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| Clive Broadbent Director Clive Broadbent & Associates Clive Broadbent is a Canberra-based consultant specializing in preventive measures for Legionnaires’ disease hazards, and other building microbial control issues, using risk management methodologies. Formerly he was Chief Mechanical Engineer in the Australian government’s Department of Construction and carried out unique field research into the ecology of Legionella in cooling towers; the findings formed the basis for Standard AS/NZS 3666, the primary microbial control reference in Australian jurisdictions. Clive has consulted at most Australian outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease and a few overseas. He is a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to public health, a Fellow and Life member of the Institution of Engineers Australia, a Fellow and Life member of the Australian Institute Refrigeration, Air-conditioning and Heating, and a Fellow and Life member of the American Society Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers. | |
| Kirk Buecher Director Power Solutions METTLER - Toledo Kirk Buecher’s background is built on the foundation of over 25 years’ experience in analytics and precision measurement technologies used across multiple industries and applications. Over the past eight years his focus has been on pure water chemistry analytics used in power generation applications. As the Director of Power Solutions for Mettler-Toledo Thornton, He is active member in power generation industry and related professional organizations, as well as presents papers at and/or attends in the major power industry conferences. A brief summary would include: Organizational Membership –
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He also travels extensively, typically visiting around 50+ power plants per year in 23 different countries, organizing seminars, providing training, consulting and sharing information about the latest trends and technology in the industry. | |
| Stephen Butcher Business Development Manager Conco Systems Stephen Butcher has been employed by Conco for eight years in the roles of Technical Representative and Oceania Business Development Manager. Stephen’s career began with the NSW railway as a Fitter Machinist, before becoming the Workshop Mechanical Engineer at the Cardiff maintenance workshop. During this time Stephen successfully completed a Mechanical Engineering Certificate. For the past 23 years Stephen has been involved in Technical Sales and Service within the Mining and Power industries in the Asia Pacific area, holding roles including Field Service Support , Product and Service Manager, Technical and Estimating Engineer. Over the years Stephen has endured many high pressure sales/service training seminars from Australian Institute of Management to Dale Carnegie programs. Stephen has also successfully designed, built and competed in his own open wheeler racing cars in several state and national events and has been both the state and national Formula Vee champion. | |
| Mike Caravaggio Program Manager: Boiler and Turbine Steam and Cycle Chemistry Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA Mike Caravaggio is a Program Manager at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) running the Boiler and Turbine Steam and Cycle Chemistry Research Program. Before rejoining EPRI in 2014, Caravaggio ran Integrated Chemistry Solutions Pte. Ltd., a Singapore based Business Development and Technical Consultancy company serving the Power and Water industries. Earlier in Caravaggio’s career he held various roles including engineering, supervisory and management, with Ontario Power Generation, a Canadian based Utility Company. Caravaggio received a Bachelors of Science degree in environmental (chemical) engineering from the University of Waterloo (Canada) and a Masters of Business Administration (Strategy) from the Nanyang Business School (Singapore). He is a member of the Research Committee on Power Plant and Environmental Chemistry. Caravaggio also is a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario. | |
| Bill Carlin Senior Technical Service Engineer Dow Water & Process Solutions Bill Carlin has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Penn State. Employed by Dow Chemical. Has been working in the ion exchange resin business for 27 years. Has served in various roles in process and product development, applications research, and customer technical service. Presented several papers on ion exchange resins at such conferences as EPRI, AWWA, and ASME. Most recent title within Dow Water & Process Solutions Business is Senior Technical Service Engineer. | |
| Noel Dow Research Officer Institute for Sustainability and Innovation, Victoria University Noel Dow has been working as a researcher for Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainability and Innovation for 7 years and has mainly been involved in water and wastewater treatment projects. The development, construction and operation of pilot plant equipment has occupied most of his time at the institute. Noel’s background is in analytical chemistry with many years in the petrochemical and plastics manufacturing industry. | |
| Jason Dwyer Senior Process Engineer IonX Global Jason Dwyer is a chemical engineer specialising in advanced water treatment processes focusing on the application and assessment of membrane and ion exchange process technology. Since completing his PhD at the University of Queensland in 2008, Jason has played a key role in developing Membrane Futures and IonX Global into a highly respected specialist water and advanced water treatment process services provider. His ongoing role involves: Advanced water treatment plant audits; Membrane autopsy, Fouling identification & cleaning optimisation; Specialist membrane testing services; Ion exchange resin capacity, kinetic and integrity testing; Pilot testing design, Commissioning, Operation and optimsation; and Consulting for advanced water treatment processes. | |
| Peter Ellersdorfer Process Engineer VWT Australia, Projects B.Eng, Industrial Chemistry (Hons Class 1) Peter Ellersdorfer is a Process Engineer at Veolia Water Technologies. He has been involved in the design, development and/or commissioning of projects in Australia and PNG including: • Condensate Polishing for Power Generation • Desalination for waste water management in the Coal Seam Gas Industry • Demineralisation for the production of boiler feed in the Oil Industry Peter has hands-on experience with technologies including Ballasted Clarification, Media Filtration, Brackish and Seawater RO, Chemical & IX Softening, Ultrafiltration and Vacuum De-aeration. | |
| John Flynn National Business Development Manager Osmoflo John Flynn has been involved with the water treatment industry for over 30 years. With an education in Industrial Chemistry John developed a water treatment business as a division of Millipore Corporation, successfully building a business in water treatment for Medical and Pharmaceutical applications. After leaving as Managing Director of the Australian subsidiary, John then developed subsidiaries in Singapore and in China. The experience in the Asian semiconductor industry, and energy markets further developed his interest in pure water applications. Based in Hong Kong, John joined US Filter, then Glegg Water Canada. Glegg was acquired by GE in 2000. After 3 years in the Power market with GE in Asia, John returned to Australia and commenced with Osmoflo in 2004. John has been involved in the design of Power Station demin water plants and cooling tower water recovery systems in Australia and S.E. Asia.. | |
| Frank Gall Industry Technical Consultant Nalco Water - An Ecolab Company Frank is an Industry Technical Consultant for Nalco Water and provides high level technical support for the Australian and New Zealand markets, as well as supporting innovation offerings in the greater Asia Pacific region. He has over 25 years of experience in water treatment with a specialized knowledge within the field of metallic corrosion. While completing a (BSc chem) at Murdoch University in Western Australia, a keen interest in surface chemistry and electronics led Frank to invent new types of instruments for surface analysis. After graduating in 1992, Frank developed a keen interest in corrosion and failure analysis while holding the position of senior plant chemist at a small petrochemical refinery operated by ACSR in Australia. Frank started working for Ecolab in 1994 during within the fields of R&D and Technical Support whilst being leveraged as the global expert in the field of metallic corrosion in aqueous systems. Formally the Technical Manager of the Ecolab AP Water Business, in 2011 Frank transitioned to the role of Industry Technical Consultant with the integration of the Nalco business. Frank continues to operate a failure analysis laboratory based in Western Australia with over 2000 corrosion related investigations conducted to date for steam and water systems. | |
| Mike Griffin Chief Executive Officer The Australian Power Institute B.E (Hons), Grad.Dip.Man., FAICD. | |
| Andrew Howell Senior System Chemist Xcel Energy, USA Andrew Howell has B.A. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry from the University of Missouri - Columbia, and a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry with Metallurgy minor from the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado. He currently provides support for Xcel Energy’s power stations and is responsible for overseeing chemistry programs at the company’s power plants in Colorado. Andy has worked for Xcel Energy and its predecessor companies since 1982. | |
| Gary Joy Chair AUSAPWS Up to his retirement in July 2014, Gary Joy had nearly 42 years’ experience in the Queensland Electricity Generation Industry. Gary joined the Queensland Electricity Industry in 1972 and has spent his whole career in the industry in various roles. He has been involved in all of the chemistry and environmental aspects of the design, planning approval, construction, storage, operation and maintenance of coal fired and combined cycle gas turbine power stations. He also has had extensive technical experience with hydro power stations, quality management, crisis management, power industry occupational hygiene, environmental legal compliance, environmental management systems, plant asset management, power plant Joint Venture management / governance, EPC contract development and management, project development, complex technical problem research and solution development, national and international chemistry / environmental technical collaboration (EPRI / IAPWS / etc) and enterprise risk management. His experience has also included the following newer generation technologies and challenges - unit cycle oxygen treatment, boiler chemical cleaning, super-critical power plants, FAC, CCGT technology, solar boost technology, air cooled technology and whole of site water / waste water / ash management. He has been involved in all the Queensland Government Owned power stations since 1972 – Swanbank A and B, Wivenhoe (pumped storage hydro), Northern Hydros, Gladstone, Tarong, Callide B, Stanwell, Callide C (super-critical), Mica Creek (gas fired / CCGT), Swanbank E (CCGT) and Kogan Creek (super-critical / air cooled). Gary’s final industry roles were:
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| Sebastian Knowles Production Chemist EnergyAustralia NSW Sebastian Knowles studied chemistry and worked as an undergraduate at Delta electricity for 2 years. He has now worked for Energy Australia Mt Piper as a production chemist for 3 years, operating across a number of fields of chemistry including; boiler cycle chemistry, water plant operations and CW chemical optimisation. In recent times Mt Piper has started feeling the influence of changing makeup water and a study has been launched to optimise CW chemistry for the future. | |
| Derrick Lau Technical Marketing Manager LANXESS, Singapore Derrick Lau has over 13 years of experience working with ion exchange and membrane technologies. He started his career in process design, and worked in the manufacturing industry thereafter. Since joining LANXESS in 2011, Derrick has been involved in various key projects across Southeast Asia and Australia. He has co-authored and presented technical papers at numerous conferences: • High Performance Separation with a Combination of Ion Exchange and Reverse Osmosis • Resins and Combinations for Condensate Polishing • Maximize Reverse Osmosis Recovery with Ion Exchange for Zero Liquid Discharge He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham (UK) and a Masters in Environmental Engineering from the National University of Singapore. | |
| Andrew Layson Engineering Manager VWT Australia, Projects Andrew Layson has worked extensively in the water industry for over 30 years. This experience includes design, development and commissioning of many processes including ion exchange (including softening, demin and condensate polishing), deaeration, deoxygenation, gas chlorination, RO, nanofiltration, MF/UF, MBR, lime softening, clarification and media filtration. His experience covers numerous industries including Power Generation, Iron and Steel, Pulp and Paper, Microelectronics, Pharmaceutical, Chemical Manufacturing, Marine/off-shore, Oil & Gas, Military, Food and Beverage, Mining and Municipal Potable & Wastewater. Territories covered include Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, China, Korea, Singapore, India, Thailand, Hong Kong and the US. Andrew has been responsible for various phases of concept design, plant design and/or construction for organisations such as the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Queensland Electricity Commission, BHP, ANM, Altona Petrochemical, Monsanto, ICI, Amcor, Pasminco, Pacific Power, Coliban Water, WMC, Schweppes Cottees, PUB (Singapore) and many more. | |
| Bruce Leitch Chemist - Water & Chemistry Team AGL Macquarie Bruce Leitch is currently employed as a chemist in the Water & Chemistry team at AGL Macquarie, Bayswater & Liddell power stations. Bruce has thirty six years’ experience in the power industry. The majority of this experience has been in NSW power stations, however Bruce has also carried out project work in other Australian power stations (Qld, SA & Victoria) & in New Zealand & Vietnam. He has extensive experience in power station boiler & feed water cycle chemistry, chemical instrumentation, cooling water chemistry and technical training. | |
| Tomi Määttä Product Manager Applikon MEP Instruments Tomi Määttä is a product manager at MEP Instruments Pty Ltd, since 2013. He is responsible for the process analyser product portfolio. As part of the job he develops new applications on request from various clients including the design and installation of analytical systems. Previously he has worked as a Product Manager for the same online process analysers in Northern Europe including Finland, Norway, Iceland, Sweden and Denmark for over 10 years. Tomi Määttä has designed and installed more than 100 unique, taylor-made, online analysers for industries including nuclear power, HRSG power, chemical, pulp and paper, fertilizer, mining, metal refinery, waste water, drinking water, petrochemical, food and dairy. One of the latest projects that he has been working on is to design a working and robust online analyser to monitor flow accelerated corrosion and metal transportation in conventional fossil fuel plants or HRSG. This particular work started 2014. EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE M. Sc. In process Engineering, University of Oulu, Finland 2002 Product specialist, Oy G.W.Berg Ab, 2002 – 2003 Product Manager, Metrohm Nordic Oy/As/Ab, Process analysers 2003 – 2013. Product Manager, MEP Instruments Pty Ltd, Process analysers 2013 – present. | |
| Kathy Miller Chemical Services Supervisor Muja Power Station, Synergy Kathy Miller is the Chemical Services Supervisor for Synergy at Muja Power Station, an 1100MW, 8-unit, coal-fired power station, about 200km south of Perth, WA. Starting employment there in 2009, she has had a big impact on improving station chemistry control and monitoring, and is currently overseeing all of the water chemistry and laboratory activities for the station, managing a team of five scientists, and leading innovative improvement projects across multiple Synergy sites. Born and educated in Somerset, England, Kathy graduated from Leeds University, UK, with a BSc Hons Degree in Food Chemistry in 1992. She worked at a food research company in Surrey, UK, for 3 years before leaving for a gap year of backpacking around Australia. She arrived in WA and there she stayed. She has worked in WA for over 20 years, including quality control at a food manufacturing company, as a chemist at a commercial laboratory, in pharmaceutical drug research, process development, process control, and power station chemistry. Kathy lives with her husband and two teenage children on 11 acres in a small village with numerous animals including chickens, geese, dogs and horses. Kathy is very active in her local community, including as a volunteer bush fire fighter. | |
| John O'Rourke Director Water Treatment Services John O'Rourke is a director of Water Treatment Services (Aust.) with over 30 years’ experience in water treatment. John started his career as a microbiologist moving quickly into the water treatment industry. He worked with a number of multinational organisations becoming General Manager of Calgon Corporation for Australia. Sixteen years ago John O'Rourke joined forces with John Hallows and formed Water Treatment Services (Aust.). With their combined extensive experience, they have successfully developed a holistic approach to solving water based issues. The company operates on the premise of providing cutting edge innovative solutions and comprehensive service premised on continuous improvement. John has concentrated his expertise on the power industry and more recently becoming involved in mining both in Australia and internationally. John researches and applies the latest technology in antiscalants, dispersants, corrosion inhibitors, flocculants and biocides, incorporating the tried and tested to deliver successful, working solutions. | |
| David Plozza Chemical & Environment Officer ENGIE David Plozza has worked for over 20 years in the Victorian power and water industries as an industrial chemist. He has worked at Loy Yang B Power Station for the past 13 years and holds degrees in both applied science and science. He has experience in water treatment, power station cycle chemistry, instrumentation, analytical techniques, stack emissions monitoring, cooling water treatment and occupational hygiene. | |
| James Rosie Business Manager Australasia Purolite James Rosie is Business Manager (UK, South Africa & Australasia) for Purolite Ltd. James has held this position for 8 years and has been with Purolite for 12years. He has provided technical support for the Australasian market since 2008, supporting our previous agent and more recently, managing direct operations in Australia. Purolite Ltd supplies ion-exchange resins to the Power, Water and Mining industry and is one of the largest ion exchange companies in the world. Prior to working at Purolite he was in Technical Service and Sales for National Starch’s Water Soluble Polymer business supplying dispersant and antiscalant polymers to the water, oil and detergent industries. James has a BSc in Chemistry from Nottingham University and upon graduation trained as a Polymer Chemist with Courtaulds Coatings, London. James is based in the UK, but makes regular trips to Australia to assist with technical support and new Research & Development projects. | |
| Samantha Schulz Technical Officer - Scientific AGL Loy Yang Samantha has worked in the Victorian power industry for 27 years. Her career began in 1989 with a 4-year traineeship with the former State Electricity Commission of Victoria. In 1997 she completed an Applied Science (App. Biol) degree at Monash University. She has worked at AGL Loy Yang since 1990. Samantha has experience in many aspects of power station chemistry, including cycle chemistry, Stator water chemistry, cooling water chemical control and water treatment. Her major role during her time at AGL Loy Yang has been in the operation and maintenance of station chemical plants and water management. | |
| Lukas Staub Group SCO SWAN Analytische Instrumente AG Lukas Staub, is a director with Swan Analytical Instruments Switzerland. He graduated from the University of Applied Science in Winterthur, Switzerland in 1996 with a bachelor degree in Instrumentation & Control engineering, and a Masters degree in Business Engineering from University of Economics Berne, Switzerland. He joined Swan Analytical Instruments in 1999, working in Commissioning, Marketing and Account Management. He was stationed in Hong Kong from 2006 to help develop the East Asian Markets, and returned to Switzerland in 2010 to join the Swan Group Management as Chief Sales Officer, managing the global Swan Distribution and Service Network. | |
| Michael Ten Lohuis Manager - Queensland Water Treatment Services Michael Ten Lohuis – With an original academic background in Chemistry and Microbiology, Mike left research and academia to enter the water treatment industry in 1997. He worked as a consultant and water treatment field-technician, servicing mining, refining, power, municipal and environmental clients. He also cofounded and became a director of a NATA certified, consulting microbiological and chemical water testing laboratory. Completing a postgraduate engineering degree in 2007 he became a professional member of Engineers Australia (Chemical and Environmental Engineering). He continues to provide water quality risk management and compliance advice on potable waters, waste-waters, recycled waters and process waters. He re-joined Water Treatment Services Australia Pty. Ltd. in 2011 as the North Queensland Manager and continues to be actively involved in providing water quality compliance solutions in Australia, Oceania and Asia. | |
| Justin West Monitoring Solutions Leader GE Water Justin West has more than 17 years’ experience in the Water Treatment industry with specific expertise in: • Boiler Water Treatment • Cooling Water Treatment • Water Re-Use and Recycle. • Chem Feed and Equipment Justin is the recipient of multiple Return on Investment Awards Return on Environment Awards, the Lion Award for Product Applications, and a 2 time Eagle Award winner. The depth of these awards highlights his ability to view opportunities from the perspective of the client. In his current role Justin 1. Manages ~$500K p.a. of accounts, servicing a diverse range of industrial customers 2. Is the first line of technical support for cooling and boiler water applications in ANZ in his role as Regional Engineer, 3. Leads the commercial and after sales support effort for the Monitoring Solutions product line in APAC. Some of the positions Justin has held over the over the course of his career includes: • 2 ½ years District Representative • 2 ½ years Account Management Role • 5 Years Area Operations Manager – Tasmania • 3 Years Monitoring Solutions Leader – ANZ • 3 Years – Regional Engineer ANZ | |
| André Zeijseink Director AZES, The Netherlands André Zeijseink holds a chemistry degree from the University of Utrecht (NL) and an MBA from the University of Twente (NL). For 26 years now he is a consultant on water/steam chemistry, with large international experience on power plant technology. Next to his technical experience André has worked as head of department and global director power generation and renewables for the energy consulting firm KEMA (now DNV-GL). As of 2014 Andre started his own company AZ Energy Solutions with training and consulting services in the field electric power systems. | |
