Carl Johnk - Resume

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Stanford University, Stanford, California

BS in Chemical Engineering, 1978

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

            10/99 to Present.  Johnk Engineering, Inc.  Cardiff by the Sea, CA

 

Independent Consulting Engineer providing engineering services to the fluidized bed industry. 

 

1/98 to 10/99.  Solar Turbines Inc., San Diego, CA

 

Program Manager.  Responsible for technical development of marine propulsion package utilizing new 19,000HP gas turbine.

 

Controls Design Engineer.  Responsible for design of PLC control systems for gas turbine-compressor packages.

 

8/87 to 1/98.  Foster Wheeler Energy Int’l (formerly Ahlstrom Pyropower), San Diego, CA.

 

8/92 to 1/99.  Manager Process Development, Global Technology Department.  Responsible for developing and implementing process improvements to Foster Wheeler’s CFB combustion technology, coordinating with  the company’s  international engineering and technology centers.

 

6/91 to 8/92.  Supervisor, Process Engineering.  In addition to duties of Process Engineer, responsible for supervision and administration of small group of process engineers.

 

5/88 to 6/91.  Process Engineer.  Responsible for providing technical guidance and assistance to various groups of the company.  In particular, plant operations troubleshooting and problem solving for

 

Field Engineering Services, design guidelines and technical solutions to Performance Engineering, and technical customer presentations for Sales and Marketing.

 

8/87 to 5/88.  Project Engineer.  Responsibilities included writing and reviewing equipment specifications and commissioning of a 50 MWe CFB boiler in Stockton, CA.

 

3/80 to 8/87, Process Engineer, Lurgi Corporation, River Edge, NJ.

 

1/86 to 8/87.  Head Start-Up Engineer.  Responsible for check-out, commissioning, start-up, redesign and operation of 65 MWe CFB boiler for Scott Paper in Chester, PA.  Also co-prepared and presented Lurgi’s first CFB Operator Training Course (2 week course).

 

6/85 to 12/85.  Start-Up Engineer.  Responsible for shift operation during the start-up of a 30 MWe CFB boiler for Stadtwerke Flensburg  in Flensburg, Germany.

 

9/81 to 6/85.  Process/Start-Up Advisor.  Responsible for the the start-up and operation of a demonstration plant built for Getty Oil in McKittrick, CA, to produce oil by the retorting of diatomite.  Main responsibilities were shift supervision during start-up, analysis of test data, redesign of unit and mechanical equipment and optimization of unit operation. 

 

3/80 to 9/81.  Supervised shift operation of retorting pilot plant at Lurgi R&D Facility in Frankfurt, Germany, during test runs for various clients from synfuels industry.  Also involved in analysis and reporting of data collected during the test runs. 

 

12/77 to 3/80.  Process Engineer.  SRI International, Menlo Park, CA.

 

Responsible for design, operation and analysis of various bench scale test units used in the generation and detection of atmospheric dusts and aerosols.

 

PATENTS

 

U.S. Patent No. 6,019,068. Johnk, Tsuo and Lee.  “Method And Apparatus For Injection of NOx Reducing Agent”

OTHER EXPERIENCE

 

Session Chairman of  “Fluidized Bed Technologies” session at Power Gen ‘94.

 

Member of Power Gen Conference program committee, 1994 and 1995.

 

            Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

 

PAPERS

 

“Experience Firing Petroleum Coke - An Update”  C. Johnk, I. Abdulally.  Presented 12/96 at Power Gen ‘96.

 

“Early Experience With Nova Scotia Power’s Point Aconi Station, 165 MWe Ahlstrom Pyroflow CFB.”  C. Johnk, M. Friedman, N. Andrews.  Presented 5/95 at 13th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Combustion.  Voted best paper in topic area.

 

“Ahlstrom Pyropower Experience with Petroleum Coke Firing.”  C. Johnk.  Presented 4/93 at American Power Conference and 5/93 at Power Gen Europe.

 

“Ultra Low NOx Capabilities in Ahlstrom Pyroflow Boilers.”  C.  Johnk, PK Chelian,  Douglas Nunez.  Presented 10/92 at 1992 Joint Power Generation Conference.

 

“Experience With Low Emissions Coal Firing in Southern California.”  C. Johnk, PK Chelian.  Presented 6/92 at Eco-World ‘92.

 

“Effect of Operating Variables on the Performance of Ahlstrom Pyroflow CFB Boilers.”  C. Johnk, PK Chelian, S. Darling.  Presented 9/91 at the Ahlstrom International Customer’s Conference.

 

“Ahlstrom Pyroflow Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler Tube Erosion Experience.”  C. Johnk, D. Wietzke.  Presented 2/91 at EPRI  Workshop on Materials Issues in Circulating Fluidized-bed Combustors.

 

“State-of-the-Art Start up of a Southern California CFB Boiler.”  C. Johnk, R. Bohlim, M. Hughes,  D. Beacon.  Presented 10/90 at the 1990 Joint Power Generation Conference.