l-r: Bob King (facility partner), Chester Kaitoku, Ed Chang, Jim Grogan, Norm Giem
Meritorious Award: The Zipper Lane and Zipmobile
Meritorious Award: Bilge and Oily Waste Pipelines Installation Using Horizontal Directional Drilling Methods, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Meritorious Award: AES Hawaii - New FRP Cooling Tower Project
Meritorious Award: Hawaii Pride Fruit Disinfestation Plant, Puna, Hawaii
Meritorious Award: NOA, double-hull barge, Smith Maritime Honolulu
Meritorious Award: The Hawaii Fuel Cells Test Facility
Here is the one-page nomination Form. Please complete it and attach any existing project brochure or write-up. Please fax or e-mail your submittal to Ed Chang (Fax: 808-543-4366 or e-mail: Ed Chang). The deadline is April 30 each year. We look forward to receiving your nomination.
The following are write-up and/or photos of previous Outstanding Awards:
This tour was arranged by the Hawaii Section Power Technical Chapter and was sponsored by ASME member Brad W. Rockwell, Kapaia Power Station Manager. The plant was commissioned in the fall of 2002 and consists of one GE LM2500PH gas turbine generator, and a Once-Through Steam Generator (OTSG). All 70,000 lb/hr of steam is injected into the gas turbine for emissions control and power augmentation. The plant also has SCR for emissions control. It operates at 40% efficiency, and primarily burns naphtha fuel, although diesel is used for starts/shut downs and back-up. For more information, please refer to plant brochure, and see the trip PHOTOS.
Seven members and guests toured this plant at 1003 Makepono Street, Sand Island, Honolulu, HI.
The plant processes used cooking oil from local restaurants, producing biodiesel that powers cars, trucks, and industrial engines. The initial Pacific Biodiesel was born in 1996 on Maui to answer the concerns over potential environmental and health problems resulting from restaurant grease clogging the Central Maui Landfill.
Seventeen members and guests toured the new double hull barge called the Noa. This barge the length of a football field transports fuel oil for Hawaiian Electric Company to Hilo, Hawaii and Kahului, Maui. This state-of-the-art fuel transporting barge has all the necessary safety features to ensure that oil spills are prevented.
We thank the Smith Maritime staff which included Joe Almony, Mike Ferreira, and Jeff Case for an informative tour and for lunch afterwards.
Members and guests in Noa's engine room. L-R: Ryan Sugamoto, ? , Bill Warren, Jeff Case (SM tour guide), and CAPT Joe Bradley.
Noa's boiler for oil heating. Sharp Kellog in front of the boiler.
On deck at the fuel oil pumps. L-R: S. Kellog, W. Warren.
On the dock in front the Noa. Smith Maritime was very generous and provided manapua, pork hash, har gar, half moon, and drinks for lunch.