Philippe Kfoury, Eng Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Munich, De

1- Strong expertise in actual and matured Siemens drives, automation, and motion control technologies, including Masterdrives, Sinamics, Simotion, Simotics, Simatic, Sirius portfolios (S7-1500,S7-1200, S7-300, S7-400, ET200S/M/SP/MP, WinccFlexible/TIA/Unified, Variable Frequency Drives, induction and servo motors, Soft Starters and other controllers) in TIA Portal and Classic environments2-Troubleshooting and repair of AC and DC drives on customer sites and in the shop3 - Retrofitting of Siemens and other vendors matured drives, automation systems, and motion control applications on industrial machines in stand alone and coordinated motion applications with the new technologies from Siemens portfolio(Snamics/Simatic): technology selection, programming, commissioning, and service4- Familiar with different industries like HVAC, plastic extrusion, paper machines, packaging machines, production machines, rolling mills, printing presses 5- Familiar with implementing and troubleshooting of most popular industrial communication protocols like Profibus, Profinet, Ethernet/IP, Modbus, OPC-UA... and Ethernet networks in general6-Experience with battery chargers for electric vehicles (E-bus chargers)7- Administrative tasks: - Managing the allocated jobs(billing, sourcing parts,...)

Zurich, Zh, Ch

1- Successfully commissioned and serviced more than 20 Unitrol excitation systems with Power System Stabilizer in thermal, hydro, nuclear, steam, and gas turbine plants in USA and Canada, this includes:- Assisting engineering and FAT test departments to solve complex technical issues.- Installation supervision on customer site according to design data- Preliminary verification after installation and prior to LV energization- Energization of control power and configuration of the system parameters- Calculating some protection and limiter settings based on generator characteristics- Functionnal checking(I/O,interlocks, communication with Scada,...)- First synchronization of the machine and correct measurement confirmation- Offline and online tuning and performance tests of AVR and manual regulators, limiters, protections and power system stabilizer according to IEEE standards2-Successfully commissioned one Megadrive LCI for synchronous motor(3-24MW) soft starting and synchronization on the HV grid, this include:- Installation inspection and recommendations- Power up, configuration, interlock and IO check, synchronizer configurationchecking- Measurement tests to establish some of system parameters- Designed and implemented a function to overcome some of machine data limitations for starting- Online performance testing of the drive at different motor speed, and synchronization on the grid with synchrotact relay.3- Trained two new service professionnals in ABB service team and successfully supported colleagues in sales, engineering, and service departments as required4-Provided many operation, maintenance, and development trainings to customers on excitation systems

Dbayeh, Mount Lebanon, Lb

1-Successfully commissioned six 60-30kV, 80MVA unmanned substations(2 incomers, 12 feeders, two transformers, and two reactive power compensation bays) including:-Managing a team of up to five electricians.-installation supervision of switchyard equipment, grounding grid, overhead lines, transformers with LTC, Switchboard, auxilliary equipment, Electrical rooms and E houses.-Commissioning and performance testing of batteries, battery chargers, and diesel generator.-Measurement of grounding resistance and confirmation of design.-Commissioning of all the protections(distance, directional overcurrent, differential, breaker failure,...)-Commissioning of oil filled transformers(protections, ratio, losses, ...) and MV, LV switchboards2-Commissioning and performance review of complete electrical system onboard several cruise, LNG, and drilling vessels(50-80MVA) including:-Managing commissioning team-Generators and propulsion motors: Internal inspection, insulation test, lube and jacking system, excitation system-MV distribution including switchboards, load management, load sharing, protection and controls-Complete commissionong of GE Power conversion drives for electrical propulsion: Proficient in Thyristor and IGBT technologies of drives-Various oil filled and air insulated transformers for power distribution onboard-Auxilliary systems, Motor control centers, and UPS systems for emergency power-Supervising the performance testing of the ship's propulsion at sea3- Commissioning of four 27MW static frequency converters and synchronous motors for gas compression:-Complete commissioning of input four winding transformers-Commissioning of harmonic filters- Commissionong of the variable frequency drives-Commissioning of MV synchronous motors4- Commissioning of inverters for a solar power plant, including solar panels installation, junction boxes, and testing of inverter bridges

-Elaborated a finite elements model for electromagnetic engine speed sensor using Flux2D/3D software.-Performed various simulations with different model parameters to improve the sensor design-The simulation reduced the number of prototypes to actually test-Performed the testing on reduced set of prototypes-Evaluated the contribution of the simulation for the improvement of the sensor design