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Geothermal Power Planning and Development Exert
Wins Award
IPENZ Supreme Technical Awards for Engineering
March 2005
Dr Timothy Dobbie, a Fellow of The Institution of Professional Engineers
(IPENZ) and Senior Process Engineering Consultant with Sinclair Knight
Merz in Auckland has won the Food, Bioprocess and Chemical category of
the 2005 IPENZ Supreme Technical Awards for Engineering Achievers, sponsored
by Opus International Consultants.
This award was presented to Dr Dobbie at the IPENZ Awards Dinner held
at Auckland’s Ellerslie Convention Centre, on Thursday, 17 March
2005.
Tim receives this award for his contribution to geothermal power planning
and development in New Zealand and, more significantly, overseas in the
Philippines, Indonesia, Kenya and Iran over the past 27 years.
Tim has developed a reputation for translating academic theory and concepts
into innovative, practical applications. Some of the more important of
these include: methods for stimulating geothermal wells to discharge,
methods for evaluating and improving the quality of steam admitted to
geothermal turbines and methods for thermodynamic and economic optimisation
of geothermal steam fields and power plants.
He has made a significant contribution to engineering education through
the Geothermal Institute at Auckland University and as in-house consultant
to the Philippines National Oil Company. He has served as a committee
member of the Society of Chemical Engineers New Zealand for some 11 years
and was Chairman from 2000 to 2003. Tim was also a member of IPENZ teams
for the accreditation review of engineering departments at three New Zealand
universities. He has published a number of papers on aspects of geothermal
power development and energy utilisation in process industries.
As well as his work in geothermal engineering Tim has made significant
contributions in the area of energy production and use in New Zealand,
particularly waste to energy, biomass combustion, distributed generation
and industrial cogeneration in the dairy and forestry sectors. He has
been involved in feasibility studies for a wide range of projects, including
the assessment of new technologies, as well as a number of failure investigations.
“The Supreme Technical Awards for Engineering Achievers are biennial
awards that recognise those who have demonstrated excellence and leadership
in engineering practice over their career to the benefit of the Engineering
Profession,” said IPENZ Chief Executive, Andrew Cleland.
“IPENZ is privileged to recognise the technical and professional
achievements that Tim has attained as a member of the engineering professor
over the years,” he said.
Background notes:
This category includes the engineering design, construction and operation
of plant utilising chemical and bioprocess-based technologies. It includes
petrochemical, primary process, pulp and paper and food industries.
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