David De Andrade

SolarReserve develops concentrating solar power (CSP) plants with an integrated molten salt thermal energy storage technology.

• 50 MW Alcázar Solar Thermal Power Project, Madrid, Spain (exp. production: 300,000 MWh /yr, baseload generation profile)
- Developed electrical, instrumentation and piping material take-offs (MTO) to establish a basis for substantiating and challenging the EPC contractor’s rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate for the construction of the plant.
- Reviewed EPC Phase I engineering deliverables (P&ID’s, single line diagrams, water balances, heat & mass balances).
- Reviewed general arrangements, made proposals to reduce the overall plant footprint considering constructability, and by optimizing piping and electrical cable routing, as well as building size requirements.
- Conducted design reviews with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (supplier of molten salt system) and the EPC contractor.

• 150 MW Rice Solar Energy Project, Riverside County, CA (exp. production: 450,000 MWh /yr, dispatchable generation profile)
- Supported the process of responding to Data Requests issued by the California Energy Commission (CEC) following submission of an Application for Certification (AFC).

• 100 MW Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, Nye County, NV (exp. production: 480,000 MWh /yr, dispatchable generation profile)
- Evaluated proposal for an EPC specification developed by WorleyParsons.

• Detail Engineering of a Selective Catalytic (NOx) Reduction unit, CHEVRON, El Segundo refinery, CA
- Rescued the project from an instrumentation standpoint through tactful customer interface, and aggressive schedule recovery planning with suppliers and in-house engineers.
- Led a project team of five engineers and designers. Reviewed deliverables and material requisitions.
- Ensured conformance of suppliers with technical, budgetary and delivery requirements.
- Provided engineering support during commissioning: responded promptly to customer and field inquiries (RFI).

• FEED of an Ethylene Plant, SAUDI ARAMCO & THE DOW CHEMICAL CO.
- Developed piping and instrumentation diagrams.
- Developed an application capable of transferring spreadsheet-based process data to a database, saving the project approximately $30,000 in man-hours.

• Sludge Incinerator, SONATRACH, Algeria
- Developed man-hour and material cost estimates for the instrumentation and process control of a sludge incinerator.

Capital projects and Engineering work orders, CHEVRON, El Segundo refinery, CA (276,000 bpd)

• Deployment of Foundation Fieldbus technology in the tank farm.
- Led a project team of four engineers and designers.
- Directed job walks with client and determined project objectives.
- Developed the work scope, schedule and budget for project totaling $50 million. Managed change orders.
- Conducted process control design reviews and HAZOP's.
- Designed a Foundation Fieldbus network architecture, allowing control and monitoring of 500 valves and 30 pumps.
- Prepared material requisitions, reviewed vendor quotes and finalized technical bid analysis.

• Instrumentation of a deaerator: specification and bid evaluation of control valves, safety valves and field instruments.

• Design of construction work packages in preparation for unit turnarounds (LSFO, Coker).

Detail Engineering of a LNG plant, YEMGAS, Balhaf, Yemen ($2.5 billion contract, 6.7M tons of LNG per year)

- Developed the instrument and control philosophy.
- Designed the control and safety system's network architecture.
- Developed logic diagrams and control narratives.
- Qualified control and safety system vendors. Reviewed their detail design to ensure conformance to the defined system requirements.

• Lacq Gas Processing Plant, TOTAL, France
- Retrofitted the fire & gas and emergency shutdown systems for the plant.

• Rhourde Hamra gas fields, SONATRACH, Algeria
- Prepared a technical proposal for the supply of a SCADA system, comprising a voice/data transmission system + solar power system.
- Directed a job walk on site with the client.

Dalia project, TOTAL, Angola

Design of the fire & gas (F&G) and emergency shutdown (ESD) systems for a floating oil production installation (FPSO).
- Developed the safety system network architecture, the logic diagrams and the cause & effect matrices for the F&G and ESD systems.
- Programmed F&G and ESD applications for Triconex safety controllers (Tricon).