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and later, Stewart & Stevenson Services, managing power generation
projects around the world. In 1987, he joined the faculty of Arizona
State University where he became a tenured professor and taught
power-related courses, including gas turbine design, thermodynamics,
and power plant design. Captain Peltier was recalled to active duty
in the U.S. Navy in late 1999 to serve as a program manager with the
Naval Sea Systems Command. He left active duty in September 2002 and
completed two more Navy Reserve command tours before retiring in
2007. Robert joined the POWER magazine’s editorial staff in
2002 as senior editor after working as a contributing editor for
many years. Robert was named Editor-in-Chief of POWER on
April 1, 2003. Bob has a BS, MS, and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering
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Jack Burns, PE and ASME Fellow, is the Director of
Engineering at Burns Engineering Services, an engineering firm he
founded in 1998. His company specializes in improving the efficiency
and operation of condensers, cooling towers & air removal equipment.
The technical services provided range from condenser inspections,
tube material selections, modular bid evaluations, retubing
specifications, structural assessments, performance testing,
troubleshooting of SJAEs & condensers to reduce high backpressures
and to serve as an expert witness.
In addition, his firm furnishes utilities cost
estimates and practical conceptual designs of retrofitted
closed-cycle cooling systems that are compatible with the 316(a) and
316(b) environmental legislation.
Jack previously was employed by the Stone &
Webster (S&W) Engineering Corporation for almost 25 years as the
titled corporate Consultant specializing in condensers, & cooling
towers. Before joining S&W in the mid ‘70’s, he worked for 14 years
at the Ingersoll-Rand Company (IR) where he was the Manager of
Engineering Development of the Condenser Division. Now known as
Yuba, IR was a major manufacturer of surface condensers and steam
jet air ejectors for fossil & nuclear power plants. He is also the
Chairman of the 2010 and the 1998 issue of the ANSI/ASME PTC 12.2
Condenser Test Code Committees, Chair of the 2008 ASME PTC 30.1 Code
on Air Cooled Steam Condensers and the Chair of the 2003 ASME PTC 23
Code on Cooling Towers.
Mr. Burns holds a Bachelor Degree in Marine
Engineering from the New York Maritime College and a Master of
Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University. He
has published over three dozen papers and is a licensed Professional
Engineer in four States.
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Daniel Janikowski has a Bachelor and Master of
Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of
Illinois and is currently serving as the Chairman of the ASTM A01.10
Stainless & Alloy Steel Pipe and Tube Committee.
Dan currently holds title of Senior Account
Executive for which he previously had the role of Corporate Energy
Sales Manager & General Manager at Plymouth Tube Company’s East
Troy, Wisconsin facility. A plant built for and focused on the
production of condenser, feedwater heater and HRSG tubing for the
power industry. He has been affiliated with this operation
since 1986. Over these years, Dan has held positions related to
quality assurance, technical service, sales and marketing, and
operations management.
Prior to managing East Troy, Dan was with the
Allied Signal Research Center. There he was involved in alloy
development and failure analysis for a number of Allied Signal’s
divisions including Wolverine Tube, the largest seamless copper tube
manufacturer in the United States.
Dan’s other affiliations include the ASME Heat
Exchanger Committee, the ASME subgroup on ferrous products, ASNT,
and NACE. In 2007 Dan was awarded the Award of Merit by ASTM and is
now a “Fellow of the Society”. Dan has authored several papers on
the topics of materials selection, manufacturing and testing
techniques for pipe and tube. In addition, Dan has also been awarded
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Edward Blessman is a graduate of Purdue University
in Metallurgical Engineering. He earned an MBA from the
University of Tulsa and is a Licensed Professional Engineer.
Ed’s current position with Plymouth Tube is as
Technical Development Manager with a focus on SEA-CURE® super-ferritic
tubing. His activities in the stainless steel tubing industry
over the last 14 years include responsibilities in technical
services, quality assurance and sales.
He has over 30 years of manufacturing experience
in the field including nickel and cobalt based alloys, permanent
magnet materials, alloy cast iron, and spring wire.
Ed is active in numerous technical organizations
including NACE, ASTM and the ASME Heat Exchanger Committee. He
has authored papers on alloys selection, and the production and
testing of tubing. He holds two patents (neither of which
involves tubing or metals).
In his current position he assists customers to
achieve the higher efficiency and reliability in steam condenser and
desalination equipment, and wherever the evils of corrosion lurk. |
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Gary Fischer holds a Bachelor of Science in
Electric Engineering as well as an MBA from the University of
Pittsburgh and is also a member of the ASME Codes and Standards, PTC
100 committee dealing with plant performance related outage and
operating conditions. Gary has been an active member of the
ASME Heat Exchanger Committee for the past five years.
During the past eight years, Gary has served Conco
Systems as the National Sales Manager for the power generation
market with responsibilities for all sales activities in the US
market.
Prior to joining Conco, Gary worked in the
communications, industrial and commercial contracting fields dealing
primarily with controls, instrumentation and software implementation
as well as system configuration.
Gary is a frequent presenter at power
generation conferences including ASME, Electric Power and EPRI and
has coauthored several technical papers on topics including
condenser performance improvements through effective tube cleaning,
eddy current testing and tracer gas leak detection. |
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George Saxon, Jr. is the President of
International Markets at Conco Systems, Inc., Chairman of Conco
Systems, Pty Ltd in Australia, Managing Director of Conco Systems
SPRL in Belgium and a Director of Conco Industrial Services Corp.
Conco Systems, Inc. is the world leader in
off-line mechanical tube cleaning and has participated in condenser
performance improvement projects for major power producers
worldwide. Conco deliverables to the power generation industry
include exclusive technologies for condenser tube cleaning, tracer
gas leak detection and eddy current testing.
George has a Bachelor Degree from California
University of Pennsylvania in 1982. He completed his MBA in
2000 with High Honors at Duquesne University. George has been
one of the principal members of Conco Systems since 1982.
Currently, his responsibilities include Business Development,
Marketing and International Business.
George is an active member of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power Division and serves on
the ASME Power Division’s Executive Committee as the Program
Coordinator for ASME Power 2010. He is the Past Chair of the ASME
Heat Exchanger Committee and Past Chair of the International
Relations Committee. He is active on the ASME’s Performance Test
Code for Steam Surface Condensers committee. He has also served on
Technical Advisory Committees for Electric Power Research Institute
(EPRI) and is a former member of the American Society of
Non-Destructive Testing (ASNT). He is a published author and
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After graduating from college with a liberal arts
degree, Jim began his power industry career at Westinghouse Electric
Corp, Power Systems Project Division, where he was a key player in
the business of building “turnkey” nuclear units overseas in
Yugoslavia, Brazil, South Korea and The Philippines. Jim spent
10 years at Westinghouse Electric, including a stint at Napot Point
in The Philippines, working between project engineering and
subcontract purchasing. From there, Jim joined Amertap Corp.,
(currently Taprogge America), selling on-line condenser tube
cleaning systems and circulating water debris filtration systems.
In 1987, Jim joined what would evolve into Plastocor, Inc., and in
1990, with his partner Mike Horn, purchased the license for
Plastocor, Inc., covering North America and the Caribbean. Jim
holds the title of Vice President and is responsible for sales of
Plastocor Materials and Services.
Jim's other affiliations include the ASME Heat
Exchanger Committee, NACE and ASTM. Jim has authored several
papers on the topics of full length condenser tube coatings and has
written case histories on condenser tubesheet and waterbox coatings
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Barney W. Helton II is a Field Support Engineer
with RetubeCo, Inc. in Ooltewah, Tennessee.
Since 1992 RetubeCo has been providing the global
power generation industry with tooling and technical services for
cost effective, high quality repairs to steam condensers and balance
of plant heat exchangers. Prior to joining RetubeCo in 2007,
Mr. Helton spent 31 years as a mechanical engineer with the
Tennessee Valley Authority. For the last half of that period
Barney served as the condenser and heat exchanger engineer for TVA's
Division of Fossil and Hydro Power.
Mr. Helton has a Bachelor of Science degree in
Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga. |
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Ed. Overmyer is President of RetubeCo, Inc. in
Ooltewah, Tennessee. Since 1992 RetubeCo has been providing
specialized tools and technical services for retubing and repairing
steam condensers and balance of plant heat exchangers.
Prior to co-founding RetubeCo with Jamey Smith, Ed
spent twelve years as Vice-president of Harris Tube Pulling & Mfg.
Harris Tube pioneered in the development and implementation of many
of the primary tools and techniques currently used for the high
speed, efficient removal of condenser tubes.
Ed received a BA degree in Business
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James (Jamey) W. Smith is Vice-President /
Engineering & Operations of RetubeCo, Inc. in Ooltewah, Tennessee.
Since 1992 RetubeCo has been providing the global power generation
industry with superior tooling and technical services for cost
effective, high quality repairs to steam condensers and balance of
plant heat exchangers. Prior to co-founding RetubeCo, Jamey spent 7
years as a mechanical engineer with Harris Tube Pulling & Mfg. Inc.
Harris Tube Pulling developed and implemented many of the primary
tools and techniques currently used for the high speed, efficient
removal of condenser tubes.
Mr. Smith received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Tennessee. |
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Mark Tagliamonte is Vice President and Manager of
Projects at RetubeCo, Inc. in Ooltewah, Tennessee. The company has
been providing specialized tools and technical services for retubing
condensers and balance of plant heat exchangers since 1992.
Prior to joining RetubeCo in 1996, Mark was the
General Manager for Siemens Power Corporation’s Nuclear Services
Group for North America. The group provided equipment, engineering,
and inspection services to the nuclear industry. Mark was the
President and CEO of QUALTEC Testing Services, an FPL Group Company,
from 1987 to 1991. Prior to 1987 he held various engineering and
field service positions in the power industry.
Mark received a B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering
from SUNY Maritime College, Brooklyn, New York.
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Dale Droesch is
the Southeast Regional Sales Manager for Conco Systems, Inc.
Previously Dale served as Operations Manager in Conco’s
non-destructive testing division, and brings over nineteen years
experience in the field of eddy current testing of balance-of-plant
heat exchangers.
Dale received
certification in data analysis of eddy current inspection results of
non-ferromagnetic tubing through ZETEC, Inc.
This advanced certification meets the requirements of ASME
Section XI “Personnel Requirements” and the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission Guide 1.83.
In addition, Dale also attained advanced certification to level
IIIA, with emphasis on advanced eddy current theory, codes and
standards applicable to inspection of heat exchanger and steam
generator tubing.
In addition to
Dale’s extensive experience with eddy current data collection,
analysis and trending of balance-of-plant heat exchangers, he has
been project manager on many BOP outage inspections at nuclear power
stations as well as the United States Navy.
Dale is also a published author on the topic of eddy current
testing of heat exchanger tubing.
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