Expert in Rotating Machinery
Michel has more than 40 years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry mainly acquired in the Technical Assistance division of TOTAL Refining. His expertise includes pumps, centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, steam and gas turbines. He is involved in the entire process of machinery design as well as operation management, maintenance, upgrade and troubleshooting. Michel is a certified legal expert from the French institute “l’Institut de l’Expertise” and prior to his consulting activity, he has worked for TOTAL Refining & Chemicals, ALSTOM and Chantiers de l’Atlantique.
- API International Codes and Standards
- Bad Actor
- Centrifugal Pumps
- Design
- Maintenance
- MTBF
- Online Monitoring Survey
- Original Equipment Manufacturer
- Performance Analysis
- Plant Operations
- Pump Sealing
- Reciprocating & Centrifugal Compressors
- Reliability Improvement
- Safety
- Solar Power Station
- Steam Turbines
- Troubleshooting
- Valves
- Vibrations and Pulsation Analysis
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and Chemical industry, Power Generation
- Performances analysis and reliability improvement: control flow, on line and vibrations monitoring, anti-surge, valves technology
- Upgrade of components: valves, piston rings, pump sealing, etc…
- Performance improvement and capacity increase
- Root cause analysis after equipment failure
- Expert legal assessment after major incidents
- Equipment expertise and repairs procedure
- Plasma coatings and rotor repairs
- Torsional vibrations calculations
REFERENCES
Alstom, Total, Satorp, Shams
CAREER HISTORY
- Total Refining & Chemicals, European Technical & Research Center Senior Mechanical Rotating Engineer. 1999 – 2013
- Alstom, Design & Manufacturing Technical Center, France. 1980 – 1999
- Technical Department, After sales department Responsible of equipment expertise and repairs procedure. 1988 – 1999
- Manufacturing Department Responsible of plasma coatings and rotor repairs. 1986 – 1988
- Pump, Compressor and Steam turbine design Department Feed pumps and steam turbines design for French Nuclear Project. 1980 – 1986
- Alstom – Chantiers de l’Atlantique, France Mechanical Technician. 1974 – 1980
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
- Gas turbine operation, G-E Nuovo Pignone, Florence, Italia. 2002
- Institut de l’Expertise, Paris, France Legal Expert training. 1992
- Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris, France Metalurgical Engineer. 1986
- Institut Universitaire de Technology, Brest, France Mechanical Engineering. 1974