Manojkumar Velusamy

Experience

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  Sri Chamundeswari Sugars Ltd.

  Jul 2009 - Jul 2010

  Shift Engineer

  26MW Coal/Baggase fired Power Plant; Duration : 10th July 2009 – 21st July 2010.Equipment Details :Thermax Babcock and Wilcox Ltd., make Coal/baggase fired Travagrate boiler ABB 800xA DCSShin Nippon Machinery Co., Ltd make 26MW Turbine – Triple extraction cum condensing with Woodward 505E GovernorCalibration and maintenance of all analytical instruments.Calibration and maintenance of Control valves and Pneumatic actuators.Installation, Commissioning & maintenance of Flow, pressure and temperature transmitters (HART protocol based, Manufacturer: ABB, Siemens, Rosemount).PCS (pull chord switch), BSS (belt sway switch), ZSS (zero speed switch) maintenance in coal and Baggase conveyors from yard and mill to boiler.Loop checking of instruments from field JBs to DCS.Involved in up gradation of outdated control systems Show less

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  GMR Energy Ltd

  Aug 2011 - Feb 2016

  Executive

  GE make LM6000 PD/PC - 4*45 MW Gas Turbine, Woodward Micronet plus gas turbine control systemAlstom make 56MW Steam Turbine with LP Injection and Condensing, ABB Turloop control systemInnovative make 175 TPH OTSG (Once Through Steam Generator), Control by METSO DCS.Carrier make 19XR chillerEditing, configuring and maintaining logics in DCS(METSO) and PLC(ALLEN BRADLEY – factory talk, ME), GAP(Woodward)Troubleshooting control system, network problems.Thorough knowledge in gas turbine, Steam Turbine, Centrifugal chiller, Boiler and Water treatment plant control philosophySound knowledge in Woodward Micronet plus, MaxDNA control systemsStrictly following PTW, EHS,LOTO, IMS in workHands-on experience in Bently Nevada 3300 and 3500 vibration monitoring systemsLoop checking of instruments from field to control systemConducting internal audit for IMS ( ISO9001,ISO14001,OHSAS18001) Preparing and adhering to preventive maintenance schedules to ensure maximum plant availabilityHands-on experience in Ultrasonic, Vortex gas flow meters and firefighting systems Guiding technicians and subordinates to carry out functional tests, cable layingFast troubleshooting of problems that occurs during startup/ emergency situationsReview and implementing HAZAP study resultsCommissioning of weather monitoring station, SWAS, Silica Analyzer (ABB&HACH), Sodium Analyzer, Vibration monitoring systems, ultrasonic and magnetic flow metersWriting equipment failure/breakdown report and carry out RCA, Incident analysis and suggest/implement solutions.Responsible for maintaining the updated as built drawing of every section, maintaining calibration records and other Quality procedures documentation and verification/audit, adhering to the ISO 9001/2000 standardsInvolved in achieving 5S in plantMaintaining critical spares, ordering spares required for maintenance activities and availabilityMaintaining all maintenance documents in SAP Show less

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  GE Power

  Feb 2016 - Jan 2018

  Control Engineer

  Controls Engineer - Heavy duty gas turbines Contributing and conducting Controls HW / SW Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) with Customer demonstrating and validating Controls Functionality,  Providing Startup, Commissioning, Issue Resolutions support for Power Plant Controls Systems on Controls HW and SW Applications  Collaborate with the commercial and ITO teams to ensure successful & smooth OTR execution of Controls solutions. Deliver GT Application SW upgrades, Mark* Series Controls Panel Upgrades, HMI Upgrades by owning, developing and applying advanced controls technologies to GT Application  Write, Test & develop requirements for application code and failure mode driven validation methodologies Show less

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  Baker Hughes

  Feb 2018 - now

  Design and testing of Masoneilan Digital instruments such as SVI Family Positioners, Level Transmitters. TRS Expert for control valve products

  • Team Leader, Engineering Management – Instrumentation

    Nov 2024 - now

  • Lead Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer

    May 2021 - Nov 2024

  • TRS & Instrumentation specialist

    Feb 2018 - Apr 2021