,marketingand
technical presentations, meetings with industrial sponsors.
Workingon methodsforreducingperformance penaltydue toapplicationof post-combustionand
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pre-combustion (oxy-combustion) carbon capture.
1991 to 1999 Senior Research Engineer, ERC,Lehigh University,Bethlehem,PA
Development of a low-temperature coal drying/beneficiation technology based on fluidized bed
drying, gravitational segregation, and use of recovered waste heat. Conceptual design of the
commercial system; design of system components.
Development of the combustion optimization technology for fossil-fired boilers.
Development,integrationandfieldimplementationof intelligentcombustionoptimizationcode for
reducing emissions and optimizing performance of fossil-fired fired boilers.
Development of performance monitoring systemsand the on- and off-line computer software for
improving performance of coal-fired power plants.
Development of the Flow Reference methods (methods 2F and higher) for the U.S. EPA.
Technical evaluation of new concepts in power generation.
Engineering analyses and problem solving for industrial clients.
Project development and management, proposal writing, marketing and technical presentations,
meetings with industrial sponsors.
1987 to 1991 Research Engineer, ERC, Lehigh University,Bethlehem,PA
Performance modeling of coal-fired power plants.
Developmentof the boilerperformance modulesforEPRIPMW(The moduleswere lateronported
to B&V’s OPMworkstation).
Development of a finite-difference model of a rotating regenerative heat exchanger (Ljungstrom
andRothemuhle).Followingfieldverification,thecode hasbeen usedextensivelytosolve problems
relatedtoair preheaterperformanceandfouling,andisstill inuse today.The workwas conducted
under EPRI fireside performance improvement program.
Engineering design of the ERC hydraulics laboratory and supervision of construction.
1985 to 1987 Research Associate,ERC, Lehigh University,Bethlehem,PA
Developmentof the on- andoff-line performance measurementtechniques forfossil powerplants
(Output/Loss,and Boiler/Turbine CycleEfficiency(BTCE)),underEPRIfire-side performance
improvementprogram.
Performance acceptance testing andtuningof a LNCFScombustionsystems.
Airpreheaterperformance testing.
Testingandoptimizationof fire-side performanceof coal-firedpowerplants,dataanalysisand
reportwriting.
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1984 to 1985 GraduateAssistant,Energy Research Center,Lehigh University,Bethlehem,PA
Development of computer software for modeling of radiation heat transfer in cylindrical coal
combustion chambers using the Zone Method.
Power plant performance testing.
1977 to 1982 AssistantandAssociate Professorof Mechanical Engineering,University of Zagreb,
Republic of Croatia
Course developmentandlecturingat the College of Mechanical Engineering.Developedand
taught undergraduate course onenergysourcesandresources,andenergytechnology.
Appliedresearchinthe areaof Rankine andBraytoncycle performance improvement.
Developmentof the advancedgasturbine coolingdesign,involvingheatpipe (thermosiphon)-
cooledblades.
Appliedresearchinthe general areaof energytechnology.
Model-baseddynamicsimulationof large once-through(supercritical) steamboilers.
Consultingforthe steamturbine andboilermanufacturers.
PUBLICATIONS
Author or co-author of over 110 technical papers presented at the IEA International Conference,
International Clearwater Coal Utilization Conference, Mega Conference, A&WMA Annual Conference,
International CEMConference,CombustionCanadaInternationalConference,EPRIHeatRate Improvement
Conference,POWER-GEN International Conference,InternationalJointPowerGenerationConference,Joint
ASME/IEEE Power Generation Conference, National Heat Transfer Conference, ASME Winter Annual
Meeting,andother technical meetings,andpublishedinPOWER,CORNERSTONE,World Coal,and Journal
of Energy and Power Engineering. Also, authored and co-authored over 100 technical reports.
The ResearchGate statistics(525 readsand 95 citations overlasttwoyears) are testamentof the relevance
of my publications.
PATENTS
"The Staged Boundary LayerTreatmentMethod and SystemforBiofouling Control", U.S. Patent
No.4,997,574, March 5, 1991.
“Combustion Enhancing AirFoil”,withMancini,R.,U. S. PatentNo.6,405,661, June 18, 2002.
“Method of Enhancing theQuality of High-MoistureMaterialsUsing SystemHeatSources”,with
Mark Ness,CharlesBullingeratal,U.S. PatentNo. 8579999, International Classification:C10L5/00
(20060101)
“Apparatusand Method of Enhancing theQuality of High-MoistureMaterialsand Separatingand
Concentrating Organicand/orNon-OrganicMaterialContained Therein”,withMark Ness,Charles
Bullingeratal, April 12th
2013, U.S. PatentNo. 8372185, International Classification:B01D50/00
(20060101)
“ApparatusforHeatTreatmentof ParticulateMaterials”, withMark Ness, CharlesBullingeratal,
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U.S. PatentNumber8523963, International Classification:C10L5/00 (20060101)
“Method of Enhancing theQuality of High-MoistureMaterialsUsing SystemHeatSources”,
Application Number14058778, filed October21st
2013, Pending
“Conversion of CoalAsh industrialwasteto ceramics forconstruction and refractories”,Provisional
Patentfiled on May 12th
2015, UNCCIR# 2015-039, Application number62/160,301 (with Dr.
Ahmed El-Ghannam)
AWARDS
• The firstplace and award forthe outstandingtechnical paper:“FourYearsof OperatingExperience
withDryFiningTM
Fuel EnhancementProcessatCoal CreekGenerating Station”,31st
PittsburghCoal
Conference,October6-9,2014, Pittsburgh,PA.
• The Lignite Fuel Enhancementprojectwonthe awardforthe BestCoal-FiredProjectof the Year
for 2010 inthe international competitionorganizedbyPOWER-GEN International.
• The Gold Medal for AcademicAchievement(firstinclass),Mechanical EngineeringDepartment,
Universityof Zagreb,1976
LANGUAGES
FluentinEnglishandCroatian,some RussianandGerman
CITIZENSHIP
U.S. Citizen