Engineering & Industrial Consulting Experience

Meherwan P. Boyce, PhD, P.E., C.Eng (UK)

Dr. Boyce has over 40 years of engineering consulting and industrial consulting experience covering a wide range of subjects within the aerospace, public utility, offshore, manufacturing, turbomachinery, and petrochemical industries.  Dr. Boyce has successfully overseen high-profile project development and engineering projects throughout the world including design consulting on compressors and gas and steam turbines for various manufacturers, such as Dresser Rand, GE, Thomassen, United Technologies, Rolls Royce, and Volvo.  Dr. Boyce has a depth of knowledge in heavy fuels combustion, performance evaluation of combined cycle power plants. 

Research and Design on various turbomachinery components

  • Blade Design
  • Impeller Design
  • Combustor Design
  • Diffuser Design
  • Environmental Systems for Aircraft

Condition Monitoring

  • Pioneer of the introduction of On-Line Performance Monitoring for large rotating machinery in petrochemical and utility applications in the world

Independent Power Project Development

  • Financial Analysis
  • Preliminary Design

Combined Cycle and Cogeneration Plants

  • Design
  • Performance Testing

Heavy Fuel Combustion in Gas Turbine Operation

  • Wet Combustors
  • Dry Low NOx Combustor

Troubleshooting Gas Turbine and Steam Turbine Compressor Problems

Educational/Engineering Training Programs

  • Advanced Gas Turbines
  • Turbine and Compressor  Design, Operation and Maintenance
  • Performance and Testing of Combined Cycle Power Plants
  • Combined Cycle & Cogeneration Plants
  • Centrifugal Compressors

Forensic Engineering and Maintenance Practices

  • Failure Analysis
  • Forensic Engineering and Expert Witness Testimony on combustion turbines, steam turbines and compressors
  • Maintenance Manuals

Consultant for Major Utilities and Independent Power Producers, including:

BAHRAIN BAHRAIN ELECTRIC
CANADA NORTHLAND POWER
  PETRO-CANADA
CHINA CHINA LIGHT & POWER
FRANCE ELECTRICITY DE FRANCE
GREECE PUBLIC POWER CORP.
INDIA TATA ELECTRIC COMPANIES
MALAYSIA TENAGA NASIONAL
MEXICO  CFE
NETHERLANDS EPON
PAKISTAN WAPDA
SAUDI ARABIA SCECO
SINGAPORE SINGAPORE POWER
TAIWAN EVERPOWER
U.A.E. DUBAI GAS & ELECTRIC
  DUBAI ALUMINIUM
U.K.  NATIONAL POWER
  POWERGEN
  THAMES POWER
U.S.A. ATHENS GENERATING COMPANY, LP
  AES WOLF HOLLOW
  AES RED OAK
  AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY COGEN
  BLACK AND VEATCH
  CALPINE CORPORATION
  CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC
  CRS SIRRINE ENGINEERS, INC
  DESERT POWER, L.P.
  DOW CHEMICAL
  ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
  E.G. & G. IDAHO
  FOSTER WHEELER
  FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT
  GAYLORD CONTAINER COGEN
  GULF STATE UTILITIES
  HARRIS GROUP, INC.
  INLAND CONTAINER COGEN
  OLSEN-BEAL & ASSOCIATES
  PUBLIC UTILITIES BROWNSVILLE
  PRECO TURBINE & COMPRESSOR SERVICES, INC.
  REVAK ENTERPRISES, INC.
  SALT RIVER PROJECT
  SPECIAL PROCESSES OF ARIZONA, INC.
  SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE
  TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY
  TRACTEBEL USA
  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
  WATSON ENERGY
  WESTERN ENERGY
  WHEELABRATOR NORWALK ENERGY COMPANY
  WICHITA FALLS ENERGY COMPANY
  ZURN/NEPCO
VENEZUELA CADAFE, CARACAS
  ENELBAR - BARQUISIEMENTO
  ENELVEN-MARACAIBO

Consultant for Major Petrochemical Companies, including:

CANADA PETROSAR
  POLYSAR
FRANCE TOTAL
INDIA OFFSHORE NATIONAL GAS CORPORATION
INDONESIA MOBIL OIL CORP
MEXICO PEMEX
NORWAY  AMOCO NORWAY OIL COMPANY
  NORSK HYDRO
  PHILIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY
  STATOIL
PAKISTAN  ESSO FERTILIZER
QATAR QATAR FERTILIZER CORPORATION
  QATAR GENERAL PETROLEUM COMPANY
  QATAR PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY
SAUDI ARABIA  ARAMCO
  UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTION
UAE  DUBAI FERTILIZER
  DUBAI PETROLEUM
  GASCO
U.K. BRITISH PETROLEUM
  CONOCO
  HAMILTON BROTHERS
  HYDROCARBONS G.B.
  MARATHON OIL
  SHELL CHEMICAL
  SHELL OIL CO.
U.S.A.   ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATION
  AMOCO OIL COMPANY
  AMOCO CHEMICALS CORPORATION
  ARCO OIL & GAS ALASKA
  BRIDGELINE GAS HOLDINGS
  COASTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION
  CHARTER OIL CORPORATION
  COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORPORATION COLUMBIA
  COLUMBIA NITROGEN CORPORATION
  DOW CHEMICALS CORPORATION
  ENERGAS, A DIVISION OF ATMOS ENERGY
  ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS COMPANY
  EXXON CHEMICAL
  KAISER AGRICULTURE & CHEMICALS
  KAISER ALUMINUM
  KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
  OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL
  PHILLIPS 66
  PRAXAIR, INC
  ROHM & HAAS
  SUN OIL CORPORATION
  UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION
VENEZUELA: CORPOVEN
  LAGOVEN
  MARAVEN
  MENEVEN
  PEQUIVEN

Consultant for Various Armed Forces and Civil Aviation Companies

CANADA PEACE HELICOPTERS
SWEEDEN ROYAL SWEEDISH NAVY
U.K.  DEFENCE EVALUATION RESEARCH AGENCY
U.S.A. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES
  U.S. ARMY
  U.S. NAVY
  U.S. AIRFORCE
Consultant for Various Government and Trade Agencies
U.S.A.  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
  ELECTRICAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
NETHERLANDS KEMA
SAUDI ARABIA SABIC

Consultant for the Major TurboMachinery Manufacturers, including:

JAPAN IHI INDUSTRIES
  KOBE STEEL
  KAWASAKI
  MITSUBISHI
NETHERLANDS THOMASSEN
SWEDEN  VOLVO AEROSPACE
U.K.   JOHN BROWN CORPORATION
  ROLLS ROYCE CORPORATION
  RUSTON TURBINES
U.S.A. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CORPORATION
  DAIMLER CHRYSLER
  DELAVAL TURBINES
  DRESSER CORPORATION
  DRESSER RAND CORPORATION
  GENERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATION
  SIEMENS WESTINGHOUSE POWER CORPORATION
  SOLAR TURBINES  CORPORATION
  UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
  HAMILTON STANDARD
  TURBO-POWER AND MARINE