MIPENZ (Electrical) CPEng IntPE (NZ)
Quintin has 17 years of experience in the delivery of control systems and electrical projects. He spent six years in the water and wastewater industry, three years in the brewing industry and eight years in the petro-chemical industry.
Some of Quintin’s more notable projects:
Formulating the control systems and electrical strategy for Watercare Services.
Instigation and project formation of the Upper Mangatawhiri Mini Hydroelectric Plant.
Network Security Upgrade for Watercare Services Ltd, segregating the control systems networks from corporate by two levels across a multitude of geographical disparate sites.
Design of modular, cost effective remote terminal units for the monitoring of field values, integrated into the main SCADA system and historian using GPRS technology.
Electrical upgrade of the Ardmore Water Treatment Plant.
Automation of a 1500 Hl brew house using batch software. This included an 11% improvement on cycle time and an automated manufacturing execution system.
Automation of an Ammonia storage and distribution centre onto DCS for AECI Modderfontein.
Quintin has also been involved in projects where the automation system was used by external systems to enhance total plant performance.
Pump station optimisation – Algorithms were developed to calculate the efficiency of each individual pump set. The most efficient pump set was assigned the first duty, ensuring maximum efficiency during operation. Dynamic head loss calculations were also implemented and it was found that by manipulating start and stop set points, fewer pumps could run for a longer period of time.
The result – significant energy savings with no loss in performance
Brew house optimisation – An automated system was developed where the planned production schedule was uploaded into a database. Brew batches were automatically posted based on certain process and business rules. Lost time due to operators not being at the control terminal has been eliminated.
The result – A significant increase in plant productivity.
