Eric Johnson Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co

Manufacturer of custom high horsepower, high pressure gas compression packages

Berkeley, California

Compressed air energy storage technology startup, in house manufacturing/testing of composite pressure vessels. - Led system design for DOT (Department of Transportation) and ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) approved MEGC (Multiple Element Gas Container) for over the road transport of >460,000 SCF of compressed natural gas. This entailed P&ID creation, piping design, valve and instrumentation design, system layout and bill of material creation. Supervised prototype and product manufacturing, frame testing, commissioning of product, and training of end user. - Designed thermal pressure relief device for composite pressure vessels.- Created Risk Management assessment methodology and led team through FMEA of product. FMEA was approved by DOT and TC (Transport Canada).- Led manufacturing and testing team, consisting of 2 engineers and 2 technicians, through ASME and DOT qualification program for a 2000-liter Type 4 Carbon Fiber Pressure Vessel. - Designed and led build activities for tooling and testing infrastructure required to support successful 2.5X scaling of length of pressure vessel design. Tooling involved conversion of 40’ insulated ISO-container into fully functional part curing oven, fatigue testing infrastructure, custom material handling equipment, and specification of winding machine and part curing ovens for manufacturing scale-up.

Manufacturer of hydrogen generation, compression, storage, and refueling equipment. - Led mechanical design and development activities for steam methane reformers from concept to integrated prototype and thru technology and product development processes. Increased reliability of design from <100 hours to >40,000 hours. - Designed, analyzed and selected materials for components in corrosive operating environments in excess of 800 C- Designed, analyzed and selected materials for components in hydrogen service at operating pressures in excess of 87.5 MPa.- Created Risk Management assessment methodology and led various teams of stakeholders thru FMEA`s of several products. - Designed pressure vessels and piping systems to ASME and PED standards. - Responsible for 12% reduction in direct material and labor costs on a $255k Steam Methane Reformer Hydrogen Generator

Manufacturer of hydrogen generation and recycling (PSA) equipment. - Led mechanical design of road shippable custom gas recycling plants and steam methane reformer plants- Supervised project team, project management, specification of all valves, rotating equipment, and controls within plant boundary, mechanical design, 3-d model creation, material requirements planning and support of in-house manufacturing efforts. - Successfully implemented design practices and stocking policies resulting in a 40% reduction in fitting and valve inventory levels. - Developed new standards for Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams and Process Flow Diagrams.