Dean Ryan provided professional engineering consulting services in support of the satisfactory completion of the energy related aspects of the Hyperion Solids Handling Capital Improvements Program as directed by the HSHCIP Program Director. Such services included, but were not limited to:
providing startup and operations assistance to support the operation of the Sludge Combustion Facility and other Solids Handling facilities providing guidance, direction, assistance and supervision to the STRR Division in establishing test protocols, contract preparation, testing and any required system modifications to meet regulatory requirements for the CIP projects. assisting in the coordination of activities with the Hyperion laboratory staff in performing emissions tests as required providing technical guidance, assistance, and supervision in areas of thermodynamics and fluid flow as needed in the solution of problems related to the CIP projects.
Dean Ryan personned interfaced and coordinated with federal, state and local governmental representatives, and industrial and professional groups as directed by the Program Director. Dean Ryan supervised, conducted and assisted operational research and testing to solve operations problems, improve and optimize system performance, reduce nuisance impact to surroundings. Dean Ryan provided on-site air emission sampling, in conformance with standard SCAQMD and EPA-approved methods, of the FBG flue gas and the GTG exhaust gases at the facility. Dean Ryan performed SCAQMD and EPA-approved laboratory analyses for specific compounds. We calculated, as appropriate, the concentration and emission rates of the specified compounds by source. We producing all written reports, summarizing and detailing the air emission procedures, in addition to being responsible for start-up and operations assistance to support the operation of the Sludge Combustion Facility and other Solids Handling Facilities.