NAME :
Patrick E. ROBINSON
BORN :
31 March 1944, Sevenoaks, England
NATIONALITY :
British
PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS :
1962
- 1966 King's College,
Cambridge University, England
1965 Bachelor
of Arts, Mechanical Sciences Tripos
1969 Master
of Arts
CHARTERED
ENGINEER Member of The
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Member of The Institution of Electrical Engineers. top
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE :
1988
to date INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, Henley-on-Thames,
England
Planning and operation of power and water supply, software development
and training in system optimisation. top
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2004- Sudan – Assessment
of hydroelectric system energy foregone by
supplying gravity-fed irrigation from Merowe
reservoir [Lahmeyer for MDPIU, Sudan]. top
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2004 UK – Kielder
hydroelectric modelling for due-diligence studies
[PBPower]. top
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2003 Indonesia
- Analyses of hydroelectric scheme viability
[Private Finance Initiative]. top
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2002-04 Sudan – Long-term
power system planning: Nile systems simulation,
computer software licensing, documentation
and training [PB Power/NEC/Arab Fund]. top
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2000-02 Sri
Lanka - Moragahakanda Feasibility Study and
Kalu Ganga Extension: Systems analysis and
optimisation to establish impacts and benefits
of alternative project configurations [Lahmeyer/Mahaweli
Authority/Kuwaiti fund]. top
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2000-02 Syrian
electricity sector support programme: supervision
of development, testing and training for computerised
operations planning system [European Community]. top
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2000-01 Assistance
to PPC Generation Unit, Greece: analyses of
generating plant operating costs as input to
the future price bidding process [BPI/Mott
MacDonald for PPC]. top
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2000 Tanzania – Power
Sector Performance Assessment Mission: report
on TANESCO operations planning and short-term
electricity supply position [World Bank]. top
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1999-01 Assistance
for power system operations planning in Pakistan:
Team leader; update of short-term planning
computer program SYRAP (supplied in 1994/5)
and enhancements to meet WAPDA’s later
requirements [PPA for World Bank]. top
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1999 Tasmania:
Wholesale Pricing Advisor for Electricity Supply
Industry: hydro-thermal modelling aspects and
specification of hydroelectric pricing model
[Ian Pope Associates for Tasmanian Department
of Treasury and Finance]. top
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1999-00 Simulation
of the Galloway hydroelectric scheme with potential
developments to improve returns from operation
within the UK power pool [Power Planning Associates
/ Merz & McLellan for Scottish Power]. top
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1998 Panama
dispatch modelling for due-diligence studies
by potential investor [PPA]. top
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1998 Generation
planning and dispatch modelling to investigate
feasibility of increased interconnection capacity
between Hong Kong power systems [Power Planning
Associates for Kennedy & Donkin]. top
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1997-98 Pakistan
dispatch modelling to establish gas-to-electricity
project viability [Power Planning Associates
for potential concessionaire / gas-field developer]. top
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1998 Simulations
/ advice for Brazil interconnected hydro-thermal
systems market analysis [Power Planning Associates
for potential investor]. top
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1997-98 Dispatch/regulation
procedures for new de-regulated market in Ecuador
[CC Pace/K&M Engineering for World Bank]. top
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1997 Tarbela
Sediment Management Studies, Pakistan: review
of and advice on power system aspects [TAMS
for World Bank]. top
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1996-97 Indian
power sector environmental issues: advice on
power system planning modelling; application
of A/S Plan computer program [ERM for World
Bank]. top
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1996-98 Uganda
Hydro Power Development Master Plan: generation
planning [Kennedy & Donkin for African
Development Bank]. top
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1996-99 Syrian
electricity sector support programme: technical
assistance for power system operations planning & control
and EMS design; tender adjudication and negotiations
for computerised Operations Planning System
[Merz & McLellan for EEC]. top
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1995 Methodology/data/analysis
advice for Lithuanian least-cost power plan;
development of action programme [ERM for EBRD]. top
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1995-96 Pakistan
central control and dispatch procedures to
accommodate privatisation and IPPs [International
Resources Group for World Bank]. top
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1995 Proposal
methodology for Sultanate of Oman Electric
Power Sector Master Plan [Lahmeyer International]. top
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1995 Supply
of PC-based hydro-thermal system operations
planning computer program SYRAP and training
in unit commitment / economic dispatch [PLN,
South Sulawesi]. top
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1988-92 Technical
assistance for electricity supply in isolated
areas, EEC-China cooperation programme on decentralized
energy systems [EEC Commission]. top
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1986
to date POWER & WATER
SYSTEMS CONSULTANTS Ltd
Senior Consultant, Henley-on-Thames, England. top
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2002 Sri
Lanka – Updating Computer Program SYSIM
for the Ceylon Electricity Board: Further development,
calibration, documentation and training [PWSC/World
Bank]. top
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1997-99 Se
Kong, Se San & Nam Theun Basins: power
market assessment and data update; system expansion
optimisations [Halcrow for ADB]. top
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1997-98 Lao
Power System Planning: system expansion optimisation & technology
transfer [Knight Piésold for ADB]. top
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1996-98 Tanzanian
Hydroelectric Reservoir Management: supply
of and user training with Programs SYSIM and
SYRAP for long- and short-term operations planning
[ESMAP]. top
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1995 Review
of Tanzanian hydro-thermal power system operation
and estimation of future supply reliability
and operating costs [LE / ODA Tariff Study
update]. top
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1994-96 Team
leader for Pakistan hydro-thermal co-ordination
improvement and tariff training; short-term
operations planning computer program SYRAP
supply, application and training [Asian Development
Bank technical assistance]. top
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1993 Optimisations
of hydroelectric conjunctive operation and
generation expansion for Tanzanian hydro-thermal
power supply systems; review of TANESCO asset
register [LE / ODA Tariff study]. top
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1992 Porting
of MOSPA computer program to UNIX workstation
[North West Water Ltd]. top
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1991 – 1992 Optimisation
of hydroelectric conjunctive operation in context
of SADCC interconnected hydro-thermal systems
in Southern Africa [ESMAP / IBRD]. top
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1991 Optimisation
of project parameters within context of national
hydro-thermal power/irrigation system, and assessment
of benefits of Kukule Hydroelectric Scheme, Sri
Lanka [IBRD-funded Feasibility Study]. top
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1991-93 Development/application
of short-term operations planning computer program
SYRAP to allow for time-of-travel/channel routing
effects with cascaded hydroelectric plant [Société Nationale
d'Electricité du Cameroun]. top
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1991 Review
of operations planning procedures for mixed
hydro-thermal power generation system and formulation
of detailed recommendations for optimising
system operation and energy trading [Scottish
Hydro-Electric]. top
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1990 Development
of short-term hydro-thermal optimisation computer
program SYRAP and implementation for existing
Sri Lankan system and to assess benefits of
plant up-rating [GTZ Masterplan for Electricity
Supply]. top
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1989-90 Determination
of optimum role of 180 MW Mrica hydroelectric
scheme in the Java power supply system [Perusahaan
Umum Listrik Negara]. top
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1988 Operation
simulations for existing and proposed hydroelectric
schemes in the Transkei [Southern African Development
Bank]. top
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1988-90 Evaluation
of the benefits from integrated operation of
the Pakistan power supply systems and estimation
of short-run marginal costs [Asian Development
Bank]. top
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1988 1988
Computer program implementation for Sri Lankan
hydro-thermal power and irrigation systems
simulation; advice on power system expansion
plans [Lahmeyer for GTZ Masterplan]. top
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1986-87 Burma
national system: MOSP software package application
to maximise Kinda water release benefits for
irrigation and hydropower [Lahmeyer International]. top
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1972-1986 MERZ
and McLELLAN
Consulting
Engineers, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. top
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1978-1986
Senior
Engineer, Energy and Economics Group, engaged
on:
• feasibility, planning, economic and financial studies for electricity
supply systems and energy use and conservation, covering load forecasting, reliability
of supply, plant and fuel selection, optimisations of unit size and of hydroelectric
project parameters, transmission systems, rural electrification, operations;
• training of overseas engineers in power system planning;
• development of software for power systems analysis;
- detailed deterministic or probabilistic simulation and production
costing for hydro-thermal power systems
- operational simulation of cascaded reservoirs and hydroelectric
power stations allowing for electricity and water demands, component
characteristics, losses, machine availability, reservoir rule
curves, prescribed flow limits, etc., and a variable time step
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preparation of technical and financial proposals. top
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1986 In-house
review of existing pumped-storage plant and
of conditions required for construction and
operation of future such plant to be economic. top
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1986 Swaziland
hydroelectric schemes operational analysis;
revision of reservoir operation rules based
on updated flow record [Swaziland Electricity
Board]. top
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1986 Operation
simulations to optimise reservoir control rules
and key design parameters for extensions to
Kariba South Power Station, Zimbabwe and Zambia
[ODA]. top
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1986 Zimbabwe
hydro-thermal power generation system; simulation
of operation, on typical days, to determine
optimum methods of system operation. top
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1986 1986
Rehabilitation of Tema power station, Ghana;
study Team Leader; computer simulations to
establish improved rules for hydroelectric
system operation and additional energy obtained,
without loss of reliability, by relaxing those
rules following diesel plant rehabilitation
[ODA]. top
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1985-86 Power
development plans and economic analysis of
alternative timings and stages of heightening
Roseires Dam, Sudan [feasibility study for
World Bank]. top
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1980-86 City
of Cape Town computer-based control and energy
management system; specification, systems analysis
and verification of software for on-line load
forecasting, medium-term planning, unit commitment,
economic despatch, emergency plant rescheduling
and on-line control for imported supplies and
coal-fired, pumped-storage and gas-turbine
plant [City Electricity Department]. top
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1985 1985
UK cement industry energy monitoring/target
setting feasibility [Enrgy Effcncy Off]. top
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1985 Simulations
of Northern Ireland electricity supply system. top
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1984-85 Rehabilitation
of Burri power station, Sudan; detailed estimates
of future requirements for old steam and diesel
plant operation and of corresponding needs
for further expenditure on rehabilitation and
spares [ODA]. top
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1982-85 Feasibility
study of electrification of the Mkushi area,
Zambia; analyses of effects on agricultural
production and irrigation requirements; load
forecasts, determination of least-cost scheme;
financial, tariff and economic analyses [Commission
of the European Communities]. top
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1982-84 Detailed
simulations of Java hydro-thermal power system
to determine optimal plant operation; training
of Indonesian engineers in power system planning
and operation as component of Java 500 kV transmission
system implementation project [Perusahaan Umum
Listrik Negara]. top
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1984 Detailed
simulations of Jordan electricity supply system
to assess likely roles of new coal-fired or
oil-fired steam plant of various unit sizes
[Jordan Electricity Authority]. top
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1983 Hardware
and software selection for in-house minicomputers. top
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1981 Optimisation
of installed capacity and largest unit size
over 20-year period to provide constant expected
supply reliability for Singapore; short- and
long-term computer simulations of system operation
to predict operating costs [Public Utilities
Board]. top
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1981 Private
electricity generation in the UK; total cost
comparison of various fuels and means of private
or public supply of a large industrial load
[Department of Industry]. top
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1980 Computer
simulation of hydroelectric operation with
alternative reservoir sizes and plant installed
capacities for Swaziland pre-investment study
[SEB]. top
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1979 High-voltage
transmission system for Java, Indonesia; optimal
development of hydro-thermal plant and transmission
system to meet 20-year demand forecast with
specified reliability [Asian Development Bank]. top
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1979 Review
of solar energy prospects for the Sudan. top
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1978 Review
of world-wide prospects for generation of electricity
from geothermal energy; from dry and wet steam
fields, from low-enthalpy fluids using binary
cycles, and from hot dry rocks [Northern Engineering
Industries]. top
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1977-78 Assignment
Engineer, Inspection Division, responsible
for quality control, inspection, progressing
and expediting of power station and transmission
line equipment, negotiation of inspection programmes,
technical correspondence with clients, monitoring
the quality of work of inspecting engineers
and estimating and budgetary control of assignments;
Equipment included ;
• large generators up to 1325 MW capacity
• a 150 MW hydroelectric plant and all ancillaries
• 500 kV metal-clad SF6 switchgear
• Miscellaneous equipment for a power station extension. top
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1973-76 Senior
Inspecting Engineer, Resident in Japan; responsible
for all inspection and expediting work in Japan
and Taiwan, including for :
• large forgings and castings for 800 MW thermal and 230 MW and 150 MW
hydroelectric plant
• a bulk oil-storage tank
• a complete 60 MW Pelton turbine
• a 30 MW generator
• large 500 kV power transformers
• 60 kV, 88 kV and 120 kV oil-filled and 15 kV XLPE cables
• SF6 switchgear
• 500 kV current transformers and coupling capacitors
• Transmission towers, conductors and earthwire
• Pumps, motors and various control panels. top
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1972-73 Inspecting
Engineer, Inspection Division, with assignments
at contractors’ works in NW England and
continental Europe; inspection, testing (material,
non-destructive, type, routine, sample), quality
control, progressing and expediting of a wide
range of electrical and mechanical equipment. top
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1966-72 AEI
(later GEC) TURBINE GENERATORS Ltd. top
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1968
- 1972 Manufacturing
Development Engineer, responsible for :
• Manufacturing development projects, including continued development and
successful commissioning of a fluidic-controlled automatic line-out facility
for turbo-generator rotors and spindles in vacuum over-speed test house; repair
and re-commissioning of all systems in this test house after failure of a spindle
on test.
• Assistance with the repair and re-commissioning of a gas-turbine test
facility after severe fire damage.
• Works testing of type API and first-off type OP1 GTs.
• Manufacturing aspects of final development and works tests of prototype
governor-valve control gear for 600 MW steam turbines. top
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1966-68 Graduate
apprentice. top
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LANGUAGES :
English
: mother tongue
Japanese : some knowledge
French : basic knowledge top
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OVERSEAS
PROFESSIONAL VISITS :
Australia,
Austria, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, France,
Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia
(Java and South Sulawesi), Ireland, Laos,
Lithuania, Pakistan, Singapore, South
Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland,
Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam,
Zambia, Zimbabwe. top
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OVERSEAS
RESIDENCE :
COMPUTER
EXPERIENCE :
Programming
in FORTRAN, BASIC and VBA on IBM, ICL,
DEC and Data General mini and IBM-compatible
microcomputers; use of spreadsheet, word-processing
and graphics packages. top
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PAPERS
AND PUBLICATIONS :
“Prospects
for the Further Exploitation of Geothermal
Energy”, IEE Conference on Future
Energy Concepts, London, 1980 (co-author)
“Energy
Monitoring and Target Setting for a
Cement Works”, Energy Efficiency
Seminar, Ankara, Turkey, November 1986
(principal author)
“Medium-term
Operating Policies for Hydro-thermal
Power Systems”, Modern Power
Systems, January 1988 (co-author)
“Computer-based
Supervisory Control and Energy Management
System for the City of Cape Town”,
IEE Proceedings, Vol. 135, Part C,
No. 1, January 1988 (co-author)
“System
Simulation and Optimization - Useless,
Useful or Essential?” Sixth IWRA
World Water Congress on Water Resources,
Ottawa, Canada, May - June 1988 (co-author).
“The
Valuation of Water for Short-term Operations
Planning of Hydro-thermal Power Systems”,
8th conference on Electric Power Supply
Industry, Singapore, November 1990.
“Estimation
of river flow requirements to meet
electricity demands in the Cameroon”,
Water resources and reservoir engineering,
The British Dam Society, Thomas Telford,
London, 1992.
“Implementation
of Optimised Syrian Electricity Generation
Operation”, 5th International
conference on power system management
and control, p167, IEE, April 2002
(principal author). top
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