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Zak has been involved for over 25 years in developing
software for engineering applications, including the development and
application of mathematical models.
During the last 15 years, he has worked in the oil and gas
industry, where he has developed and applied performance monitoring
systems for gas turbines and process gas compressors, using gas path
analysis techniques. This work resulted in the formulation of a gas
management system to optimize production of gas compression platforms.
He has applied these techniques to investigate the
operability of many oil & gas production platforms, under steady state and
dynamic operating conditions.
His current interests are in developing Advanced Path
Analysis Techniques, Model Based Control System, Plant Optimization Techniques, Virtual Engines for Education and Training, and Novel Gas
Turbine Cycles.
He has authored many papers on performance monitoring and
was awarded the Akroyd Stuart Memorial Prize for his paper on Gas Turbine
and Process Compressor Performance Monitoring by the Institute of Diesel
and Gas Turbine Engineers in 1995. He is also the author of Industrial
Gas Turbines: Performance and Operability
Dr Razak graduated from Cranfield University in the UK in
1980 and was awarded his PhD in Mathematical Modeling of Transients in
Compressors in 1985 also from Cranfield University.
He is
currently director of Gas Path Analysis Ltd.
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