Mahesh Babu  Thalari , Sr Electrical Engineer & ECS

Mahesh Babu Thalari

Sr Electrical Engineer & ECS

Power Mech Project Ltd @ Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals

Location
India - Tirupati
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering
Experience
11 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :11 years, 9 Months

Sr Electrical Engineer & ECS at Power Mech Project Ltd @ Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals
  • Nigeria - Lagos
  • My current job since September 2022

Operation & Maintenance., Involved Testing & Commissioning.

• Dual Fuel Combined Cycle Power Plant.
Unit: 8x35.5 MW GTG Frame 6B GE- MS6001B + 8x110 TPH HRSG Thermax Limited.
Unit: 4x31.5 MW CHINA Turbine & Generator + 4x410 TPH UB Thermax Limited.
• RFCC-PREG 2x29.5 MW TDPS Gen. And ABB Protection & Control System.
• 1x13 MW ABB AMG 1600 Emergency DG & 2x2.2 MW Black Start DG PERKINs (Engine), MARELLI (Gen.)
• 112 No’s Bays 145KV HV GIS SIEYUAN Model ZF28A-145. Duplicate Bus. Make- ABB Protection & Control System.
• 8 No’s 50MVA CG GT/F 66/11KV., 4 No’s 40 MVA TISHAN GT/F 69/11KV., 15 No’s 5 MVA Skipper Seil Ltd. Distribution T/Fs., 10 No’s 3.5 MVA Skipper Seil Ltd. Aux. T/Fs for CPP & Utilities.
• Utility - N2 Nitrogen, RODM, RWTP & ETP Plants Substation Switchgear Activities.
• CPP & Utility: 12 No’s MV Switchgears (Each SWGR’s 45 VCB Circuit & Control Panels). Make-SIEMENS Type-NXAIR 11KV 2200A 40KA. It’s SIEMENS Protection & Control panel. And Make- AARTECH BTS2000 FBTS- Fast bus transfer system., 38 No’s LT (440V, 230V, 110V) PCCs, EPMCs, MCCs, ASBs, PDBs, LDBs & 5 No’s 200 A Rated DC charger, 5 No’s 200+200 KVA Rated UPS. With respect Make - L&T, SIEMENS, HITACH with Protection.
• 10 No’s LV VFDs ABB ACS 800 Model & Control, Protection. And Total 32 No’s MV & LV VFDs Make. Danfoss VLT Aqua drives Series. With Control Protection.
• At N2 Nitrogen Plant 2X800KW Expander Generators. And 10 No’s Make: Atla Scope, HP, LP, Chiller Compressors
& Regulating Heaters with Control Protection.
• 4x180 Ton HVAC, AHU: Make - RECO & Thermax Ltd. With Protection Schneider PLC Control.
• Make- ABB APFC. Up to rated 6x3500 KVAR with ABB Protection & Control System.

• Control, Protection Network - ECS, ETAP & SAS for Total Oil Refinery & CPP, Utility, Fertilizer.
Architecture, Skills- 800xA Based System include PMS Library, SFDS- Software Functional Design Specification, VMWare ESXi, VMWare Work Station, IEC 61850 Protocol (GOOSE & MMS) & Site Develop, Modbus Communication (TCP / IP, RTU Serial), Microsoft Office, Kepware Suit (Modbus Suit), Customer Relation, System Design & OPC Communication, Profibus & Module Bus Looping with Station / Cluster Address, Cable Management (PN, CN & IEC). And Programming Language - Functional Block diagram, Structure Test & Sequential Flow Chart.
i). ECS Make-ABB for Load Shedding (FLS-Contingency Based), (SLS-Under Frequency), (MLS), (Test LS-Predictive). Generator Control, Load Sharing (Active & Reactive Power Control-PQ), Synchronization, Fault level
control.ii). ETAP- Real time data-based analysis, Real time power simulation & Monitoring system, Load flow, Short Circuit, Harmonics, Transient Stability & Scenarios running., iii). SAS, LVS & Central GPS Time Synch. Monitoring & Control
Operation Make- ABB, GE, SIEMENS L&T.

Senior Electrical Engineer at Thermax limited
  • India - Pune
  • March 2019 to August 2022

Involved EPC Project, Testing & Commissioning, RRT, PG, Take Over - Hand Over.

▪ Unit: 2x25 MW STG SIEMENS SGT 700 - ABB Generator + 2x65 TPH HRSG Thermax Ltd. at Rashtriya Chemical Ltd. Central Govt. Trombay Maharashtra. India.
▪ Unit: 1x25 MW STG SIEMENS SGT 700 - ABB Generator + 1x70 TPH HRSG Thermax Ltd. at National Fertilizers Ltd. Central Govt. Panipat Haryana. India.
▪ Unit: 2x30 MW STG SIEMENS Turbine - TDPS Generator + 2x130 TPH AFBC Thermax Ltd. at Dangote Cement Group. Okpella Abuja- Nigeria.
▪ At i). 9x135 MW CPP Vedanta. Jharsuguda - Orissa. ii). National Fertilizers Ltd. Central Govt. Panipat Haryana.,
iii). Dangote Cement Group. Abuja- Nigeria. EPC Project Final Testing, Commissioning for Electrical Control System _ a). ECS Make-ABB, Schnieder for Load Shedding, Generator Control, Load Sharing (PQ), Synchronization, Fault level control. b). ETAP- Real time data-based analysis, Real time power simulation & Monitoring system, Load flow, Short Circuit, Harmonics, Transient Stability & Scenarios running. c). SAS & Central GPS Monitoring & Control Operation Make- ABB, Schnieder, L&T.

Operation & Maintenance., Involved Testing, Major Shutdown, Take Over - Hand Over & Procurement.

▪ Unit: 1x30 MW STG SIEMENS Turbine - TDPS Generator + 1x105 TPH CFBC Thermax Ltd. Operation & Maintenance at Kulburgi Cement Pvt. Ltd. Chatrasala Karnataka.
▪ At Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories. Vijayanagaram AP. i). Unit: 1X8 MW BHEL Generator Protection Testing Micom P343 Class A, B & C with OMICRON Kit Voltech Team. ii). MRSS 33KV HT, 11KV MV & Up to 0.415KV LT Switchgears Make ABB, SIEMENS, L&T. Major Shutdown & Testing Activities.
▪ At Finolex Idustries Ltd. Ratnagiri - Maharashtra. Unit: 1X50 MW CHINA Turbine & BHEL Generator. Major Overhauling with Govt. BHEL Team., Generator Ice Blasting & Testing (Stator, Rotor, PMG, Exciter & Calibration RTD’s, TC’s, Proximity Vibrators Sensors, Water Leakage Detector)., Generator Protection Testing Siprotec 7UM62 Class A, B & C with OMICRON kit Voltech Team.
▪ At Finolex Industries Ltd. Ratnagiri Maharashtra. MRSS 132KV HT, 6.6KV MV & Up to 0.430KV LT Switchgears
Make: ABB, SIEMENS, L&T Major Shut down & Testing activities
▪ Take Over Hand Over & Operation - Maintenance of i). Unit: 3x30 MW STG CHINA Turbine- TDPS Generator + 3x110 TPH PFBC. ii). 33 KV GIS 65 Bays SIEMENS Duplicate bus at Uktal Alumina International Ltd. Rayagada Orissa.

Senior Electrical Engineer at Operational energy group India ltd
  • India - Ahmedabad
  • March 2016 to February 2019

Involved Operation & Maintenance.

▪ Unit: 1x25 MW STG SIEMENS Turbine - TDPS Generator + 1x110 TPH AFBC Cethar Vessels Ltd., Operation & Maintenance at Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd. (Adhunik). Meghalaya - Assam.

EPC & M Commissioning Engineer at Senthur Power service Pvt Ltd
  • India - Vijayawada
  • January 2014 to February 2016

Involved EPC Projects: Installation, Testing, Comm. & Major Shutdown Maintenance.

▪ 350 MW Solar Project (AC & DC) Final Testing, Comm.. And 6 Months Operation & Maintenance at
NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Park. (Ananthapuram - I (1500MW Capacity)) - India.
▪ 151 MW Solar Project (AC & DC) Final Testing, Comm.. And 6Months Operation & Maintenance at
Welspun Solar MP Project. Madhya Pradesh - India
▪ At Reliance Industrial Ltd., Jamnagar - India. J3 Mega Project CPP & Utilities (JMD Complex RIL). EPC Project Final Testing, Comm. for Electrical Control System _ ECS Make-ABB., Load Shedding, Generator Control, Load Sharing (PQ), Sync., Fault level control. And ETAP- Real time data-based analysis, Real time power simulation & Monitoring system, Load flow, Short Circuit, Transient Stability.
▪ At Continental Carbon India Ltd. Ghaziabad - Delhi. Unit: 1X25 MW CHINA Turbine - BHEL Generator. Major
Overhauling: Generator Ice Blasting & Testing (Stator, Rotor, PMG, Exciter & Calibration RTD’s, TC’s, Proximity Vibrators Sensors, Water Leakage Detector)., Generator Protection Testing ABB REM 543 Class A, B & C. With OMICRON kit Voltech team.
▪ At Continental Carbon India Ltd. Ghaziabad Delhi. i). MRSS 132KV HT, 11KV MV & Up to 0.430 KV LT Switchgears Major Shut down activities. ii). 38 No’s 11KV VCB SIEMENS- 2800A. Panels Installation, Testing of VCB & Relays Micom (P14x, P22x, P64x Series) and Final Commissioned with Protocol.
▪ At Gallantt Metal Ltd. Ahmedabad Gujarat. Unit: 1X30 MW CHINA Turbine & BHEL Generator Major Overhauling,
Generator Ice Blasting & Testing (Stator, Rotor, PMG, Exciter & Calibration RTD’s, TC’s, Proximity Vibrators Sensors, Water Leakage Detector), Generator Protection Testing SIPROTEC 7UM62 Class A, B & C With OMICRON kit Voltech team.
▪ At Gallantt Metal Ltd. Ahmedabad Gujarat. i). Gujarat Govt. Grid 110 KV., 11KV MV & Up to 0.40KV LT Switchgears Major Shut down activities. ii). 22 No’s11KV ABB VD4 2200A VCB Panels Installation, Testing of VCB, Relays ABB (REF615, RET615, REM615, REC650, REB500 BU) and Final Commissioned with Protocol.
▪ At Gallantt Metal Ltd. Ahmedabad Gujarat. Unit: 1X8 MW SIEMENS Turbine & TDPS Gen. Gen. Testing (Stator, Rotor, PMG, Exciter). Generator Protection Testing SIPROTEC 7UM62 Class A, B & C with SIEMENS Team (OMICRON kit). And Commissioned with Protocol. Unit taken into Service up to Max. Load & 6 days Observation found ok.
▪ At Vishnu Chemical Ltd. Visakhapatnam AP. Unit: 1X8 MW with ABB Engineer AVR Unitrol 6080 Commissioned
with Protocol., Synchronization & De- Synchronization with Govt. 33KV MRSS.
▪ At Central Govt. Vizag Steel. Visakhapatnam - AP. Switchgears Relay testing activities With OMICRON kit Voltech team of i). Utility RWTP Unit 11KV & 6.6KV MV., Up to 0.440 KV LT for Motors, Transformers & Feeders, Bus
Couplers, Cables (Relays - Electro Numerical, Microprocessor based - Micom P12x, P22x, P44x, P63x., L&T., SIEMENS Siprotec Series., ABB REM, REF, REB, REC & RET). And ii). Govt. 220 KV MRSS (Relays ABB Series, MICOM Series, C&S Vector Surge, L&T df/dt Etc.. And Electro Mechanical: Auxiliary Relays- Alstom Lockout, AC/DC Supervision, Trip Sup., Timer relays).
▪ At Central Govt. Steel Authority of India. Asansol- West Bengal. i). 220KV GIS 45 Bays GE Major Maintenance
Activities. ii). 36 No of 11KV VCB SIEMENS 2600A Panels Installation, Testing of VCB & Relays Micom P13x, P14x.
And PSL., 11KV I/Cs, B/C’s Switchgear Synchronization Commissioned with Protocol.
▪ Troubleshooting with RCA, Operation & Maintenance with Make - ABB of HT AC VFDs (ABB- ACS580, ACS2000 and
LT VFD’s ACS500, ACS550, ACS800, ACS850) & SIEMENS Series HT AC-SINAMICs and LT DC500, DC550 & DC800, DC850 with Converter Circuit Control & Protection.
▪ Knowledge: i). Static / Brushless / Self Excitation AVRs (ABB- Unitrol 1010, 1020, 6080). ii). Brushed Excitation.
▪ 155 MVA, 55 MVA, 25 MVA, 10 MVA, 5 MVA Power T/Fs, Aux. Distribution T/Fs Maintenance & Troubleshooting’s.

Electrical Engineer at A V Power Associate
  • India - Nanded
  • August 2012 to December 2013

Involved Operation & Maintenance.

▪ Unit: 1x28 MW STG CHINA Turbine - BHEL Generator + 1x110 TPH AFBC. Operation & Maintenance at Viraj Steel
& Energy Pvt. Ltd. Bamaloi - Orissa.
▪ Unit: 1x18.5 MW STG SIEMENS Turbine - TDPS Generator + 1x105 TPH WIL Travel Grate. Operation & Maintenance at Govt. Purna Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. (PSSK) Nanded - Maharashtra.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering
  • at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
  • June 2012

Gate Examination Qualified in 2012 & Power Electronics & Power Systems from Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University 2011

Specialties & Skills

Protection
Testing and Commissioning
Maintenance
Operation
DIGSI, PCM600, GE Multiline, MICOM S1 Studio, MCOMP Suit & AcSEL quickset
CMMS, SAP & Industrial Safety (HSE & ISO)
PMS, ABB 800xA, VM Ware, IEC 61850, DR _ TESLA & Synchrotact 5 & ETAP, SAS, LVS
CMMS (Maintwiz), SAP, OMICRON & AutoCAD

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Telugu
Native Speaker

Memberships

Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals
  • Senior Electrical Engineer & ECS
  • February 2022
Thermax limited
  • EPC Project Engineer
  • June 2019

Training and Certifications

Embedded Systems (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2013
Power Systems & Power Electronics (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2011
ECS, ETAP &SAS (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2023

Hobbies

  • Enthusiasm, Travelling, Reading Books, Volleyball & Chess, Music
    ECS, ETAP & SAS from Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals 2023 Power Systems & Power Electronics from Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University JNTUA 2011 Embedded Systems from Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University JNTUA 2014 Gate Examination Qualified in 2012