Avalon
Consulting, established in 1996, has been providing consulting services
primarily in the following two focused areas:
We
provide services to various clients, including commercial, industrial,
institutional, facility owners, energy service companies, design and
engineering contractors, equipment manufacturers, other consulting companies,
and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Our
services include various levels of technical and economic analyses of
alternative technologies, system optimization, developing bid specifications,
evaluating bids, technical support for detailed design, construction and
commissioning, and performance test evaluation.
We are located in the Chicago, IL area (Naperville) and have executed
projects in the U.S. and overseas. Our international experience includes
projects in Australia, Canada, India, Iraq, Korea, Saudi Arabia, and the United
Arab Emirates.
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Our
principal consultant and founding President, Dharam (Don) Punwani, has over 50
years of experience in energy technologies. Before
founding Avalon Consulting, he was Vice President of Technology Development
at the Institute of Gas Technology (now GTI Energy), where he worked for
thirty years. He has
authored/co-authored over 120 publications, presentations, and technical
guides. He has presented papers at all major energy power generation
conferences. All major energy journals and magazines have published his
papers. Lists of these publications and presentations are available in the
following categories: |
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All
Publications Before 1996
Exhibit
1 shows images of some of his publications and the list of conferences and
magazines/journals where he presented and where his articles were published.
He is
the founding President and past Chairman of the Turbine Inlet Cooling
Association (TICA),
established in 2001. Since 2003, he has been serving TICA as the Executive
Director.
He
received his MBA degree from Loyola University (Chicago, IL) in 1974, an M.S.
degree in chemical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology
(Chicago, IL) in 1967, and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the
Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai, India) in 1965.
He is
an active member of the Turbine Inlet Cooling Association
(TICA), Turbine Inlet Cooling and Cogeneration /CHP Technical Committees of
ASHRAE, and the Midwest Cogeneration Association.
The
list of his professional activities, awards, and honors includes:
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ASHRAE Fellow Award (2019)
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ASHRAE George B.
Hightower Award for Technical Achievements (2010)
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Board Member, Midwest Cogeneration Association (2010-Present)
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Chairman, Combustion Turbine Inlet Cooling Subcommittee of
ASHRAE (2000-2009)
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Chairman, Turbine Inlet Cooling Association (2002)
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President, Turbine Inlet Cooling Association (2001)
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Energy Management Executive Award of the Association of Energy
Engineers Chicago Charter Chapter (2004)
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International Alumni Leadership Award by the Illinois Institute
of Technology (2000)
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International Award of Merit by the Alumni Association of the
Illinois Institute of Technology (1998)
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Honorary Kentucky Colonel honor by the State of Kentucky (1989)
EXHIBIT
1: Cover Pages of Some of Dharam Punwani’s Publications, Lists of Conferences
where he presented, and the Journals/magazines which published his articles
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Presentations
at Conferences 1. Power-Gen International, 2.
Electric Power, 3. International District Energy Association, 4. U.S. Clean
Heat & Power Association. 5. Midwest Cogeneration Association. 6. Turbine
Inlet Cooling Association, 7. ASHRAE Conferences, 8. ASME Power, 9. ASME TurboExpo, 10. Western Turbine Users Conference. 11.
Combined Cycle Users Conference |
Article Published in Journals
and Magazines 1. Power
Engineering, 2. Power Magazine, 3. Turbomachinery, 4. Energy-Tech, 5. Combined
Cycle Journal, 6. International District Energy Association, 7. ASHRAE
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