Experience

ComBio Energia S.A.

• Brazil
• Steam and Air-Conditioning Supply
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Business Consultant

  • Jul 2022 - Present



FIGENER

• Brazil
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Coordinator

  • Aug 2019 - Jul 2022

  • Coordination of the study of coal substitution with biomass in cogeneration plant.• Coordination of the basic design of a rice husk-based cogeneration plant, that included the Capex estimation (~R$ 150 mi), technical specifications and proposal analysis for the plant full EPC.• Coordination of the basic design of a wood-based steam generation plant, that included the Capex estimation (~R$ 200 mi), technical specifications and proposal analysis for the plant full EPC.• Coordination of the basic design of water hammer (hydraulic transient) protection devices to be installed in the waste water pipe of a thermal power plant.

• Project Engineer

  • Oct 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Technical due dilligence reports and estimation of Opex (up to R$ 340 mi/year) for acquisiton/financing purposes of oil and gas based thermal power plants.• Prediction of thermal and economic impacts of the conversion of high and low pressure oil-fired boilers to natural gas.• Study of the technical and economic viability of cogeneration solutions at utility plants.• Proposal and development of conceptual energy efficiency solutions for utilities at different industries (mining, food industry).• Specification of biomass handling systems - wood logs, wood chips, sugarcane bagasse, sugarcane straw - at cogeneration plants.• Specification of the main power island equipment of a project to convert a gas-fired power plant from Open Cycle Gas Turbine to a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine arrangement (500 MW).• Transient analysis of boilers and steam systems.• Assessment of the conformity of gas-fired boilers to technical and safety standards (mainly NBR 12313 and NFPA 85) at utility plants.• Assessment of the conformity of fire fighting systems to technical and safety standards (NFPA 15 and FM Global) at petrochemical and utility plants.

• Field Engineer

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2016

  • Field technical support and spare parts planning for major overhaul activities of heavy oil-fired engines at thermal power plants (up to 380 MW).• Consultancy and technical support for O&M contract negotiation and arbitration at thermal power plants (up to 380 MW).

• Engineering Intern

  • Apr 2014 - Dec 2014

  • Study of the transient regime and water side pressure drop of a natural circulation coal-fired boiler.• Modelling and simulation of flow and transport of particulate matter through gas ducts using CFD software OpenFOAM.• Modelling and simulation of steam and condensate systems in order to determine flow regime and pressure drop using Figener's FNESS.