Lionel Caron

14095 E. Evans Ave., Aurora, CO 80014 / 650-218-3657 / lcaron2008@att.net

Education
M.S. Mechanical Engineering: Energy Generation.
University of Bucharest/Energy Division/Thermo-Mechanical part of Power Plants, Bucharest, Romania

Registrations/Affiliations
*ASME Power Section
*DOE/LMOP (Landfill Methane Outreach Program)

Experience
32 years experience in project management, project engineering and business development for
renewable energy, power generation, biomass and coal gasification and petroleum refining.

Responsibilities:
*Optimization of power plants thermal cycle, thermodynamics and fluid dynamics calculations,
hydraulic diagrams, equipment and piping sizing, plant layout.
* Design and development of PFDs and P&IDs.
* Coordination of engineering disciplines and procurement.
* Preparing technical specifications and requisition packages for:
steam and gas turbines, microturbines, IC engines, gensets, boilers, heaters, gasifiers, reactors,
distillation columns, separators, centrifuges, refrigeration systems, FD and ID fans, stacks,
heat exchangers, water treatment systems, steam condensers, cooling towers, air preheaters,
condensate recovery systems, coal storage and feed systems, air distribution systems, vessels,
pumps, compressors, control valves, piping.
Codes: ASME, ASTM, API, NFPA, NEMA, AWS.
*Bid evaluations, vendor negotiations and vendor selection.
*Feasibility Studies.
*Proposals.
*Front End Loading (FEL) conceptual tasks
*Business Development.
*Government and Utilities interface.
*Client interface and presentations.
*Project scheduling and estimates
*Preparing Operations and Maintenance manuals
*Construction and start-up support.
*Performance testing.

Projects and Assignments:

Merrick & Co., Aurora, Colorado (07/2008-Present)

*Mechanical Lead for the design of a cellulosic ethanol plant in Soperton, Georgia.
Technology: Biomass Gasification and Catalytic Synthesis.
*Business Development: Initiated and managed the business development effort to add Landfill Gas to Energy
(LFGE) as a new business line to the company “waste to energy” renewable energy portfolio.
-DOE interface: federal legislation for LFGE projects.
-Utility interface: technical and business issues related to electrical grid access.
*Merrick Innovation Lab member: proposed and promoted business and technical ideas across company
locations and divisions to generate additional business for the company.

Combustion Associates Company, Corona, California (02/2008-06/2008)

*Project Manager for an 80 MW (8x10 MW aero derivative gas turbines) power plant in Benin, W. Africa.
Feasibility study to increase the turbines output in order to meet the power generation contract requirements,
request for proposals.
Institute for Studies and Power Engineering-ISPE, Bucharest, Romania (09/1995-12/2007)
*Project Manager for the FEL, detailed design, procurement, construction, start-up and performance testing of
the expansion of the industrial platform Pipera, Bucharest cogeneration power plant with 1 waste wood-fired
circulating fluidized bed boiler 70 TPH /45MW unit.
*Lead Mechanical Engineer for the FEL, detailed design, procurement and construction: the expansion with
coal-fired 25 and 50 MW units of the cogeneration power plants in Sibiu and Timisoara, Romania.
*Lead Mechanical Engineer for the FEL, detailed design, procurement and construction: the expansion of the
Oradea, Romania cogeneration power plant with 3 coal waste-fired circulating fluidized bed boilers 55
TPH/35MW units.
*Business Development Lead:
-Government and Utilities interface: legislation regarding renewable energy projects implementation.
-conducted energy efficiency and environmental compliance field investigations followed by proposals for
remedies.

Bechtel, San Francisco (1992-1995).

*Lead Mechanical Engineer. Verification for compliance with codes: pressure drop calculations, sizing and
technical specifications for pumps, vessels, heat exchangers, control valves and piping for unit 2 (1,100 MW) at
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, California.

Combustion Power Company, Menlo Park, California (1987-1992).

*Project Engineer for the detailed design, procurement, construction, start-up and performance testing of 2 coal-
fired circulating fluidized bed boilers (203,000 #/hr, each) for a 50 MW cogeneration power plant in Stockton,
California. The scope of project included the furnace, burners, air distribution system, fuel feed system, solids
separation system.

Bechtel, San Francisco (1982-1987).

*Project Engineer for the detailed design, construction and start-up of the retrofit and expansion of the catalytic
cracking facilities at Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California.
*Lead Mechanical Engineer for the detailed design, construction and start-up of the retrofit and expansion of
the steam methane reformation facilities at Unocal Refinery in Rodeo, California.

Kaiser Engineers, Oakland, California (1980-1982).

*Project Engineer for the detailed design and procurement: Great Plains Synfuels Plant coal gasification project
(capacity: 54 billion SCF gas/year) in North Dakota.
Technology: Sasol/Lurgi-Lurgi counter current fixed bed gasifiers.

Institute for Studies and Power Engineering-I.S.P.E., Bucharest, Romania (1975-1979).

*Project Engineer for the FEL, detailed design, procurement, construction of a 3-unit (2x60 MW + 1x100 MW)
coal-fired cogeneration plant in Galati, Romania
*Lead Mechanical Engineer for the FEL, detailed design of a condensing coal-fired 330 MW unit in Braila,
Romania.
*Feasibility study for eight potential cogeneration and combined cycle power projects at several industrial
facilities in Romania.
*Feasibility study to improve thermal and environmental efficiency of a 3-unit (2x50 MW + 1x55 MW)
coal-fired cogeneration plant in Borzesti, Romania. Alternatives considered: retrofitting plant components or
upgrading the whole system.
*Mechanical Engineer for the detailed design, procurement, construction, start-up and performance testing for
the expansion of a cogeneration plant in Brazi, Romania with 2 gas-fired units: 1x50 MW and 1x105 MW.

Fluent in:
*RETScreen (Renewable Energy Tools and Project Analysis/World Bank)
*QuickBaseProjectManager
*QuickBooksPro
*LandGEM (Landfill Gas Emissions Model/DOE-EPA)
*MS Office2007.

US Citizen and Romanian Citizen.