ASME South Texas Section Gas Turbine Technical Chapter (GTTC) Meeting Notice: 26Oct20 - Note this is a Zoom meeting and a new RSVP process, See notes on future meeting notice delivery - big changes!!
Richard Sessions
We have an outstanding meeting planned for 26October that will be on line and we have changes to the RSVP system and viewing. The attached meeting notice will be updated and resent when we have all that information.
Do not RSVP to this e-mail as it will not accept responses, RSVP by the methods in the attached e-mail – THEY ARE DIFFERENT!
Meeting Notices – Important!: We are going to a new e-mail system for your data protection and the old Google group will cease after this meeting cycle. You will receive a couple of duplicate e-mails from Traffic Wave and Google just to cover this meeting, but you must “opt in” to the new systems to receive any meeting notice e-mails from us. We will work to keep the web site up to date as well.
We are also going to virtual meetings and the Zoom link will be provided through the RSVP system only for added security. We are stealing some practices from the ASME South Texas Section including virtual networking rooms so please join us at 6:00 for that experience – hopefully a good one...
Meeting Notice - ASME Gas Turbine Technical Chapter
The Houston area ASME-International Gas Turbine Technical Chapter is dedicated to the design, manufacture, operation, maintenance and business of gas turbine based technologies. Every individual and organization with an interest in this technology is encouraged to participate (ASME membership is not required, but encouraged). In person meetings are generally from 6 PM to 9 PM with virtual meetings varying. We welcome everyone. Come as you are, we are a NOMEX/FRC/Zoom friendly organization!
Date: Monday, 26 October 2020
Program: Introduction to Solar Gas Turbines
Speaker(s): Mahsima Rostami, Account Manager, Solar Turbines
Rostami...@solarturbines.com, 832-596-7618
Rainer Kurz, Systems Analysis Manager, Solar Turbines
Kurz_R...@solarturbines.com, 858-694-6652
Min Ji, Systems Analysis Engineer, Solar Turbines
Ji_...@solarturbines.com, 858-715-7711
Bruno Taratufolo, LNG Program Manager, Solar Turbines
Taratufo...@solarturbines.com, +32-2622-6120
Location: On-Line Virtual Meeting
Link to be provided via future notice
Meeting Summary:
Solar Turbines will discuss the following items, but not limited to:
- Gas turbine application for small scale LNG
- LNG processes and by products
- Equipment considerations
- Case studies
Meeting Agenda:
6:00 PM Sign-In and Networking – Break-Out Groups in Zoom6:30 PM Business & Announcements – still looking for a Secretary!!
6:45 PM Presentation
8:00 PM Adjourn
Speakers’ Biography:
Mahsima Rostami obtained her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2010 from The University of California, San Diego. Since joining Solar Turbines in 2011, she has held positions in mechanical design, controls design, business process improvement, and applications engineering supporting global projects. She currently resides in Houston, Texas and is an O&G Account Manager responsible for the sale of new turbomachinery equipment.
Rainer Kurz is the Manager, Systems Analysis, at Solar Turbines Incorporated in San Diego, California. His organization is responsible for analyzing compression requirements, predicting compressor and gas turbine performance, for conducting application studies, and for field performance testing. Dr. Kurz attended the Universitaet der Bundeswehr in Hamburg, Germany, where he received the degree of a Dr.-Ing. in 1991. He has authored numerous publications on turbomachinery related topics, is an ASME fellow, and a member of the Turbomachinery Symposium Advisory Committee. He also won the ASME Industrial Gas Turbine Award in 2013.
Min Ji is a Senior Principle Application Engineer responsible for system analysis of turbo-compressor package, at Solar Turbines Incorporated in San Diego. Prior to joining the system analysis group, he had spent nearly 10-years on aerodynamic design and performance development of centrifugal gas compressor. Min Ji obtained a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering in 1997 from Tsinghua university in China and received PhD degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2008 from Syracuse University.
Bruno Taratufolo is a Program Manager at Solar Turbines SA, based in Belgium. In his role, he is responsible for developing the program of small scale liquefaction applications worldwide. He joined the company in 2010 serving as a Project Application Engineer and Sales Manager for new equipment in oil and gas applications, covering the Europe Middle East and Africa regions. Bruno Taratufolo was born and raised in Italy. He obtained his Master Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Roma Tre in 2006. He is a member of the Italian Engineers professional association since 2007.
Dinner Cost: There is no cost for this meeting.
Reservations: A new system in progress, so please bear with us…
RSVP link to be provided via future noticeReference E-mail: rtses...@earthlink.net
or Voice Mail for questions: 281-467-2432
Directions/ Log-On Instructions: Also a new system in progress, so please bear with us…
This will be a Zoom meeting with instructions provided through the RSVP system for respondents
- Note: Please make sure you log on with your microphone muted and do not have background noise that will interfere with the meeting conversations
ASME’s Mechanical Engineering Magazine Drive! Looking for a good home for those gently used copies of your Mechanical Engineering magazine? Bring them to a meeting and we will get them to Steve Candidus in the South Texas Section to hand out in the schools! Feel free to do that yourself as well. If you are looking to become involved at any level, we can help you contact George for a great program experience.
Gas Turbine Technical Chapter Officers for 2020 - 2021:
Chair: Lorin Shirdon, Chart Industries jd...@bellsouth.net
Vice Chair: Jeff Mountain, University of Houston – Clear Lake moun...@uhcl.edu
Treasurer: Chike Onuigbo, Solar Turbines, 832-670-3104 onuigb...@solarturbines.com
Secretary: OPEN – Please contact board if interested in this position
Programs: Richard Sessions, Available Mechanical Engineer, 281-467-2432 rtses...@earthlink.net
Past Chairs:
Bhavesh Ayer, Siemens bhaves...@siemens.com
Jason Hampton, NRG Services, 830-992-1334 jason....@yahoo.com
Bill Hoffman, S&B Engineers and Constructors wchof...@yahoo.com