Consultants and Expertise for Air Pollution Controll, Electrostatic Precipitators, Baghouse Consulting


Thomas R. Keeler President	President of EPSCO International, Inc. & TRK Engineering Services Inc. He is manager and principle lecturer of Precipitator Seminars, conducting nationwide seminars on electrostatic precipitators. Tom is an electrical engineer graduating from Lehigh University, with over 25 years experience in the particulate removal field including 5 years as a field service engineer for Environmental Elements Corporation, a major precipitator manufacturer. He is an active member in several professional societies and was a panelist at the 1993 Power-Gen Americas and a speaker at the 1994 & 1998 World Mining Exposition in Chile . Tom has also been a panelist at several of the ESP/FF Round Table Forums. Tom was the editor and one of the authors of the new FMAC EPRI “ESP Maintenance Guide” completed in December 2002. This manual will set the standards for ESP maintenance for many years to come. In October 2003 Tom created the first web-based seminar series on ESP Maintenance for EPRI.
Henry S. Kowalczyk General Manager	Has over 40 years experience in the APC business, focused on ESP, FF, and FGD product lines, and inclusive of turnkey O.E.M. supply, rehabilitation & retrofit, service and maintenance. Employed by such firms as ALSTOM Power, Flakt, Carborundum, EPSCON, P-C Walther and Research Cottrell, Hank’s career included management responsibilities in Operation, Sales/Marketing, Engineering and Field Services, for both Electric Utilities and Industrial Users
Robert M. Hall Vice-President	Has over 39 years of experience in air pollution control. His experience while employed at ALSTOM Power, Southern Environmental, EPSCON and Research-Cottrell includes Project Management and Project Engineering for precipitator, flue gas desulphurization and fabric filter systems. Bob has also been engaged in the design, supply and construction of industrial particulate collection systems. With EPSCO, Bob has conducted inspections of ESP’s and coordinated field data with design and metallurgical testing to evaluate the strength and condition of existing systems in advance of adding SCR’s and the conversion of ESP’s to Fabric Filters.
Richard L. Gentile P.E.	A Professional Engineer in structural engineering registered to practice in over 15 states. Richard was the co-founder and past President of an engineering design company specializing in air pollution control equipment. He and his company provided engineering support services to many original equipment manufacturers. Richard continues to maintain close ties with Multitech and serves as EPSCO's liaison with them for subcontracted engineering services. He has over 40 years of structural design experience and he is familiar with the mechanical and structural design of most ESP suppliers.
Larry K. Boyer	Has 28 years in the air pollution control field. His experience while employed at Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control included applications, engineering, field service, aftermarket sales and service, and research and development. He has extensive experience with electrostatic precipitators on hot-side and cold-side utility applications, and a variety of industrial applications. Construction checkout, startup, training, testing, troubleshooting, and customer maintenance planning are a variety of areas of expertise. Other experience includes fabric filter dust collectors, mechanical collectors, and dry FGD installations
Kenneth J. Aken	Was with ALSTOM Power for over 37 years as a Project Engineer, Project Manager and Project Director including planning, scheduling, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and performance testing of services and equipment. Product lines included electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, flue gas desulphurization and dry flue gas desulphurization systems.
Ronald Richard	A chemical engineer who has specialized in Operations and Maintenance of FGD and SCR systems. His experience over 35 years includes engineering, testing, and maintenance of water treatment and lime handling systems, coal analysis procedures and practices for ASTM compliance, piping design and installation of bearing cooling water systems, design and construction of FGD and SCR systems, as well as procurement of catalysts for NOx removal. He has published 8 technical papers, and been conferred 5 awards of recognition.
Sigvard A. Matts	Has spent most of his distinguished career with ABB Flakt Industrial AB, Sweden in research and consulting. He developed the background theory to support use of larger electrode spacing in ESP’s and introduced the first micro-processor program for transformer-rectifier thyristor control, resulting in the first commercially available controller EPIC by Flakt incorporating intermittent charging capability. One of the original founders of the International Society for Electrostatic Precipitation (ISESP), in 1984 he received the ISESP International Fellow Award and in 1987 the M. Hohlfeld Award for introducing the "wk-method" of ESP evaluation, now universally recognized.
Timothy Mallory	Over twenty (20) years experience in all phases of air pollution control. As the Manager of Engineering and Applications at Southern Environmental, Tim was responsible for all designs and drawings as well as estimating and equipment sizing. As the Vice President and COO of MERRICK Environmental Technology, he was responsible for the full operations of an integrated turn key supplier. Tim’s experience includes design engineering, fabrication and construction of fabric filters, wet and dry electrostatic precipitators, dry scrubbers, mercury controls, and materials handling systems.
David Raring	Over twenty (35) years experience specializing in fog and water based dust suppression systems used primarily in the mining and power industries and the enhancement of evaporative gas cooling and conditioning systems used in pyroprocessing applications. Mr. Raring is a graduate of Lehigh University and holds a BS degree in Engineering Physics. Mr. Raring served as Vice President of Sales and Engineering for Sonic Development in the 70’s, he co-founded EnviroCare Inc. in the early 80’s, and he formed The Raring Corporation in 1985.
David Nelson	Chemical engineer, with over 30 years experience in the design, start up and operation of sulphuric acid plants. After 12 years of experience with Panamerican Consulting Internacional, a Monsanto licensee, in the design, construction and Start up of chemical plants, particularly sulphuric acid, in Colombia, Venezuela, Canada, Chile, Indonesia, etc. became an independent consultant in the area of sulphuric acid, which includes revamp studies, operation, auditing and construction.