BARRY LISS, PhD, PE
2480 NE 22nd CT, Apt 1
Pompano Beach, FL 33062
USA
+1-954-366-5556 (voice)
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PhD ChE and a licensed Professional Engineer in Florida with over 39 years professional experience in the technical, financial and management aspects of energy and environmental engineering, including process and project engineering, regulatory compliance, marketing and technical support of air, water & wastewater, odor management, soil and ground water remediation, bio-mass & municipal waste to energy and hazardous waste processing systems; also synthetic fuel technology, coal conversion systems, fluidization engineering and fluid particle systems and alternative energy systems. Most recently, medicinal plant extraction/purification techniques and recombinant medicinal species production.
CAPABILITIES:
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Business Plan Preparation
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Coal Utilization
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Feasibility Studies, Alternative Designs & Reviews
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Field Testing & Demonstrations
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Fluidization Engineering & Fluid Particle Systems
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Food Waste, Yard Waste, MSW, & Bio-Solids Composting
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Groundwater & Soil Remediation
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New Source Prevention Standards (NSPS)
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New Source Reviews (NSR)
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Maximum Available Control Technologies (MACT)
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National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
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Odor Manageent Systems Design
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Odor Sampling, Testing & Characterization
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Permitting & Regulatory Compliance
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Pilot Testing & Scale-Up
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Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Studies
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Process Engineering
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Project Management
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Proposal & Other Technical Document Preparation
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Remedial Alternative Analyses & Action Implementation
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Site Assessments - Energy Audits
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Technical-Economic Evaluations Of Emerging Technologies
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Technical Marketing & Sales
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Title V - Clean Air Act Evaluations
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Waste-To-Energy Facility Design, Planning, Permitting
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Wastewater Reuse Standards & Systems Design
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Wastewater Treatment Systems Specification & Design
CURRENT WORK EXPERIENCE
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2014-Current Enviro Power Renewable, Inc. – Lead Process Engineering Consultant
Overall process engineering responsibility for integrating water, wastewater and solid waste facility designs for EPR waste-to-energy projects worldwide. Helped secure air permits for two major waste to power projects as minor sources utilizing advanced air pollution control techniques.
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2014-Current Creative Environmental Systems, LLC – Managing Member
Development and commercialization of patent pending advanced wastewater treatment systems for municipal and industrial applications.
2011-Current Mobilenergy, LLC – Managing Member
Overall process engineering intergation and cost estimation consulting for waste to energy project clients including PRM Energy Systems, Inc., Hitemp Tech Corp, Kearns Waste Science Group, Enviro Power Renewables, Inc. & Enviro Power Management.
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2005-Current - Reardon Environmental, Inc.
Technical Marketing Consultant – Provides chemical engineering expertise to quantify reagent usage for company’s ISCO based soil and groundwater remediation projects. Also provide marketing networking and regulatory support functions.
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CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
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Innviron Corporation/EnviroPower Management, Inc. Senior Process Engineering Consultant
Proposal and project management on solid waste management systems design, permitting and planning projects including waste-to-energy, composting, transfer stations, water treatment, wastewater treatment and air emissions control projects, including international tender response preparation. Overall process engineering responsibility for integrating water, wastewater and solid waste facility designs for over a dozen waste-to-energy projects worldwide
Classi Environmental, LLC New Business Development Consultant
Marketing, proposal and project management responsibilities on all areas of energy and environmental engineering consulting including project planning, permitting and management for solid waste management, waste-to-energy, water treatment, wastewater treatment and air emissions control systems and services. Developed advanced UV-Oxidation, electrocoagulation, chemical precipitation and activated sludge technologies for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment.
Southern Waste Systems Odor Management Consultant
Prepared permit application & modifications for SUN RECYCLING 12 - COLLEGE AVENUE MRF Odor Management Plan.
Noyes & Associates, Inc. Consultant & Independent Representative
Prepared wastewater project proposals and helped market its patented water and wastewater treatment technologies. Also prepared business plan and supported capital funding efforts. Helped develop program and team to enable small communities to take over water utilities from counties or other larger entities and benefit with new revenues.
Zyme-Tech, Inc
Successfully implemented mal-odor abatement protocols in all waste management applications listed next. Developed formulations and application techniques for bio-enzymatic treatment of mal-odors at landfills, WWTP’s, composting and other waste management facilities. Prepared business plan for company expansion.
NYSFC/Private Capital Investors
Technical feasibility and economic evaluation of technological investments and private development of novel energy sources. Performed technical, economic, feasibilty and risk analyses for waste management and alternative energy projects. On list of consultants at Office of Energy-Related Inventions at the U. S. D.O.C.
DOE/METC University of Massachusetts
Review of the thermodynamic, physical - chemical & detailed design issues for modeling fluid bed coal gasifiers.
Hydrocarbon Research, Inc
Performed analysis of fluidization aspects of a commercial scale dynacracking reactor prototype. U. S. patent coverage was obtained for HRI for this novel reactor configuration. Authored internal reports on dynacracking reactor design, alternative configuration analysis, oxygen injection and state of the art reviews on fluidized packed beds and regimes of fluidization. Developed cold flow test programs.
Systems, Science and Software
Prepared state of the art survey on high temperature fluidization and ash agglomeration which resulted in the identification of a novel approach to the determination of incipient fluidization of sinterable solids. Assisted in population balance model preparation and data analysis related to coal gasifiers.
TRW Energy Sys. Group
Performed fluidization analysis of aspects of ICGG-Cogas Coal Liquefaction/Gasification process.
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STAFF POSITIONS
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Post Doctoral - Clean Fuels Institute/CUNY - Research Engineer
Authored five (5) technical articles on coal conversion technology. Formulated and evaluated reactor configurations for flash hydrogenation of coal. Provided consulting services to HRI on CUNY subcontract during first phase fast fluid bed (FFB) gasifier operations.
Union Carbide Corporation - Senior Engineer
Developed and demonstrated, in a pilot unit, successful techniques for injection of agglomerating coals into a fluid bed hydrocarbonizer at commercially viable conditions. This work has resulted in two patents relating to the injection, dispersion and operation of fluid beds while processing caking coals. Operated a geometrically similar cold model of the mini-plant hydrocarbonizer and collected fluidization and attrition characteristics of char and coal.
Chemical Construction Corporation - Senior Process Engineer
Performed engineering planning and analysis for Clean Boiler Fuel Demonstration Plant Program. Identified and planned commercial plant subsystem alternative/feasibility studies. Developed design manual "Hydrocarbonization Reactor Design Report". Prepared test programs for demonstration of caking coals injection into a riser and into a turbulent bed. Developed in-house test plans for cold model study of solids transport, injection, fluidization and recirculation. Acted as technical interface with subcontractors for numerous test programs.
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EDUCATION
B.Ch.E. The City College of New York.
M.Ch.E. The City College of New York.
Ph.D. The City University of New York
Thesis: "The Dynamic Behavior of Particulate Systems Involving Simultaneous Nucleation and Growth."
TEACHING
Process Instrumentation and Control Laboratory.
Non-Metallic Behavior Laboratory (polymer).
Metallic Behavior Laboratory (metallurgy).
Department of Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York.
AWARDS
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Scholarship
Dr. J. J. Klein Fellowship
NASA Pre-Doctoral Traineeship
MEMBERSHIPS
American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
American Chemical Society.
Water Environment Federation.
PATENTS/PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS
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3 Patents awarded and 6 patents pending
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Over 20 technical papers and conference presentations