Chiraag Gokaldas Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, GP, ZA

Tennessee, United States

Advisor to ANA on Advanced Nuclear and SMR Power Plant Development

Johannesburg Metropolitan Area

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Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Pretoria Area, South Africa

• I am currently involved in the development of power infrastructure across developing countries. At Xaris Developments we enable infrastructure investment through a sound and rigorous development cycle which culminates.
• Technical Evaluation of Power Plant Projects
• Perform due diligence reviews for various power sector projects
• Market analysis and studies for natural gas and LNG
• Management of project technical integration aspects
• Drafting and developing of EPC specifications

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• During my tenure at EON Consulting I had a number of roles on a multitude of projects; Key roles includedInfrastructure Transactional Advisory:
• Perform Technical Due Diligence on Infrastructure Projects
• Perform Commercial Evaluation of Infrastructure Projects
• Advise of project structuring and technical integration
• Prepare and manage project risk assessment
• Regulatory Reviews

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Key areas of responsibility included;
• Assess Project State of Development
• Advise of project structuring and technical integration
• Negotiate key agreements; PPA; EPC; O&M; Fuel
• Prepare and manage project risk assessment
• Lease with offtaker, lenders and stakeholders

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Assess Mass Loading of Industrial Water Streams
• Perform Plant load analysis
• Propose and evaluate intervention opportunities
• Identify and quantify external water off-setting opportunities
• Review and advise client on legal, legislative framework to pursue water offsetting.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Design of LPG storage facility
• Detailed process design
• Detailed mechanical design
• Site assessments
• Control and operating philosophies
• Development of procurement specifications

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Development of technology models to assess power generation performance
• Preparation and evaluation of engineering tenders
• Technology feasibility assessments
• Technology carbon footprint assessments
• Development of Process Flow Diagrams
• Development of piping and instrumentation diagrams

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Management of Front-End Engineering Design (FEED)consultants
• Scoping of EPC contractors works information
• Tender Evaluation and Contract negotiation
• Review and acceptance of Process Flow Diagrams, P&IDs, design drawings, equipment lists, bill of materials, etc.
• Contracts management (Contract values R300,000 to R12 million)
• Management of a team of 4 engineers

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Conceptual design of plant
• Preparation and optimisation of process flow diagrams, mass and heat balance
• Chairing of Hazop analysis on P&IDs
• Mechanical design of the plant, including pipe stress analysis
• Issue of Construction Piping and Instrumentation diagrams
• Compilation and sign-off of Issue for Construction drawings including Isometric drawings

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Manage activities on the underground coal gasification gas treatment plant construction (R3 – 4 million)
• Management of contractor deliverables
• Successfully co-ordinate the start-up and commissioning of the gas plant
• Equipment acceptance testing and contract close out management
• Compilation of plant operating procedures
• Set up of Mass and Heat balance models for the calculation of coal utilisation and burn-rate

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

• During completion of my Masters Degree, I was seconded to a research project at Exxon Mobil Esso in Rotterdam. The research work involved the study of alternative methods of improving desulphurisation of fuel gas.
• Conceptual Design of Carbonyl Sulphide (COS) hydrolysis reactor
• Critical analysis of COS conversion technologies and simulation of reaction kinetics
• Reactor selection, sizing and design
• Economic evaluation of alternative solutions, including plant modifications
• Presentation of pilot reactor proposal to refinery management

Master’S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Engineer’S Degree, Chemical Engineering