Event

ASME Apollo-Gas Turbine Joint Dinner Meeting

ASME Apollo-Gas Turbine Technical Subsection Dinner Meeting
Tuesday January 28, 2020
Gas Turbines and Compressors for LNG Liquefaction
Cyrus B. Meher-Homji, P.E.
Turbomachinery Technology Manager, Bechtel Corporation
Monument Inn (4406 Independence Pkwy, La Porte, TX 77571)

Meeting Schedule
5:30-6:30 PM - Registration & Networking
6:30-7:15 PM - Dinner
7:15-7:30 PM - Business Meeting & Announcements
7:30-8:45 PM - Invited Presentation
9:00 PM - Meeting Adjourn

Presentation Summary:
- Overview of LNG Liquefaction Processes- and LNG plants.
- Gas Turbines used for Mechanical Drive- Heavy duty, Aeroderivative and Hybrid
- GT Driver Site Performance and power augmentation
- Refrigeration compressors- challenges and complexities
- Design Compromises in compressor aero-mechanical design

Cyrus B. Meher-Homji is an Engineering Fellow and Turbomachinery Technology Manager at Bechtel Corporations LNG Technology Group and is an advisor to ongoing LNG projects. He provides support on the aeromechanical design, selection and testing of LNG refrigeration compressors and drivers. His thirty-eight years of experience covers gas turbine development, compressor engineering, and troubleshooting. Cyrus joined Bechtel in 1996 and worked on the Atlantic LNG projects and thereafter on most LNG projects executed by Bechtel. Cyrus is an ASME Fellow and a member of the Turbomachinery Symposium Advisory Committee. He has a Masters Degree in Engineering from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Houston. Cyrus is active with the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute and has several publications in the area of turbomachinery engineering.