Alan da Silva Esteves

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Chemical Engineering (UB, 1970). Postgraduate in Safety Engineering (PUC-Rio, 1984) and MBA in Environmental Engineering (COPPE/RJ, 2002),Postgraduate in Process Engineering and Safety (PETROBRAS University, TNO- Netherlands and ENI-itália-1993/1994). Master (MSc) in Production Engineering (UFF, 2004). Doctor (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering (PUC-Rio, 2010) Concentration Area: Thermal Sciences.Postdoctoral researcher at CNPq/PUC-Rio: (1) researches in cryogenics, cogeneration, tri-generation, evaluation of technologies of the LNG chain; sponsorship of undergraduate research on LNG. (2) coordinator of the Laboratory of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning; sponsorship of doctoral thesis on energy efficiency of LNG regasification processes; code development for computational modeling and spreading LNG spills at sea followed by pool fire. (3) Manager of the Laboratory Refrigeration, Cond. Air and Cryogenics; patent application of the code developed in INPI and USPTO; paper published in Applied Thermal Engineering, 59 (2013) 587-598, about the developed model; examiner of Master degree Dissertations in Mechanical Engineering on rotary positive displacement compressor and a bench apparatus for testing of new refrigerant fluids. (4) (in progress): paper published in COBEM-2013 about the fluid mechanics of a LNG pool poured onto the sea with subsquent combustion; sponsorship of undergaraduation thesis in Chemical Engineering in 'Comparison of Process Technologies for Liquefaction of Natural Gas to Produce LNG'. PETROBRAS? Engineer for 23 years in Exploration & Production, Gas & Energy and Engineering, senior consultancy in Process Engineering and Process Safety of offshore production, natural gas processing units, FPSOs and terminals; post graduation professor of Training Courses (CENEQ) for PETROBRAS? Engineers. Some work: conversion of ammonia storage spheres for LPG FERTICA (El Salvador); expansion of Oil Production Nucleus in Amazon (Alto Juruá, AM); expansion of Polo Guamaré to process Natural Gas (Guamaré, RN); improvements of: PEO, PPE and Marimbá rigs, detection system of hydrogen sulfide (with CFD) in Pampo rig, deployment of the second flare FPSO PPMoraes, all of them in Campos Basin, RJ; member of WG named by PRETROBRAS' President for improvement of 19 semi-submersible platforms after wreck P36 (Campos Basin, RJ); Merluza deployment platform and associated pipelines (on and offshore) (Santos Basin, RJ); PETROBRAS' nominee for the International Fire & Blast Considerations in the Future Design of Offshore Facilities Forum (Houston, Tex.) on Offshore Operators in the Gulf of Mexico, at Minerals Management Service, MMS in the United States. His latest work is PETROBRAS in 2007 by the Gas & Energy was coordinating the studies to develop the Terminal Cryogenic Receiving and Regasification of LNG carriers in Pecém, CE.Senior process chemical engineer in Industrial Enterprises in basic design, FEED and detailing, procurement, construction, installation, assistance to the construction site (solution of design problems), pre-operating and start-up such as: sulfuric acid plants and phosphoric acid and fertilizer MAP/TSP Complex Fertilizers PETROFÉRTIL (Uberaba, MG); terephthalic acid plant of Rhodiaco / Rhone Poulenc (Southeastern Brazil); pesticides unit of American Cyanamid (Goiabal Plant, Resende, RJ); lubricants unit U9 Refinery RLAM/PETROBRAS; thermal cycle Thermoelectric Plant J. Lacerda IV ELETROSUL (Charqueadas, RS). Operation engineer of phthalic anhydride and aluminum sulfate plants of ELEKEIROZ (Jundiaí, SP). Experimental tests in the laboratory (Praia Vermelha) of the National Petroleum Council, to determine flash point, atmospheric distillation curves, SSU viscosity, gum residue, octane and ash content of petroleum lines of automotive, industrial and aerospace.

Graduação em Engenharia Química from Escola Nacional de Química da Universidade do Brasil (UFRJ)(1970), Mestrado em Sistemas de Gestão de Segurança na Engenharia de Produção da Escola de Engenharia da Universidade Federal Fluminense (2004) and Doutorado em Engenharia Mecânica pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (2010). Experiências em projeto, construção, montagem, condicionamento, pré-operação, operação, partida e parada de plantas de processamento químico, petroquímico, fertilizantes, termelétricas, plataformas de óleo e gás, plantas de processamento primário de gás natural, navios metaneiros de GNL, avaliação de riscos, engenharia da confiabilidade, efeitos físicos e vulnerablidades