RAGHUNATH YETURI
E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: 91-8861388617 Location: Hyderabad, India
Objective
To continuously learn and gain expertise in field of controls and automation, contribute to customer satisfaction which results in the organizational growth as well as my professional growth.
Experience Summary
· Dynamic, leadership-driven professional with 16+ years of work experience in Steam Turbine Controls, Systems NPI Solutions, Controls & Commissioning with exposure & experience in diverse Steam Turbine Controls, DCS Projects and international work exposures.
· Presently associated with BakerHughes, Hyderabad, India as lead engineer in sustaining team.
· Skillful in building relationships with key stakeholders, taking up challenging projects/assignments and delivering customer commitments, while contributing to short term goals & long-term vision of organization.
· Experience of working with multi-cultural, multi-functional team.
· Excellent at follow-up and detail, extremely dependable with proven record for maintaining schedules & Customer centric to achieve 100% customer satisfaction.
· Consistently driving Six Sigma methodologies, exceeding performance expectations, good team player with a strong desire to learn and constantly on the urge to innovate.
Technical skills Summary
· Control application code development for Steam Turbines.
· Lead & develop, implement, validate & deliver control systems & applications for steam turbines.
· Root Cause analysis of steam turbine controls issues.
· Develop HMI Graphics, Historian, and Reports.
· Strong understanding of Operational technology(OT) network communication protocols (e.g., Ethernet/IP, Modbus, OPC).
· Design hardware requirements, panel drawings, Controls Input Output listing, Logic development and configuration of package system interfaces.
· Conduct SWAT & FAT.
· Engineering of Baker Hughes Control Systems Nexus Oncore Controls, GE control systems Mark*VI, Mark*Vie & ABB Symphony Plus.
· Commissioning of controls for GE D11 Steam Turbine Start up, Alstom Steam Turbine Start up, setting up communication interfaces (OPC, Modbus), HMI, Historian setups and Mark*Vi, Mark*Vie control panels.
· Participate in technical meeting with Project Manager to understand Requirement, scope of work, schedule and Quality requirements and share the lesson learnt.
· Experience in pre tendering, making, and amending technical specifications, cost estimation, technical evaluation of bids & recommendation.
· Engineering
· Nexus OnCore Controls, BH.
· GE Mark*VI, Mark*Vie, Mark*Ve, Cimplicity.
· ABB Symphony plus Engineering, Operations, ABB.
· GE Fanuc 90-30 PLC.
· FAT experience
· El Kuraimat, Dubai.
· Mellitah, FOT, Hungary.
· APGPCL project, GE, India.
· ALABAMA, Entergy, Jizan, Tihama, NTPC Kawas Project, GE, USA.
· AEP Riverside, Northeast, APS Sagurao -Remote SWAT.
· Commissioning experience
· APGPCL, Vijjeswaram, India – GE Mark*Vie, GE, India.
· NTPC Kawas, Surat, India– GE Mark*Vie, GE, India.
· RGPPL, Ratnagiri, India – GE Mark*Vie, GE India.
Professional Experience:
Period Apr’23 – Till date
Company Nexus Controls, GE Vernova, Hyderabad, India
Role Lead Engineer, Sustaining Team
Period Aug’17 – Mar’23.
Company Nexus Controls, Baker Hughes, Hyderabad, India
Role Lead Engineer, Sustaining Team
Major Activities:
· Develop Controls application code, Beta Testing, System Testing in OnCore Controls for Steam Turbines (e.g., Limiters, Auxiliaries, Protective tests, Valve tests etc.).
· Steam Turbine controls Mark*Vie library software maintenance activities. (e.g., H2 Monitoring, Water detection, Rotor Warming).
· Identify development of new automation process to reduce engineering time & reduce manual errors in the
engineering process.
· Controls expert for various NPI programs providing controls’ expertise for the predictive maintenance of Control systems to reduce the failures.
· Create simulation test setups for the NPI team.
· Test the steam turbine controls and product release in database for requisition usage.
· Execute critical projects involving engineering, Simulation code development, Conducting Factory acceptance test (FAT) & Pre-FAT for system acceptance by customer, Remote Commissioning.
· Setting up cybersecurity lab, installation of OTArmor, NAS device.
· Mentor & conduct trainings for the new joiners and the software team.
Key NPI Programs
· Code Development in OnCore Controls for Steam Turbine Controls Nexus Oncore Controls Standardization.
· Nexus Analytic Enablement.
· Virtual Fied Assistant.
· Underground Gas Storage (UGS) Analytics.
· Control Loop Monitoring Analytics.
Key projects
· Aptara OFE – Subsea Upside controls project involved in the development of few control functions.
· Mellitah, Libya – Nuovo Pignone Steam Turbine controls upgrade 110 MW. Conducted FAT at FOT, Hungary.
· El Kuraimat, Egypt – 1st large Reheat Steam Turbine project execution – 627 MW in the region. Conducted FAT at Dubai.
· MPCL, Qatar – 1st Steam Turbine Control Alarm Rationalization. Conducted SWAT at Hyderabad, India.
· PP9, Riyadh – Commissioning Support for the issues.
Period Mar’15 – Aug’17
Company ABB Global Industries & Services Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, India
Role Turbine Controls Specialist
Major Activities:
· Responsible for Steam Turbine controls development in ABB, India.
· Identify customer’s needs and sales opportunities to help future growth.
· Perform technical/ product training for salespeople, estimators, and engineers at targeted accounts.
· Execute Engineering activities involving Project planning, design, material & resources management, execution, FAT, installation, commissioning, and SAT.
· Drive ABB 4Q based Quality Improvement projects on Competency Management.
Key Projects:
· Calpine New York – Symphony Plus Controls. It’s a combined Cycle Power Plant project where I was involved in developing the logics for Balance of Plant like Condenser System, Vacuum System.
· AEP Riverside – Westinghouse Steam Turbine with Symphony plus Controls. One of the Steam Turbine retrofit projects where Westinghouse Steam turbine was given with Symphony Plus controls.
· AEP Northeastern – GE Steam Turbine with Symphony plus Controls. One of the Steam Turbine retrofit projects where GE Steam turbine controls was upgraded from GE Mark*II controls to Symphony Plus controls.
Period Aug’12 – Feb’15
Company GE Oil & Gas, Measurements & Control Systems, Hyderabad, India
Role Lead Engineer
Major Activities:
· Interaction with the customers for the complete design of the Steam Turbine Controls.
· Development of Control Panel Design & Hardware, I/O allocation.
· Study & Review of Design Input Documents, P &IDs, IO database.
· Logic Review and Implementation of the same in Toolbox*, Toolbox* ST in Ladder sequence.
· Involved in Boroscopic inspection of Steam turbine for Turbine Stress analysis.
· Simulation code development for the Controls based on operational manuals.
· Preparation of Preliminary Database of HMI control items from P&I Diagrams.
· HMI Development in Cimplicity 8.2.
· Proficy Historian, Global view Development as per customer requirements.
· SCADA establishment of all HMIs along with configuration of Switches, Routers & interfacing 3rd party hardware & software which includes OPC-DA, OPC-AE, Modbus etc.
· Conducting Factory acceptance test (FAT) & Pre-FAT for system acceptance by customer.
· Training for Plant Operators & maintenance personnel.
· Installation & Commissioning.
Key Projects:
· APGPCL Vijjeswaram, India – APGPCL is Combined Cycle Plant with 1 GE Gas Turbine & 1 GE Steam Turbine. Mark*VIe Control system was provided for Gas Turbine, Steam Turbine and the DCS.
· Controls Retrofit for 660MW –NTPC KAWAS plant, India- One of the biggest customers for the GE Measurement & Controls, India. Complete controls retrofit for a 1990 plant in India of capacity 660MW (4*9E+2 ST+4HRSG).
· GE Triveni PUSRI – First Greenfield project with Non-GE Steam Turbine.
Misc Projects:
· EMAL – Analysis of Controller loading & power management.
· Tihama – Historian upgrade, SCADA Connectivity with IEC.
Period Jan’11 – July’11
Company Alstom Bharat Forge Pvt. Ltd, Noida, India
Role Lead Engineer
Major Activities:
· Technical proposal making of Supercritical (660 MWe, 800 MWe) turbine projects with Alstom.
· Prepare technical specification & evaluation of technical bid.
· Prepare tender deviation and clarifications.
· Attend customer and vendor technical meetings.
· Bill of Quantity (BoQ) and Division of Work (DoW) documentation.
Key Projects:
· NTPC 5 * 660MW (Nabinagar, Mouda, Solapur, Raghunathpur, Meja).
· NTPC 11 *800MW (Lara, Darlipalli, Gajmara & Kudgi).
Period Jun’05 – Jan’11
Company GE Energy, Hyderabad Technology Centre, Hyderabad, India
Role Lead Engineer
Steam Turbine Controls Projects
Major Activities:
· Project Scheduling.
· Finalization of Control Panel Design & Hardware, I/O allocation.
· Study & Review of Design Input Documents, P &IDs, IO database.
· Logic Review and Implementation of the same in Toolbox*, Toolbox* ST in Ladder sequence.
· HMI Development in Cimplicity.
· EASY5 modeling software from understanding loop drawing and logic diagrams.
· Simulation and testing as per Software FAT.
· Modbus, OPC communications with GE Control systems, Cimplicity HMIs with external systems.
· FAT execution using Dry Rig Wiring at GE Energy, Salem, Virginia.
· Installation & Commissioning.
· Training for Plant Operators & maintenance personnel.
Key Projects:
· Alabama Power Company Projects, USA- This is one of the biggest customers of GE. The projects involved large reheat GE steam turbines, Cross-compounded Westinghouse Turbines.
· Dabhol –RGPPL, Maharashtra, India – 2100 MW Dabhol Power Project (RGPPL) D11 Steam Turbines.
· Doosan Marafiq – First SIL implemented requisition project.
Key NPI Projects: RDSU Steam Startup Sequence, Opflex Startup Agility.
DCS Projects
Major Activities:
· Review DCS System Design Drawings, P&ID, Instrument List & Configuration, IO List, Control Logics for HRSG (Heat Recovery Steam Generator) & BOP (Balance of Plant) and Implementation of the same in Toolbox* ST in Ladder sequence.
· HMI Development in Cimplicity.
· DCS system macro development and testing.
· Fixing issues related to HMI screen objects, Faceplates, and DCS block-ware.
· Historian Development including special log sheets.
· Design, Analysis, Configuration & Test DCS Supervisory & Control Networks, Third Party Communication Interfaces with DCS, DCS Network Security & Performance Evaluation, Validation.
Key Projects: Tihama, Asir & Bisha, Jizan, HRSG Macros development.
HMI Upgrades:
Major Activities:
· Project Scheduling & Management.
· Scope & Technical review.
· HMI Development in Cimplicity.
· Historian Development.
· Modkit for Modbus, OPC Communications.
Key Projects: ALBA, Public Services New Mexico, Magnolia Energy.
Key Achievements
· Green Belt Certified by enveloping project “Historian Process Improvement” with lean six-sigma quality tool & a GE Global Award for the productivity.
· Awarded with “Impact Award” for the successful FAT completion of active point and alarm rationalization project on D11 steam turbine (MPCL), June 2019 in India for first time in India & UAE regions.
· Awarded with “Impact Award” for the FAT execution(Kuraimat),2018 in UAE for first time.
· Awarded with “Empower and Inspire each other” for the contribution in Mellitah project, 2017.
· Winner of the DMP award regarding Historian and Elementaries Automation, 2008.
· Awarded with “Dinner for two” & “Night of the town” for the Successful execution of Dabhol & Presque Isle projects.
· Awarded with “Dinner for two” for the DCS projects (Jizan, Tihama).
· Received “Night in the Town” award for the custom panel design (Mark* VI) of the GRE Coal creek job.
· Received “Your above & beyond Bronze Award” for showing external focus in the execution of tasks.
Key Projects Customer Interaction/International Travel
Project/ Organization
Objective
Place
Duration
Entergy Power, Jizan, Tihama
Factory Acceptance Test
GE, Salem, USA
2 Months
Alabama Power
Factory Acceptance Test
GE, Salem, USA
1 Month
RGPPL – Dabhol
Commissioning Turbine Startup
RGPPL,Ratnagiri,India
1 Month
APGPCL
Commissioning Turbine Startup, HMIs, Network Setup, Third-party Communication setup, Customer Training
APGPCL, Vijjeswaram, India
2 Months
NTPC Kawas
Factory Acceptance Test
GE, Longmont, USA
3 Months
NTPC Kawas
Commissioning Turbine Startup, HMIs, Network Setup, Third-party Communication setup, Historian troubleshoot, Boroscopic inspection, Balance of Plant Customer Review
NTPC Kawas, Surat, India
2 Months
Mellitah
Factory Acceptance Test
BH, FOT, Hungary
1 Month
El Kuraimat
Factory Acceptance Test
BH, Dubai
10 days
Trainings
· Oncore Nexus Controls Training, Dubai, U.A.E.
· Functional Safety SIL training, Mumbai, India.
· Symphony Plus Controls Training, ABB Peenya, Bengaluru, India.
· Site Certification Safety Training, ABB BTP, Bengaluru, India.
· 4Q Quality Methodology, ABB BTP, Bengaluru, India.
· Mark*VI, Mark*Vie Controls Training, GE Hyderabad, Salem, USA.
· Thermal Power plant Fundamentals Training at L& T Cements factory, Awarpur, Maharashtra (GE).
Computer Proficiency: Python Basics, MATLAB Basics, Excel Visual Basic, AUTOCAD 2008 & Visio.
Certification
· Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (Certified).
· Foundation of Leadership Certification by GE.
Educational Background
Degree
Institute
University
Month/Year
% Marks
B.Tech (Electronics & Instrumentation)
Kakatiya Institute of Science & Technology Warangal
Kakatiya University
May, 2005
80%
Class 12
Shravanthi Junior College, Warangal
AP Intermediate Board
July, 2001
92%
Class 10
Vidyaniketan High School, Warangal
AP Secondary Board
June, 1999
85%
PERSONAL PROFILE
Date of Birth : 16th December 1983
Languages Known : English, Telugu, Hindi
Sex : Male
Marital Status : Married
Citizenship : Indian
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