PROFESSIONAL PROFILE (Page 1 of 4) Dr. Prabir Basu, Ph.D., P. Eng. Department of Mechanical Engineering Dalhousie University P.O.

Box 1000 Halifax, NS, B3J 2X4, Canada EDUCATION University of Aston in Birmingham, United Kingdom, 1976. Coal Combustion in Fluidized Beds Professor Douglas Elliott University of Burdwan, India, 1973. Effect of Turbulence On Premixed Gas Combustion Dr. D. Bhaduri University of Calcutta, 1967 in Mechanical Engineering

Ph. D. Engineering: Dissertation Title: Dissertation Supervisor: Ph. D. Engineering: Dissertation Title: Dissertation Supervisor: B. Eng.:

PROFFESIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering American Society of Mechanical Engineers

PROFFESIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Founding Chairman of International Conference Series on Circulating Fluidized Beds (CFB) Member of Steering Committee International Conference on Fluidized bed Combustion Organizer of First International Conference on Combined Cycle Power Generation

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1983 Present Professor, Mechanical Engineering/Director of CFB Laboratory Dalhousie University 1990 Present President, Greenfield Research Incorporated. http://greenfieldresearch.ca/ 1996 1990 1990 1989 1980 -1982 1967 -1979 Visiting Scholar, Electricite de France, France Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, Distinguished Visiting Scientist, CNR, Naples, Italy Senior Industrial Fellow, Nova Scotia Power Corp., Canada Manager, Development Department, ISGEC John Thompson, India Scientist, Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, India

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE (Page 2 of 4) Dr. Prabir Basu, Ph.D., P. Eng. Bubbling Fluidized Bed ISGEC John Thompson - This established mid-size boiler company had no R&D resource. After joining as its Development Manager, I built a R&D Department that refurbished companies design and performance evaluation practice. I developed, designed and built the worlds first commercial dual fuel (biomass & coal) fired fluidized bed boiler. Aditya Birla Cement Optimized combustion to reduce amount of unburnt carbon in the fly ash from existing bubbling fluidized bed boilers making it more suitable for use in cement manufacturing. Alcan International Helped developed a specialized fluidized bed grid system for the aluminum industry. A Multinational Oil company in Canada Examined combustion viability of a waste product and developed process design for its utilization Conventional Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Nova Scotia Power (Canada) Technical Evaluation of commercial CFB designs for their purchase of a 167 MWe CFB boiler, and assisted performance evaluation tests. Electricite de France Performance modeling of its planned 250 MWe CFB boiler at Gardanne. Electricity Supply Board (Ireland) Analyzed root cause for corrosion of CFB boiler tubes and provided recommended solution. BLA Industries (India) Conducted detailed technical evaluation of bids for CFB boilers from several bidders and ranked them using unique ranking system. Also conducted Design audit of the selected design to identify potential failure at future dates. A major US company Analyzed root cause for explosion in one of their CFB boiler in China and advised on means for avoiding it. Nirma (India) Analyzed the root cause for high furnace temperature and generation short-fall. Developed solution strategy. Emera (Canada) Analyzed the cause of high furnace temperature in upgraded 190 MWe CFB boiler and cause for differential performance of cyclones Unnamed boiler company in South Korea Provided complete process design for 75 tph petroleum coke fired CFB boiler. Unnamed Client in United Kingdom Prepared process design for a 37.5 MWe CFB boiler for burning a specific type of biomass. Besides these there other major CFB boiler design related work that cannot be disclosed due to confidentiality Special Purpose CFB Alunorte in Brazil Analyzed causes of frequent failure and reduced performance of FinCirc (CFB) boilers and recommended solution.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE (Page 3 of 4) Dr. Prabir Basu, Ph.D., P. Eng. West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited - Designed, developed, built and commissioned at Kolaghat Thermal Power Station an innovative sub-compact Circulating Fluidized bed boiler for generation of process steam utilizing coal rejects from pulverizer Power Ministry of the Government of West Bengal - Prepared a techno economic feasibility study was carried out to examine the feasibility of revamping a 120 Mwe pulverized coal boiler at their Santaldih Thermal Power Station using the environment friendly CFB technology. ABB India Limited (Now Alstom India) - Provided a technical evaluation of CFB design for use in revamping a 120 Mwe pulverized coal fired boiler. The evaluation examined details of the engineering modification to be made on the existing plant and associated risk areas. Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board -Techno-economic feasibility study was prepared to determine the feasibility of revamping a 4 x15 MWe pulverized coal plant to CFB technology UP Rajya Vidyut Nigam Limited - Techno-economic feasibility study of revamping 2x32 MWe pulverized coal boilers using CFB technology. Gasification Technology Radhe Renewable, India Analyzed reasons for failure of a fluidized bed gasifier, and developed strategy for the development of a new gasifier. GasCad - Led a multi-year project to develop the first commercial performance and design software for gasifiers.

Industry Training and Technology Transfer Alcan International - Retained as a special consultant for various energy, process and environmental related projects. Consultant for Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) - Developed and managed a six year Institutional development program on Creation of a Center for Combustion Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. This project trained engineers and educators on clean coal technology and air pollution technologies. A multimedia instructional development laboratory and an advanced energy research laboratory were developed. The program conducted eight seminars & courses and trained five teachers in Canada Association of Colleges and Universities of Canada - Developed and managed a five year collaborative program with the Zhejiang University of China for the Transfer of CFB technology for low grade Chinese coals. This collaborative project, through training workshops, raised the CFB technology awareness of Chinese decision makers leading to the Chinese government declaring the development of CFB technology a national project. This project provided active support to Chinese industry and university laboratories in developing CFB technology for Chinese coals. Promotion and support provided by this project helped China become the largest CFB boiler user in the world. International Development Research Center - Coordinated and led the project on Transfer of CFB technology for high ash Indian coal. This five year project helped Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, the largest boiler maker in India, to train their engineers in Canada in for CFB technology use in India. The

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE (Page 4 of 4) Dr. Prabir Basu, Ph.D., P. Eng. collaborative effort designed, constructed and commissioned the first CFB boiler in South Asia leading to a large number of CFB boilers in the Region. Expert Witness - Provided detailed expert reports and testimony re the history of CFB technology development to unnamed client Industry Training - Organized and instructed short courses on fluidized bed boilers and air pollution control and multimedia based Instruction in Calcutta, Delhi, Florence, Halifax, Hangzhou, Kharagpur, London, Lyon, Naples, Pune, San Diego, Durgapur, Faridabad, Nagpur, Sibpur, Pune, Faridabad, Istanbul and Kuala Lampur

AWARDS
BCURA Townend Award - 1996 from Institute of Energy, UK Best Paper Award - Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering in 1996 Best Paper Award -American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1995 BCURA Townend Awards - 1987 from Institute of Energy, UK

BOOKS AUTHORED

Biomass Gasification, Pyrolysis & Torrefaction, Elsevier (2nd edition), 2013 Biomasse e Produzione di Energia, (in Italian language), Hoepli, Milan, Italy, 2013. Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis, Elsevier (1st edition), 2010. Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis, Science Press, Beijing (Partly in Chinese language), 2012. Boilers and Burners (In Korean language), Seoul, South Korea, 2003 Boilers & Burners - Design and Theory, Springer & Verlag, New York, USA, 2000 Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers - Design & Operations, Butterworths, Stoneham, USA, 1991 Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers (In Chinese language), Science Press, Beijing, China, 1995 Fluidized Bed Boilers, Pergamon Press, Toronto, Canada, 1985 Circulating Fluidized Bed Technology, I, II & III (edited volume) Pergamon Press, 1986, 1990, 1994 Guest Editor for Special Issue on Combined Cycle, "Heat Recovery and CHP - International Journal", Pergamon Press, UK, January 1995. RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS More than one hundred fifty research papers including full journal papers. Detailed list (link to pdf publication list)