Irfan Ali Khan
COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT OPERATIONS
Gulshan, Karachi
Summary
Looking to work in a reputable power plant with a diverse working experience in operations and commissioning of power plants.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Deputy General Manager Operations
248 MW CCPP Korangi Creek
Karachi
12.2011 - Current
- Responsible for overall safe, reliable, and efficient operations of plant
- Responsible to Manage the Plant Operations as per the country power regulator NEPRA.
- Responsible for implementation and continual improvement in PTW system for safe execution of maintenance activities at the plant
- Responsible for Integrated Management System [ISO-9001, ISO-14001, ISO-45001] implementation at plant
- Responsible for all plant employees training on PTW system
- Responsible for classroom and on job technical training of the operations employees
- Responsible for timely hiring of new manpower resource and there training to fulfill the posts vacated due to staff iteration
- Responsible to conduct regular Audits of PTW, Quality, Safety and Housekeeping
- Conducting root cause analyses of plant recurring defects
- Preparation of incident reports in case of any process or personal safety related incident
- Preparation of Reliability Incident Reports for all plant generating units or complex tripping events and implementation of the recommendations to prevent reoccurrence
- Responsible to prepare standard operating procedures for different plant equipment
- Responsible to ensure the quality of diesel used as per the Specs provided by GE
- Quality assurance is being done from the storage facility of suppliers to the last chance filter at the GT liquid fuel system inlet
- Responsible to manage safe and efficient HSD tankers decanting through operations team
- Responsible for effective utilization of SAP for plant Maintenance Management system
- Responsible to manage the chemical department and to ensure that HRSG, STG and RO chemistry is maintained at desirable level all the time.
- Team member of the team for the implementation of PSM at CCPP.
- Team member of the team for process optimization working for KE Generation processes.
- Responsible for staff training and Quality initiatives like 5S, KIEZEN etc. implementation at CCPP.
- Team Lead for the HAZOP & LOPA study being conducted for CCPP with third party SGS.
- Responsible to prepare PPA (Power Purchase Agrement) for CCPP with KE Load Dispatch Center.
Shift Manager
MW CCPP Korangi Creek Karachi
12.2007 - 12.2011
- Safe and reliable operation of GE LM6000PC Sprint, Steam Turbine including auxiliaries’ system attached to run the complex
- Providing necessary training to the plant operators to ensure that they have adequate knowledge to carry of respective roles
- Implementations of safety work permit LOTO to achieve safety while working on plant or equipment
- Operation of Natural Gas Compressors (Capacity 26000Nm3/hr, Discharge pressure 46Bar)
- Operation of 220KV (HV), MV & LV switch gear with the coordination of KESC LDC (Load Dispatch Center)
- Reliable Operation of Reverse Osmosis plant
- Operation of Chiller System for Gas turbine intake Air
- Plant operations through Distributed Control System (DCS)
- Preparation of standard operating procedures for different plant equipment
- Planning plant Outages in coordination with maintenance sections
- Preparing plant forced outage reports
- Conducting root cause analyses of plant recurring defects.
Assistant Manager
Korangi Thermal Power Station
Karachi
11.1999 - 12.2007
- Configuration is 125 MW Hitachi TCDF Steam Turbine (02), 66 MW GE Steam Turbines (02)
- Responsibilities:
- Water tube Boiler (900,000lb/hr) Natural gas/ Furnace oil fired Start up, Shut down, Normal & Emergency operation
- Tandem Compound double flow reheat condensing turbine Start up, Shut down, Normal & Emergency operation
- Operation of important Auxiliaries like Boiler feed pumps, CW pumps, Condensate pumps, FD fans GR fans, Air compressors etc.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
NED University of Engineering And Technology
Karachi, Pakistan 08.1994 - 09.1999
Higher Secondary Certificate - Engineering (Pre-Engineering)
Board of Intermediate Education
Karachi, Pakistan 08.1992 - 08.1994
Skills
Combined Cycle Power Plant Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Troubleshooting
Incident investigation
Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
Safety Audits
Accomplishments
- Commissioning of 220MW CCPP, Configuration is 48.5 MW GE Aero-derivative LM6000 PC Turbines (04), 26 MW GE Steam Turbine (01) as a shift manager
- Implementation of PTW system, SAP WCM, and ISO certifications first in K-Electric
- Commissioning of CCPP Extension project [Addition of HRSG and STG at Block-1, GT1 /2]
- Rehabilitation and commissioning of Liquid fuel system, including diesel tanks, pipelines, pumps, centrifuges, filtration system and GTs commissioning on liquid fuel
- Designing, construction, commissioning and successful operation of the diesel tankers decanting facility
- Commissioning of islanding and black start facility, first power plant in K Electric fleet.
Affiliations
KV, MV & LV switch gear operation.
Demineralizer plant operation
Member of firefighting Team.
Timeline
Deputy General Manager Operations
248 MW CCPP Korangi Creek
12.2011 - Current
Shift Manager
MW CCPP Korangi Creek Karachi
12.2007 - 12.2011
Assistant Manager
Korangi Thermal Power Station
11.1999 - 12.2007
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
NED University of Engineering And Technology
08.1994 - 09.1999
Higher Secondary Certificate - Engineering (Pre-Engineering)
Board of Intermediate Education
08.1992 - 08.1994