Compressed Air Best Practices - September 2008 - (Page 33) Compressed Compressed Air Industry FOOD PACKAGING & PROCESSI G Compr sse A Indu t Compressed Ai Indust sed ed ndustr dustr OOD PACKAGING PROCE OOD PACKAGING PROCESSING ACKAGING P OCESSING C CK CKA NG OCESSING OCE E | 09/08 | THOMAS MORT CONSULTING Compressed Air Best Practices™ interviewed Thomas Mort (Director) of Thomas Mort Consulting. Good morning. Please describe your consulting firm. Good morning. We are an international consulting company which provides training and project support for energy cost reduction at industrial facilities. I have personally performed energy management training and project development for more than 400 industrial facilities in 22 countries. We coach our clients on how to identify and quantify cost reduction opportunities, pick the most effective solutions and to quickly implement projects. Utilizing this structured process typically results in the reduction of energy costs by 10% with an average <1-year payback. How has your background in nuclear power helped you today? I worked at the Big Rock Nuclear Power Plant in Charlevoix, Michigan for sixteen years. I started working in the Control Room Operations Group and finished working as the Reactor Engineering Supervisor. It was an invaluable experience. The good thing about a nuclear plant is that you get intense training. You receive system and process training. A nuclear plant is like one huge machine — pumps, motors, pressure, steam, electricity are all operating simultaneously and we had to understand all of the systems. Each part of the facility affects another part. To handle this, the plant provided intensive procedures training, operations practice on simulators and memorization of the systems. We received up to 10 weeks of training per year. Over my 16 years in nuclear engineering, I had three one-year training courses as well. Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive suppliers work extensively with Thomas Mort Consulting. w ww a rb es tp ac tic s. co m ww w. air be st p ra ct ic es .c om w r b e pr c ce o 33 33 http://www.airbestpractices.com
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