Overview

Thirty-two years of engineering and management experience with combustion, air pollution control, and air emissions measurement projects.
Knowledge of combustion processes, air pollution control devices, Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS), Data Acquisition and Handling Systems (DAHS), air emissions test methods, and air quality regulations.

Experience

Pod Technologies - Principal, 1994-Present: Product development and application engineering services for energy and air quality. Projects and products include: preparation of CEMS quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) plans, development of software to access and analyze emissions data from the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Clean Air Markets Programs, development of air pollution control-device performance-modeling software, CEMS engineering, and application engineering for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and mercury (Hg) emission monitors.
Delta Air Quality Services - Project Manager, 2004-2011: Technical support of air emissions measurement projects for petroleum refineries, electric power plants, cement plants, and industrial facilities. Conduct measurements for oxygen (O2), carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), sulfure oxides (SOx), sulfates, ammonia (NH3), total particulate matter (PM), fine particulate matter (PM10 & PM2.5), metals, Hg, hexavalent chrome, total hydrocarbons (THC), non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC), aldehdydes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), dioxins/furans, among others.
Carnot - Senior Project Engineer, 1993-1994: Project manager for the development of a continuous emission monitoring system data acquisition system designed to meet SCAQMD's Rule 218 and RECLAIM program requirements. Also supported Carnot's emission measurement and combustion optimization programs through the development of data acquisition systems for mobile emission measurement laboratories.
Altech Systems/EcoChem Analytics - Project/Product Manager, 1991-1993: Engineering and management of CEMS projects for electric utility and industrial applications. Application engineering for emerging air emissions monitoring technologies. (Altech Systems is now Altech Environment U.S.A.)
RC Environmental Services and Technologies - Principal Scientist, 1989-1991: Manager of Western Research Laboratory and investigator for combustion and air pollution control research and development projects. Projects included low-NOx burner design, selective catalytic reduction (SCR) NOx control system development, particulate matter (PM) collection systems, and sulfur oxides (SOx) emissions control, among others.
University of California, Irvine (UCI), UCI Combustion Laboratory - Research Assistant, 1987-1989: Designed, fabricated, and operated test equipment and instrumentation for fundamental and applied research programs. Characterized fuel injector and swirler performance in a gas turbine combustor using Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) and a Phase Doppler Particle Analyzer (PDPA). Assisted in the start-up of a new combustion laboratory.
KVB Engineering - Senior Engineer, 1985-1987: Field engineer for combustion performance-monitor demonstration projects. Developed technical services for cement manufacturing, hazardous waste incineration, and municipal waste incineration.
GCA Technology Division - Engineer, 1983-1985: Project engineer for combustion-related programs for US EPA and industry. Projects involved new technology evaluations, development of performance standards and measurement procedures, and management of air emissions measurement projects. (GCA is now part of TRC Companies)
KVB Engineering - Engineer, 1980-1983: Field engineer for combustion and air pollution control projects. Projects involved improving combustion efficiency; reducing NOx, SOx, and PM emissions; evaluating air pollution control device performance; and demonstrating compliance with applicable emissions performance standards.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1980
Graduate Studies/Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering. University of California, Irvine, 1987-1989

Continuing Education

Los Angeles Refinery Safety Overview. Occupational Safety Councils of America (OSCA)/Refinery Safety Overview (RSO), 2003-2012
Portable Analyzer Operator Training. South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), 2008
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. University of California, Riverside, 1996
Atmospheric Pollution in the 1990s: Ozone, Acids, Toxics and the Greenhouse Effect. University of California, Irvine, 1995
Environmental Toxicology. University of California, Irvine, 1995
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. IT Corporation, 1995
Designing Relational Databases. University of California, Irvine, 1994
Programming in C. University of California, Los Angeles, 1993
Recent Advances in Continuous Emission Monitoring. A&WMA, 1993
Hazardous Substance Emergency Response/Site Mitigation. IT Corporation, 1985
Project Management for Engineers. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1983

Papers & Patents

The Design, Implementation and Use of a Real-Time PAH Analyzer for Combustion Products. E. D. Chikhliwala, J. Podlenski, E. Pfeiffer, and W. Seifert. 9th World Clean Air Congress, Montreal, 1992.
Evaluation of Indoor Air Concentrations during Accidental Releases for Multicompartment Structures. E. D. Chikhliwala, J. W. Podlenski, and P. R. Jann. 9th World Clean Air Congress, Montreal, 1992.
Dispersion Modeling for Hazardous Gas Releases. E.D. Chikhliwala and J.W. Podlenski. Gas Processors Association 1992 Annual Convention, 1992.
Method and apparatus for reducing nitrogen dioxide emissions in a dry sodium scrubbing process using humidification. Patent Number 5,165,902. Steven J. Bortz and John W. Podlenski, 1992.
Continuous Monitoring of a Stationary Gas Turbine. Edward F. Peduto, Jr., John Foley, and John W. Podlenski. A&WMA Continuous Emission Monitoring Advances and Issues Specialty Conference, 1985.
Feasibility Study for Adapting Present Combustion Source Continuous Monitoring Systems to Hazardous Waste Incinerators, Vol. 1, Adaptability Study and Guidelines Document. J. Podlenski, E. Peduto, R. Mclnnes, F. Abell, and S. Gronberg, 1984.
Feasibility Study for Adapting Present Combustion Source Continuous Monitoring Systems to Hazardous Waste Incinerators, Vol. 2, Review and Estimation of Incineration Test Conditions. R. Mclnnes, E. Peduto, J. Podlenski, F. Abell, and S. Gronberg, 1984.