MICHAEL L. CRISLER, P.E., PMP

PROJECT MANAGER

EDUCATION:

 

1979 – 1984Purdue University; B.S., Mechanical Engineering

 

Specialized TrainingScheduling Programs - Primavera Project Planner P6, P3, Microsoft Office

Critical Lift Programs - NCI Lift Planning Software

CFD Modeling Programs - Fluent 4.2 CFD Modeling Software

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

LINDE ENGINEERING NORTH AMERICA (formerly SELAS FLUID PROCESSING CORPORATION).

2014 to PresentPROJECT MANAGER Lima 3 Hydrogen Plant – Lima Ohio

·   Global EPC Project Manager for 25 mmscfd hydrogen plant on a brown field site, approximately 75 years of service.  Coordinated all Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Expediting, Transportation, Construction and Commissioning functions. 

·   Components provided:

o       a complete steam methane reformer with a waste heat recovery unit

o       process absorption system with buffering vessel

o       process preheat/cooling/natural gas preparation system provided as prefabricated modules

o       interconnecting pipe racks provided as prefabricated modules

o       Unit substation 4kV to 480V with all switchgear, motor starters, UPS, and distributed control systems as a prefabricated unit.

·   Managed Engineering teams across all disciplines between Linde engineering hubs in Blue Bell, PA, Tulsa, OK, Munich Germany, and Vadodara India.

·   Materials were procured on a global basis balancing fabrication duration and costs, transportation duration and cost with site construction schedule.

·   Major accomplishments:

o       design and install the hydrogen plant on a site filled with active and abandoned underground obstructions.  303 auger cast piles were installed without incident

o       delivery of all mechanical module components to fabricators on or ahead of schedule

o       completion and delivery of all mechanical modules, components skids, equipment, and vessels to the construction site without impact to the construction schedule

o       all bid packages, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation, were provided with complete IFC drawings.

o       proved prefabricated modules can be effective within the existing work streams

o       evaluated existing work streams to identify labor/cost saving avenues – feeding lessons learned forward

 

2012 to 2014PROJECT MANAGER Al Jubail 10 Steam Methane Reformers – Al Jubail Saudi Arabia

·   EP-C Project Manager for two 45 mmscfd hydrogen plants on a green field site in Saudi Arabia.  Coordinated all Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Expediting, Transportation, Construction functions. 

·   Provided a complete steam methane reformer with a waste heat recovery unit

·   Managed Engineering teams across all disciplines between Linde Engineering hubs in Blue Bell, PA, and Vadodara India.

·   Materials were procured on a global basis balancing fabrication duration and costs, transportation duration and cost with site construction schedule

·   Completion and delivery of all mechanical components to the construction site without impact to the construction schedule

 

RIGGS DISTLER & COMPANY, INC.

1996 to 2012PROJECT MANAGER/SCHEDULER/CRITICAL LIFT ENGINEER

·  Overall responsibility for project management duties with various Utility boiler and Industrial related projects.

·  Responsibilities include contract administration, total project costs, estimating, manpower planning and supervision, scheduling, quality assurance and control. Projects typically range from $ 1,000,000 to $ 10,000,000 in value.

 

PHOENIX COMBUSTION INC

1994-1996:MANAGER of ENGINEERING

·  Areas of responsibility include Project Management, Engineering Design and Field Service.  Direct staff of four Project Managers, a Field Service Manager and support personnel.  A chief concern is in the global coordination of cash flow, design, fabrication, installation as well as commissioning of equipment.  As required, performed in house consulting in the areas of system integration, trouble shooting, controls systems and boiler operations.

·  Developed standardized project engineering and financial status reporting system.

 

1992-1994:SENIOR ENGINEER

·  Generated and implemented projects for combustion systems, boiler life  extension programs, and improvements to boiler performance and efficiency.

·  Experienced with computational fluid dynamic modeling of fluid flow and combustion Modeling.  CFD code typically used for modeling is Fluent 4.2 operating on a DEC ALHPA 6000 platform.

·  Generated proposals for burner systems and negotiated final contract terms and conditions.

·  Developed standardized burner and overfire air sizing programs using both CFD and standard spreadsheet software.

 

DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT

1990-1992:PLANT MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

·  Directed Union and contract personnel in various power plant maintenance and capital projects.  Project scopes include turbine overhauls, boiler pressure part replacement, major pump overhauls, boiler water chemistry monitoring systems, burner and igniter system improvements and pulverizer upgrades.  Project dollar values range from               50,000. to $1,000,000.

·  Lead and Support Engineer in various control system upgrades at Indian River Power Plant. 

·  Planned and managed major maintenance projects, outages, and budgets. Specialized in system start-up and process troubleshooting.

 

1986-1990:TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER

·  Project scopes include turbine overhauls, boiler pressure part replacement, major pump overhauls, boiler feedwater chemistry monitoring systems, burner and igniter systems improvements and pulverizer upgrades.  Project dollar values range from $50,000. to $1,000,000.

 

1984-1986:ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION ENGINEER

·  Entry level engineering position involving directed management of capital and maintenance projects required to provide safe and efficient electrical power to residential as well as commercial customers.

 

·  Assisted department management staff in yearly budget generation.  Developed a consolidated scheduling and priority program for standard yearly projects

 

 

 

SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS

 

RIGGS DISTLER & COMPANY, INC.

 

May 2008 thruMirant Mid-Atlantic – Potomac River Power Station  –Down

May 2009Wash Abatement\Smoke Stack Consolidation Project

Project Planner/Critical Lift Engineer

To eliminate a flue gas down wash problem the smoke stacks from the 5 Potomac River Power Station boilers were consolidated into 2 stacks with cross connection capabilities.  Working under an alliance agreement with the Owner other construction disciplines, and the design engineers the exhaust duct of each boiler was modified and a Induced Draft Booster added to increase stack velocity.  Overall project work sequence was built around outage windows for the boilers, material delivery schedule, limited work space, and restriction imposed by the City of Alexandria, VA.  Project status and expected completion date was calculated on a daily basis.

 

Dec 2007 thruMirant Mid-Atlantic – Morgantown Power Station Unit 1 Outage – April 2008              Coordinated Scheduling

Outage Planner/Scheduler

Part of the team that planned, coordinated and updated the status of all activities involved in the Spring 2008 Unit 1 Outage.  Individual project schedules were submitted in Primavera P6, Primavera P3, Micro Office or simple bar chart formats and integrated into a common outage schedule in Primavera P6.  Total schedule contained approximately 12,000 activities.  The outage percent complete and expected completion date was calculated on a daily basis. This outage involved extensive pressure part modifications to a 750 MW supercritical pressure boiler, replacement of the high pressure turbine steam chest, ductwork connections to a new wet scrubber, replacement of the main power transformer, upgrades to the distributed control system, complete rebuild of coal pulverizers, yearly boiler maintenance activities, and standard power plant yearly maintenance. 

June 2006 thruVALERO REFINERY, DELAWARE CITY, DE FCC Mechanical/Scrubber

Dec. 2006Project Manager/Critical Lift Engineer

Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) Pre-Scrubber/Absorber at the Valero Delaware City Refinery.  The purpose of this system is to remove 81% of particulate and 98% SO₂ from the FCCU flue gas emission.

 

The major components of the erected were the Pre-Scrubber and the Absorber towers.  The Pre-scrubber was 30’ in diameter and 140’ tall.  It was erected in five site fabricated sections.  The section weights ranged from 50,000 lb to 120,000 lb.

 

The absorber was 32’ in diameter and 194’ tall.  Absorber ring sections were sub-assembled on site and stacked 2 to 4 rings tall.  Sub-assemble size was based on weight or optimal construction breaks.  The main column was erected in 5 lifts with a typical weight of 90,000 lbs.  The top two ring sections, transition cone and the stack were sub-assembled as a single piece 87’ tall and weighing 85,000 lbs.   The absorber column has two collector trays and three packing beds.  The 9308 pieces of packing were installed in 14 shifts – 28 shifts ahead of schedule. 

 

To complete the interconnection between the FCCU and the Pre-Scrubber/Absorber required over 300 feet of 16 foot diameter flue duct and erection of two new 3500 horsepower forced draft fan/motor sets.

 

The time frame from start of work to mechanical completion was 21 weeks.  The Boilermakers worked approximately 167,000 man hours man hours to complete this project without a lost time or recordable accident.

 

December 2005Mirant Mid-Atlantic – Chalk Point Unit 2 Precipitator Collapse

Project Engineer/Safety Engineer 

Worked with the Owner and Engineering Firms to stabilize the partially collapsed precipitator for system restoration and failed equipment demolition.  Responsibilities were to evaluate work sequence from a construction and personnel safety perspective. 

 

Aug 1999PPL Montour, Washingtonville, PA                            thru July 2001              Project Manager

PPL Montour Unit 1 and Unit 2 ESP Erection, SCR Erection. Scope of work included simultaneous construction of an ESP and an SCR for a 750 MW unit within a 10 month time frame.  ESP and SCR tie in to the existing boiler as well as demolition of the existing ESP were completed within a six week outage.  Project value approximately 56 million dollars.

 

PHOENIX COMBUSTION INC

 

1995Product Development

MANAGER of ENGINEERING

Developed first modular ATLAS burner air register system.  Modularization reduced installation from 12 to 6 shifts.  The accelerated installation allowed Phoenix to meet the Customers outage time frame and minimize field labor costs.  This Modularization is now the standard for retrofits to several types of boilers.

 

1993:NOx Reduction Program – Atlantic Electric Deepwater Unit 6/8.

Project Manager

Contract value approximately $1,400,000.  Scope of supply included a rear corner overfire air system, and 12 coal, oil and natural gas fired burners rated at 115 Mbtu/hr NOx emissions were reduced by 60% without determent to the boiler’s performance.

 

1992-1993:NOx Reduction Program – PSE&G Hudson Unit 2.

Project Manager

Contract value approximately $5,000,000.  Scope of supply included a separated overfire air system, gas igniters, main flame and igniter flame detection system, and 24 burners rated at 270 Mbtu/hr capable of burning coal, oil and natural gas.  NOx emissions were reduced by 70% without determent to the boiler’s performance. 

 

DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT

 

1990:River Unit 4 Performance Improvement Project

Lead Engineer

Scope of work included redesign of mechanical and control system for Riley ball tube mills, compartmentalization of windbox and training of Operations personnel.  All engineering and design performed in-house.  Project budget was in excess of $1,000,000.  Savings from reduced fuel costs equaled project cost within one year.  The project was completed under budget and ahead of schedule.

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Registered Professional Engineer – State of Maryland

Member of ASME Power Division, Utility Operations Committee

Copies of ASME and EPRI Publications available or request.