Full Speed String Test on GE LM6000PF Gas Turbine
FULL SPEED STRING TEST ON LM6000PF GAS TURBINE DRIVEN REFRIGERATION COMPRESSORS Sameer S. Patwardhan Mark Weatherwax Lead Machinery Engineer Consulting Machinery Engineer Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemical Chevron Energy Technology Company Houston, Texas, USA Perth, WA, Australia Feroze Meher-Homji Davide Cappetti Principal Rotating Equipment Engineer Special Projects & LNG Lead Project Engineer Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemical GE Oil & Gas Houston, Texas, USA Florence, Italy Antonio Musardo Gianni Iannuzzi Natural Gas Project Engineering Manager Special Testing Design Engineering Manager GE Oil & Gas GE Oil & Gas Florence, Italy Florence, Italy Sameer S. Patwardhan is the Senior/Lead Rotating Machinery Engineer for Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemical, Inc. in Houston, Texas. His current responsibilities include Leading a team of rotating machinery engineers on a LNG project, Responsible Engineer for the main Refrigeration Compressors and Gas Turbine Generators on the Wheatstone LNG project and Selection, design, and testing of new rotating equipment along with the start-up, commissioning and troubleshooting support for new and existing equipment. Mr. Patwardhan has more than 12 years of experience with rotating equipment and engineering design. Prior to joining Bechtel in 2005, he was employed by General Electric Energy. Mr. Patwardhan has a B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University, India, a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from State University of New York at Buffalo and a M.B.A. in Energy Management from the University of Houston. He is currently Chairman of the API 613 Task Force and an active task force member of API 692, 672, 617 and 614. He is also a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
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