Muhammad Atif Saleem, Power system Protection Engineer

Muhammad Atif Saleem

Power system Protection Engineer

MARAFIQ, Power & Water Utility Company for Jubail and

Location
Saudi Arabia - Yanbu
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics Engineering Technology
Experience
17 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 9 Months

Power system Protection Engineer at MARAFIQ, Power & Water Utility Company for Jubail and
  • Saudi Arabia - Yanbu
  • My current job since June 2014

The power generation plant in Yanbu Industrial City has a capacity of 1, megawatts. There are nine gas turbine units - eight of. 60 MW each and one of 68 MW - with a total capacity of 620 Megawatt. The plant also has two steam turbine units of 275 MW each with total capacity of 550 MW, and one steam turbine unit of 137 MW. The steam turbine units are capable of supplying auxiliary steam for the adjacent desalination plant in case of emergency.

The gas turbines use sales gas as main fuel for power generation, with diesel (Light Fuel Oil) serving as back-up fuel. The steam turbines use heavy fuel oil (HFO) as primary fuel.
The gas turbines are linked to five heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) that produce t/h of steam. They supply process steam to the desalination and steam turbine plants. Steam is also relayed to the heavy fuel oil tanks at the tank farm to keep the oil at the desired temperature for pumping.
Marafiq power and water, Seawater Cooling Department at Yanbu with installed capacity of, cubic meters per hour supply seawater to Yanbu Industrial City industries.

Commissioning Engineer at Parsons Brinckerhoff International Inc. MENA (Kahrama Qatar)
  • Qatar - Doha
  • March 2014 to May 2014

Troubleshooting for the system to rectify chronic and operation faults. Preventive and corrective action maintenance for system enhancement and reliability, delivering power and water with no interruption for our valuable customers in all industrial areas.
Maintenance and testing of power system equipment, protection & automation relays and revenue & metering system for the system reliability and availability of proper operation during the normal operation and isolate the faulty equipment in power system failure.
Testing of Generators, Motors and Transformers periodically to analyze and enhance the life of power system equipment to prevent the power system failure.

Lead Engineer at Energy and Power Contracting Co. Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • January 2010 to February 2014

with that organization as Testing & Commissioning Lead Engineer, includes installation, testing & commissioning of new Power Transformers, Switchgear (GIS), Capacitor Banks for reactive compensation, Medium & High Voltage switchgears, Station Service transformers, battery banks, battery chargers, AC / DC panels, Relay Control and Protection panels. Testing of all Protection Relays, Command on various Protection & Interlock Schemes and Protection Systems.
Automation Scheme.
Additionally, having good command in ETAP Studies and Process Automation.

Assistant Manager at Crescent Bahuman Ltd. (formally Crescent Greenwood Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • August 2006 to January 2010

I Join as a pioneer & completed all erection up to successful testing & commissioning of their control & protection systems. During run time, corrective and preventive maintenance of processing and writing all preventive maintenance procedure of machines of different areas for scheduling P.M. routines on daily, weekly, monthly & yearly bases. I was responsible for Testing of all protection & control system at annually maintenance basis.

I have done with full responsibility of all types of trouble-shooting for Electrical, Electronics & Instrument problems. Frequency Drives VFD’s for Induction Motor speed control of different version & type’s micro controller based programming up to in (up tokw) DC drive thyristor controlled for all types of dc motor speed control (up tokw).

PLC’s of different types and model for logic control system & Analogue control system of the plant doing running troubleshooting for every type of Electrical & Electronics problem.
Have Hand on experience of PLC’s software for alternation in running system & ability to develop full program according to new requirement of the plant by using ladder logic.

Power Generation:.6MW power generation have (2*5.2+1*2.2 M.W.) WARTSILA engine, ABB generator (K.V.) & control system.
Worked in Power transformer with buchholz relay and mechanical protection for on load & off load, tap changer having over current short circuit differential earth fault under voltage protection.

Utility Area:
Ingersoll Rand Air Compressors having capacity cubic meter feet each. Water treatment plant & waste water treatment plant sand filter, softener, and R O unit. Vapor compressor type chiller (Carrier) of capacity RT. York Chiller RT & RT reciprocating cool water chiller. LPG Storage, Evaporation & Distribution system. Heat Recovery system of KAMCO U.S.A.

Projects at Royal Commission
  • Saudi Arabia
  • to

1. Water Injection Plant Abqaiq (NWIP) Extension and Substation Reinforcement/.5 K.V.
2. Gas Oil separation plant in Abqaiq (GOSP-2) Extension and Substation Reinforcement/.5 K.V.
3. EPC of/.8/.8 K.V. Substation Juaymah Gas plant SUB #, Ras-Tanura
4. EPC of//.8 K.V. Gas Insulated Substation at safaniyah supply facilities Safaniyah, Saudi Arabia.
Client: Saudi ARAMCO.

1. Diversion of Muraikbat Sub Station Transmission Lines ( K.V.) from Ibne-Khaldoon BSP to Dammam Power Plant.
2. Reinforcement of As-Shate/.8kv Substation. Transformer, switchgear and protection & relaying panels
3. Reinforcement and Diversion of Muraikabat/.8kv Substation. Transformer, switchgear and protection & relaying panels
4. Replacement of Bulk Oil Circuit Breakers with SF6 and new Bay installation of K.V. in Berry Power Plant.
5. Installation of MVA transformer//.8 K.V. transformer protection panels and its testing and commissioning at Ghunan BSP.
Client: Saudi Electricity Company (SEC).

1. EPC of/.8 K.V. Gas Insulated Substation Mutrafiah

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics Engineering Technology
  • at Preston University Koh
  • October 2008

Diploma, Diploma of Associate Engineering Electrical
  • at Punjab Board of Technical
  • August 2002

Diploma of Associate Engineering Electrical

Specialties & Skills

PLC Programming
Automation and control
Commissioning
Testing
Protection
ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERING
CONTROL
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
CONSULTING
AUTOMATION

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Saudi Council of Engineer
  • Engineer Member
  • February 2013

Training and Certifications

GTG AVR Training (Training)
Training Institute:
GE

Hobbies

  • Study in advancement in Technology
    Get in touch with the automation and protection implementation in various ways and scheme for system enhancement and its accuracy regarding Fault isolation and control.