James C. Werner, PhD, MSc, BSc

Professional experience in industry.

I have reference letters suporting the following professional activities:

Water Industry Sector

Goal: Selection of interventions to keep the same quality of services from clean water and sewer network.

Company: Tynemarch Systems Engineering Ltd.

Given the set of assets, apply each possible intervention type and select using a combinatoral recursive algorithms the interventions that will keep the same quality of service with minimal cost. The algorithm must take in account interdependencies (some interventions requires/excludes other interventions) and constraints (limited resources, time constraints, and group maintenance in one same place).

I have performed the following tasks:

1. Development of a combinatorial recursive selection algorithm.

2. Unit testing of the application software, including automation.

3. Populating databases to support the analysis of water mains and sewers.

4. Testing of web loading.

Sugar and Alcohol Sector

Goal: Technological modernization of industrial processes through the implementation of industrial automation software (process supervisors integrated with programmable logic controllers (PLC) and optimization software running (SUN workstations).

Companies: Zillo-Lorenzetti Holding, Usina Barra Grande(UBG), Acucareira Luis Zillo e Sobrinhos, Usina Sao Jose, Acucareira Zillo Lorenzetti, Usina Quata, Acucareira Quata, Copersucar.

Director Plan of Automation and Computer Facilities.

This is the first step in a modernization process. I have developed master plans for companies through a business case study and posterior evaluation of new technologies cost/benefit. The strategy of implementation was considered as well.

Automation Master Plan of Usina Barra Grande de Lencois S/A.
Automation Master Plan of Usina Quata S/A.
Automation Master Plan of Usina Sao Jose S/A.

Modernization of Central Processing Department.

The computers in use for administrative processing were very old, causing a growth bottle neck. I coordinate the modernisation of the Central Processing (IT) Department. The project was a migration to a new IBM4381 dual processor mainframe.

My duty was the project coordination to migrate from seven Cobra mini computers distributed in the industries and farming companies (performing administrative processing) to the centralized system IBM4381, located in Lencois Paulista, with VM/SP HPO operating system and CSP, SQL, QMF Cobol development products (SAA standard).

Sugar and Alcohol Processes Automation.

The first automation project I developed was the industrial laboratory of UBG, a distributed application written in Modula-2 using a 2.2 Novell network with 20 PC working in real time.

Later, installation of distributed controllers and supervision software in the industrial process, with total amount of cane crunch increase, reduction of losses, and quality increase. The profit obtained in the first crop was US$ 6.000.000,00.

Coordination of automation project for sugar cane mill No. 54 and No. 78 at UBG
Coordination of Sugar factory automation.
Coordination of automation pre-project of distillery of UBG, hired by Coopersucar/Piracicaba Technology Center.
Coordination of automation of the anti-foaming system in fermentation phase at UBG
Support in methodology and documentation of automation for Boiler No.9 at UBG

Fermentation process optimization.

I developed a mathematical model for fermentation process that obtains the reactor feeding rate with molasses to increase the production efficiency and reduction of glycerin and oils, bringing great profits for the company.

Agricultural process optimization.

I developed and implemented in each agricultural company a Sun workstation running the crop optimization system. The main modules were:

The model fits cane growth historical data and fed the operational optimization software with forecasted concentration of sugar.
Simulation and optimization of agricultural operations, providing areas to be cropped, application of fertilizers, etc.
Follow up of the harvest and its optimization every week.
Determination of crop starting date.

This system brought a profit of US$ 1.500.000,00/year.

Steel Process Sector

Goal: Industrial Process Automation to increase technological value for privatization by Brazilian Government.

Companies: Cosipa Steel Cia, Acesita Steel Cia

Director Plan of Automation.

Automation master plan for Cosipa's ore stockyard, with acceptance of operation staff and Cosipa's automation group.

Support to automation plan of Cosipa's steel plant No.1.

Cosipa's Steel Plant Optimization.

Coordination and development of the automation project of ore stockyard.

Software specification of blast furnace II.

Modeling and development of blast furnace II thermal profile system.

Coordination and development of steel plant II automation project, with programmable logic controller (PLC) and microcomputers running a proprietary operating system to increase production and final product quality:

Start-up of pig iron scale at No. 2 steel plant.
Development of scrap iron scale /No. 2 steel plant.
Development of oxygen spear supervision system / No. 2 steel plan.
Development of Iron alloys scale of LD converters 5 & 6 / No.2 steel plant.
Data acquisition system of the continuous ingoting machine No.1.
Definition and functional specification of cooling bed supervision system.

Acesita's Steel Plant Optimization.

Support in the Steel plant optimization software.

Development of weighting supervision software for electric furnace and Reduction furnace.

Start-up of weighting supervision system.

Transport Sector

Development of Bus Transport simulation and monitoring for Sao Paulo. This software scheduled trips of 9,000 busses transporting 12 million people a day.

Development of computational system and scientific programming for Sao Paulo underground project at Companhia do Metropolitano de Sao Paulo.

Technical Coordination of trolley software team from Companhia do Metropolitano de Sao Paulo/ Procontrol.

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