Resume of Peter L. LaMontagne P.E. EXPERIENCE: Peter is an independent consultant for centrifuges. His focus is on Operator Training Programs, plant optimization, and application engineering for centrifuges. He is a Sponsor of wastewater certification courses in California, Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. The first course he developed is Cost Effective Centrifugation, the optimization of thickening and dewatering centrifuges. Over fourteen states currently accept this course for 6.5 hours of credit towards maintenance of operating certificates. A specialty course is Centrifuge Design and Operation, for those with a more technical interest. Projects in recent years: centrifuge schools in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ontario, and British Columbia. As an option to The Centrifuge School, in the days following the class room portion, Mr. LaMontagne divides the students into small groups, and supervises them as they practice the optimization skills learned in the school. The plant receives a full report, detailing the findings. Boston (Deer Island), Chicago (Stickney), and Columbia County Georgia among others, elected this program. Other work include Process optimization, automation of centrifuges in conjunction with Alpine Technology, field testing, industrial process development projects, consulting on centrifuge repairs and upgrades, and brokerage of used centrifuges. Mr. LaMontagne writes extensively on wastewater topics. The lead Author for both the thickening and the Dewatering chapters for the WEF Manuals of Practice revision, he also regularly publishes articles on automation and operational matters in the Water, Environment & Technology journal of the WEF. He is a member of the Professional Development Committee, Plant Operations and Maintenance Committee, and Residuals Committee WEF. Mr. LaMontagne had over 20 years of experience with Sharples/Alfa Laval. As technical Manager, he was responsible for the process development of the PM and DS series of centrifuges used at hundreds of wastewater treatment plants in the US and abroad. He has completed startup and optimization on many of the P, PM, XM, DS series of decanter centrifuges made by Alfa Laval Sharples. During his tenure at Sharples/Alfa Laval, Mr. LaMontagne's career included the following highlights: Improved Alfa Laval’s internal competency by writing a series of handbooks on Polymer Usage, Centrifuge Operation, Heating Sludge, Limed Sludge, Centrifuge Theory, and Ready Reference Data Sheets. Conducted training programs for Alfa Laval/Sharples service personnel, as well as Alfa Laval centrifuge engineers from all parts of the world Conducted thickening and dewatering process evaluations and training programs in; Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Australia, Korea, Malaysia, China, (Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Taiwan), Austria, France Greece, and Dubai. Conducted operator training programs and supervised waste water plant startups in Hong Kong and Singapore. Saved the company from enormous process penalties by supporting the field service technicians. If the field service people could not meet the guarantee, Mr. LaMontagne would analyze the plant operation, the polymer system, and the centrifuge operation. In all cases, he was able to improve the centrifuge performance sufficiently to meet the contract requirements. This saved his company, and the centrifuge owner enormous amounts of money. Lead the commercial development of the first large thickening centrifuges in wastewater treatment. Developed improved proprietary torque control and dry solids centrifuge design for Alfa Laval / Sharples that remains state of the art today. Mr. LaMontagne left Alfa Laval several years ago on friendly terms. Independent Consultant for Centrifuges and Related Systems 2001- present Alfa Laval Inc. (Formerly Sharples Stokes Division of Pennwalt) Warminster PA • Technical Applications Manager, Municipal Markets in the USA 1998-2001 • Technical Manager, Municipal Markets, International 1993-1997 • Technical Manager, Municipal Markets, North America 1989-1993 • Laboratory Manager, Research and Development Group 1985-1989 • Senior Process Engineer/Process Manager 1973-1985 EDUCATION: BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Mass REGISTRATION: Professional Engineer in the State of Pennsylvania RELAVENT PUBLICATIONS: Articles: Automatic Improvements, Installing an Integrated Control System Can Improve Sludge Dewatering Performance and Cut Costs. Vol. 14, No 10 October 2002 WE&T published by the Water Environment Federation Dewatering Made Easy, Automated dewatering technology has come a long way. Vol. 16, No 1 January 2004 WE&T published by the Water Environment Federation Thrift Score. BUYING AND SELLING USED EQUIPMENT STRETCHES YOUR CAPITAL BUDGET, pp30-34, October 2004, WE&T published by the Water Environment Federation Degrees of Automation, Deciding where and how to automate requires careful consideration pp43-45, November, 2004, WE&T published by the Water Environment Federation Polymer Power, Optimizing polymer usage can improve performance and cut costs. Pp61-64, May 2006, WE&T, published by the Water Environment Federation Bidding the Polymer Contract, things to consider in drawing up a contract, Pp60-64, November 2006, WE&T, published by the Water Environment Federation Papers: The State of the Science for Automating Dewatering Processes WEF Biosolids Conference, Baltimore MD, February, 2003 Plant Operational Control Strategy, Impact on Automation Automation Workshop, WEFTEC, Los Angeles, 2003 Cost Effective Optimization of Centrifuges WEFTEC 2004, workshop W111, Conditioning and Dewatering: Current Practices and Innovations, New Orleans LA, 2004 Centrifuge Selection and Specification for the Clark County Water Reclamation District Ronald Sieger, Peter LaMontagne et al WEF Biosolids Conference, Cincinnati OH, March 2006 A Great Display of Efficient Centrifuge Operation Central States Water Environmental Association, Educational Seminar March5, 2007 David Quast, P.E., Peter LaMontagne, P.E. SNAKE RIVER WWTP’S DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS EQUIPMENT PROFIT BUYERS AND SELLER WEFTEC 2007, Peter LaMontagne PE, Chuck Clause, Randy Cook, Mike Bailey Author: Lead Author WEF Manuals of Practice, MOPII, Sixth edition Chapter 33, Dewatering. (2007 publication date) Lead Author WEF Manuals of Practice, MOPII, Sixth edition Chapter 29, Thickening. (2008 publication date) Contributing Author, Upgrading and Retrofitting Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants (Manual of Practice No 28) WEF, 2005 Contributing Author, EPA Design Manual, Chapter 13, sub section on Dewatering Centrifuges, 2008 revision Committees WEF Professional Development Committee, 2004 WEF Plant Operations and Maintenance Committee, 2005 WEF Residuals Committee, 2006
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