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George McKinney was employed as a Senior Compression Engineer at a major
gas transmission corporation until his retirement in 2000 after a 31 year
career. His professional career progressed from field evaluation of
compressor units through failure analysis, computer modeling and
specification of reciprocating and centrifugal compressors ranging from
100 to 15,000 horsepower. He is currently employed at a contract
engineering and design company, evaluating and designing installations of
gas compressors, gas conditioning, measurement and regulation equipment,
and chemical processing equipment.
Significant career accomplishments include: His work with Dresser-Rand
Corporation as an independent engineer to facilitate redesign and
application of a 1960’s designed hydraulic/mechanical continuously
variable compressor unloading system to a PLC controlled
electronic/hydraulic system. He also headed a committee of the Pipeline
Research Council, International to evaluate and specify best design
approaches for mounting high horsepower, high speed reciprocating
compressors. He is co-holder of patents with Southwest Research Institute
on compressor indicator channel resonance correction.
Mr. McKinney is a
graduate of West Virginia Institute of Technology in Electrical
Engineering Technology, with subsequent studies in Positive Displacement
Machinery. He has presented numerous papers at the Gas Machinery
Conference and the Eastern Gas Compression Roundtable. He is a certified
trainer for Intermediate Compressor Operation and Application, author of a
training textbook on gas compressors and drivers, and a frequent presenter
and group leader at the above conferences. |
