Pre-commissioning Activity Combined Cycle Power Plant (720MW)

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Project Type: Performance Testing/Tuning
Plant: Combined Cycle Power Plant (720MW) – Trinidad Generation Unlimited
Client: Ferrostaal – (EBE) Eisenbau Essen GMBH (Engineering, Procurement, Construction – EPC)

Pre-commissioning activity included emissions testing to determine manufacturer (Genera Electric – GE) guarantee specifications for six gas turbines and two steam turbines. With the project nearing completion, Equilibrium Environmental Services (EES) stepped in to provide manpower and equipment to facilitate several 24hour test programs. EES was able to validate emissions characteristics for gaseous and particulate emissions. The source emissions program had technical oversight by GE performance engineers who were more than satisfied with the technical capability of the EES team.

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Project Centre

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People on this project

Dominick (Nick) LaValle B.A., C.E.T.

President, Valley Environmental Services (Canada)

Pre-commissioning Activity Combined Cycle Power Plant (720MW)

Dominick (Nick) LaValle B.A., C.E.T.

President, Valley Environmental Services (Canada)

Mr. LaValle is currently President and Field Leader, Air Toxics in the field-sampling group at Valley Environmental Services Inc. (VES) Canada and Air Monitoring Services Inc, Calgary Alberta Canada along with Vice President Operations of Equilibrium Environmental Services, Trinidad and Tobago West Indies. In this capacity, he is responsible for directing the efforts of technicians, engineers, and sub contractors involved in performing routine and complex emissions testing. His responsibilities include, maintaining and minimizing project costs, client liaison, organizing personnel and equipment, scheduling field tests and laboratory analysis, as well as supervising equipment maintenance, and calibration. As a Field Test Team Leader, Mr. LaValle has performed hundreds of manual sampling tests and supervised large, mid, and small field test programs. He has performed the most stringent test programs set forth by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environment Canada, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Alberta Ministry of Environment and several other state and provincial agencies for a wide variety of sources. He has experience testing utility boilers, kilns, incinerators, cement plants, pulp and paper plants, refineries, steel producing facilities, smelters, and acid plating plants. He has performed many test programs around the world and has extensive knowledge on conducting international work.

Nick is the technical advisor for the source-testing group. He has over eighteen years of experience in source test emission and QA/QC programs and has been involved in over 500 test programs. Nick has also trained numerous test crews on the various test methods. This training has occurred here in Canada and abroad in French Pacific New Caledonia, Northern Ireland, and Trinidad West Indies.

Specifically Mr. LaValle has been involved in test programs for measuring CEM and trace levels of organic and inorganic contaminants for the following clients:

Municipal, Hospital and Industrial Incinerators: Victoria Hospital, Laidlaw, ENSCO, TRIWASTE WASTE REDUCTION, Region of Peel, Brampton Animal Hospital
Pulp & Paper Industry: Domtar Fine Paper, Boise, Scott P&P, Tembec, Mac Claren
Automobile Manufacturing: General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler, Honda, Magna
Coal Fired Utility power Plants: Ontario Hydro, New Brunswick Power, Nova Scotia Power, Indonesia Power, British PLC Power, Manitoba Hydro, ATCO, Alberta Power. Transalata, Chapleau Cogen
Cement and Lime Kilns: St Mary’s, St Lawrence, Boise Cascade, Domtar, Kimberly Clark, Lafarge
Petroleum Refineries: SHELL, Petro Canada, Irving Oil, Mobil, Bayer, NOVA
OSB and Particle Board manufactures: Louisiana Pacific, Weyerhauser, Voyager Panel, Grant Wafer Board

Specifically Mr. LaValle has been involved in ambient test programs for measuring gases and trace levels of organic and inorganic contaminants for the following clients:

Municipal, Hospital and Industrial Incinerators: Laidlaw, ENSCO, TRIWASTE WASTE REDUCTION, Swan Hills PCB facility,
Pulp & Paper Industry: Boise, Tembec Pulp and Paper, Weyerhauser Pulp and Paper
Coal Fired Utility power Plants: Ontario Hydro, New Brunswick Power, Indonesia Power, British PLC Power, Chapleau Cogen
Cement and Lime Kilns: St Mary’s, St Lawrence, Boise Cascade, Domtar, Kimberly Clark, Lafarge
Petroleum Refineries: Irving Oil, Shell Oil, Suncor Energy, BASF
OSB and Particle Board manufactures: Louisiana Pacific, Weyerhauser, Voyager Panel, Grant Wafer Board

Mr. LaValle has been involved in international programs such as:

Ballylumford Guarantee Test program, Belfast Northern Ireland Phase 1 (Stack Testing )
Ballylumford Guarantee Test program, Belfast Northern Ireland Phase 2 (Stack testing)
Smurfit Guarantee Test program, San Felippe Venezuela (Stack Testing )
Indonesian Power Test Guarantee program, Merak Indonesia Phase 1 (Stack Testing )
Indonesian Power Test Guarantee program, Merak Indonesia Phase 2 (Stack Testing )
Shanghai Ammonia Slip Guarantee program, Guya China (Audit)
INCO GORO Pilot plant program, Baie de Prony New Caledonia ( French Pacific) Phase 1 (Testing Training & Audit)
INCOGEN annual turbine test, Point Lisa Trinidad West Indies (Audit)
INCO GORO Pilot plant program, Baie de Prony New Caledonia ( French Pacific) Phase 2 (Audit)
INCO GORO Pilot plant program, Baie de Prony New Caledonia ( French Pacific) Phase 3 (Audit)
EAS Ambient Monitoring program Coivu Trinidad West Indies (Training & Audit)
BP Ambient monitoring program Goia Trinidad West Indies (Training & Audit)
Farmland’s Ammonia plant testing, Point Lisa Trinidad West Indies (Training & Audit)
PCS Nitrogen Ammonia plant testing, Point Lisa Trinidad West Indies (Training & Audit)
Cambior Bauxite Mine kiln testing program, Linden Guyana (Stack and Ambient Testing)
PPGL Ammonia testing program, Point Lisa Trinidad West Indies (Audit)

Mr. LaValle has been involved in such high profile programs as:

ENSCO INC Verification testing of a Class 1 Mobile PCB Destruction Facility
Ontario Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Transport research program – Bituminous Pavement Pilot Project.
Triwaste Reduction Services Thermal phase Separator (TPS) Technology Demonstration program (Newfoundland and Manitoba)
Pittsfield Method Evaluation program, Pittsfield Mass. – Quad Train test program for ASME American Association of Mechanical Engineers
CANMET Waste Fired Boiler Research Program PEI

Neil Harper MSc., COHC

Managing Director

Pre-commissioning Activity Combined Cycle Power Plant (720MW)

Neil Harper MSc., COHC

Managing Director

After graduating from the University of the West Indies with a BSc. in Zoology/ Chemistry and MSc. in Environmental Science & Management, he started his career as an environmental professional in 2000 with Epas Consultants Ltd., a small Environmental Consulting firm. Neil was able to quickly immerse himself in a variety of projects as part of a multi-disciplinary team of professionals. His scope of expertise grew beyond the traditional biological assessments of terrestrial and wetland habitats to include the design & implementation of Industrial Hygiene Studies, Ambient Air, Noise, Stack Emission Testing and Indoor Environmental Quality monitoring programmes.

Upon his departure from Epas he worked as an independent Consultant for several months, where among other projects, he engaged in Indoor Environmental Quality monitoring services for the Canadian High Commission as well as stack emission testing for Cambior Mines in Linden, Guyana.

He joined ROSE Environmental Ltd. in 2004 where he quickly rose to the position of Technical Manager, Special Projects and Air Quality. His presence enabled ROSE to develop the company towards offering a consultancy service by enhancing their reporting capabilities and finding specific applications for product lines. Intense product application and technical training and being immersed with equipment further grew his skills set to be able to provide support for a variety of product lines while still providing project design and execution for Industrial Hygiene and Indoor Environmental Quality applications.

He departed ROSE in 2006 to work with General Electric International Inc. to fulfil his ambitions of gaining multinational work experience in the realm of Environmental Health and Safety. At Trinity Power Limited, he dedicated six years in the Power Generation industry.

In 2012, Neil moved into the upstream oil and gas sector with BHP Billiton as an HSE Advisor on the Central Processing Platform in the Angostura Development. He later joined BP Trinidad and Tobago as a Health & Safety Site Lead supporting the Regional Logistics Team.

Neil is a well-rounded HSE professional, having made his mark in the multi-national environment. He now holds the reigns as co-founder and Managing Director of Equilibrium Environmental Services where he is intent on growing the company’s portfolio.