Adriano Costa Sampaio

Electrical Engineer

55 19 9880 96819 | indymaru@gmail.com | Campinas, Brazil 13083 330

Profile

Creative, independent, forward-thinking and accomplished

A seasoned and professional Electrical Engineer with more than 20 years’ experience in the energy industry,
specialised in automation and control. With a proven history of leading successful project delivery and the design,
implementation and integration of new systems, I can contribute to any organization with deep technical knowledge,
good commercial awareness and a curious, creative mindset.

Key Skills & Competencies

 Application software for turbine control
 Controls training for industry employees
 Sales support & budget composition
 Solar Energy certified
 Hydropower generation control systems
 Control algorithm and parametrisation
optimisation
 Power system and substation components
specification
 Balance of Plant (BOP) for Power Plants
 SCADA systems for Power Plants
 Static Excitation control and specification
 Voltage and speed control for hydraulic,
steam & gas turbine driven generators.
 Gas turbine vessel propulsion control
 Centrifugal compressor integrated speed
and anti-surge control
 Biomass gas, Diesel, and natural gas
moto-generators voltage and speed control

Qualifications & Training

 MSc in Automation | State University of Campinas; Unicamp | 1998

 BSc in Electrical Engineering | State University of Campinas; Unicamp | 1996
 GE Mark VI & GE Mark Vie Controllers | Salem, USA
 6 Sigma Green Belt / São Paulo, SP, Brazill
 Solar Energy | Delft University of Technology/EDX
 Brazilian Standard NR10 Certification | Work with Electricity Safety
 CBSP & HUET Certifications for offshore working.
 Digital Protection Relays Multiline | Santos, Brazil
 Redundant 9030 PLC Fanuc | Campinas, Brazil

Languages

 Portuguese  English  Spanish  French (ba

(native) (fluent) (fluent)

Employment History

Consultant Engineer | Self-employed | 2009 – present

Providing consultancy services for major players in the energy market.

Services include…
 Writing and debugging software to improve efficiency, functionality and cost.
 Analysing client requirements and designing detailed project specifications to drive attainment of
objectives.
 Producing comprehensive action plans to guide development teams.
 Designing new power plants to meet the needs of the consumer.
 Designing and conducting factory and field acceptance tests.
 Retrofitting existing technology to improve functionality.
 Equipment specification and supply.
 Provided Customer Training
 Adriano Costa Sampaio
Electrical Engineer

55 19 9880 96819 | indymaru@gmail.com | Campinas, Brazil 13083 330

Lead Application Engineer | General Electric of Brazil | 2006 – 2008

Responsible for leading commercial proposals and aftermarket support for GE customers.

 Made multiple commercial proposals for hydropower plants, thermal power plants and offshore platforms,
with values between $250K and $12M.
 Worked closely with customers to define specifications, prices, contribution margins, tax calculations and
terms of contracts.
 Designed and implemented the best technical solutions for customer needs.

Project Engineer | General Electric of Brazil | 2000 – 2006

Responsible for programming software with digital control and protection devices, communications and protocols
using HMI and SCADA systems.

 Successful projects in DCS, HMI, PLC and SCADA systems.

 Established digital speed controllers, voltage regulators and electrical protection systems.
 Designed and conducted factory and field acceptance tests.
 Provided customer support
 Kept up to date and accurate project documentation and built outstanding stakeholder relations.
 Training delivery for end users.

Field Engineer | Woodward Governor | 1998 – 2000

 Commissioned digital speed governance systems for generators and compressors.

Personal Interests and Further Information

I´m motivated by curiosity and continuous learning. With a true passion for music, I love playing the electric guitar
and enjoy messing with audio electronics. Sometimes, I participate as a musician in community theatre and dance
groups. I have an enthusiasm for surrealism, creativity and quirkiness and I believe this brings with it humour,
warmth and the ability to make meaningful connections.

Selected Professional Achievements

Added new functionalities and extended the life of hydraulic parts to cut costs and improve the efficiency of 6 Pelton
Turbine driven generators at Henry Borden Hydro Power Plant EMAE in Cubatão, Brazil. Implemented software
changes to increase functionality and electronic boards to measure speeds; executed hardware maintenance for 6
Woodward Micronet TMR Controllers; retrofitted communications in the control network, changing it from a serial
RS485 network to an optical TCP/IP network; implemented software modifications and hardware installations.

Lead Engineer for the successful Endesa-Central Isla Hydro-Power Plant project (Chile). Made general design and
coordinated several engineering teams. The work included IHM (Ifix), redundant digital speed.

Woodward Atlas, voltage control and machine excitation (GE EX 2100), DNP3 communications sequence of events
(GE D200), breaker, transformer (T60), generator protection (G60) and GPS Irig-B time synch.

Contributed to the research and development project ‘Power Production of Biogas Generated from Stillage, with
Pollution Reduction & Diversification in the Brazilian Power Grid’, working with Ester Sugar Mill in Cosmopolis.
Designed the specifications for voltage and speed controllers and produced the basic substation design.

Project leading and software programming for a triple redundant MKVI speed control with integrated anti-surge
control for both NH3 and CO2 compressors using I Fix HMIs in Fosfértil Araucária plant, Paraná, Brazil. Conducted
commissioning and factory acceptance tests for this project.
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Electrical Engineer

55 19 9880 96819 | indymaru@gmail.com | Campinas, Brazil 13083 330

Selected Professional Achievements

Retrofit project and specification of static excitation EX2000P(GE) in Concon Oil Refinery (Chile).

Control project (Woodward Atlas II and Versamax PLCs) using aeroderivative gas turbine LM2500 ship propulsion.
Delivered control software development, assembly supervision, conduction of audits and external certifications, as
well as the factory acceptance tests and technical meetings with customer for Brazilian Navy Julio de Noronha
Corvette. Brazilian Navy Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Optimized hydropower generation of Brazil PCH São Lourenço. Up to 20% gain in efficiency in power generation
was obtained with Kaplan Curves studies, on site tests, and software modifications in Woodward Atlas PC redundant
controller.

Projected power plant controllers for two diesel generators and two steam turbines in P33 Platform (RJ) with
protection system (GE Multilin) protection Relays, digital speed (505E) and voltage regulation (Basler) and
redundant GE 9030 PLC system communicating with platform´s main SCADA system.

Projected digital generator protection in P50 Platform (RJ) with protection relays (GE G60), digital speed
(Woodward 505E), voltage regulation (Basler) and redundant GE 9030 PLC system communicating with platform´s
main SCADA system (Ecos).

Technical on site assistance for DNP3 communications with Grid National Operation Center using Cimplicity
(triangle software), HMI and MKVIe System, in AES Nova Avanhadava, Hydro Power Plant, Brazil.

Designed electric and control and specification including speed control (Woodward 505H), voltage regulation (Varix
VED 903), protection (SEL700G), time synch (SEL2407) and auxiliary devices automation (SEL 3530 and SEL2440)
for Guaraú Hydro Power Plant (4,75MW) and Cascata Hydro Power Plant (3MW) in Paulista Geradora de Energia
and SABESP, São Paulo, Brazil.

Conducted 200 hours on site training course for maintenance and operation personnel focusing on the MKVIe GE
controllers for steam turbo generators in GALP Oil Refinery, Sines, Portugal.

Successfully commissioned Gateway system (protocols IEC61850, Modbus, DNP3, OPCAE and OPCDA) and the
Power Management System: load shedding for main loads all electrical system and load sharing for GE LM 2500
turbines. The main hardware is based in GE´s MKVIe controllers and D400 gateway. Projects: FPSOs Libra, P75
and P77 (offshore oil platforms), Petrobrás, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Dalian, China.

References will be made available on request