Chip Slocum
Gale (Chip) Slocum has over 40 years’ experience in the design, manufacture, sourcing, repair and maintenance of equipment for the power generation and oil and gas industries. Engineering roles included steam turbine, gas turbine, generator design, bearing and vibration assignments, followed by conceptual through validation for the advanced turbine project (MS7001F).
Engineering leadership roles included combustion design, program management of two gas turbine programs, and systems engineering.
Chip led a manufacturing team then led a team responsible for gas turbine rotors, followed by a foreign assignment responsible for supplier development in Mexico and South America. He also served as a board member of a manufacturing joint venture. Chip then served as chief procurement officer for GE’s aeroderivative packaging business, in which he contributed to the acquisition of ABB’s packaging business in Oslo and start-up of a packaging facility in Budapest.
Chip then was responsible for maintenance and operation of five power generation facilities. Later he developed a wind turbine gearbox repair facility in Iowa and created a crane business to service wind turbines.
As the global engineering of a leading 3rd party, Chip provided technical support of steam and gas turbine and generator equipment including upgrades, remaining life assessment, reverse engineering, repair and servicing.
Finally, as a senior consultant, he has authored over 25 reports and testified in two hearings.
Education
- A.S. Civil Engineering – Hudson Valley Community College – 1976
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering – Northeastern University – 1978
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering – Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute – 1982
Example Engagements
- Aeroderivative Power Plant Dispute – Testified in an arbitration regarding multiple equipment failures. Issues included plant design, operation and maintenance.
- Gas Turbine Blade Failure Dispute – Testified in arbitration regarding the liberation of a turbine blade. Issues included blade design, plant operation and maintenance, and root cause analysis.
- LNG Project Power Plant Dispute – Participated in an arbitration regarding assessment of project management, construction and commissioning of a power plant integrated into a large-scale LNG facility. Issues included termination and re-start, commission strategy, and readiness for start-up.
- Combined Cycle Plant Fuel Dispute – Participated in an arbitration regarding supply of contaminated natural gas. Issues included pipeline maintenance, natural gas tariff, plant operation and maintenance, and damage assessment.
- Generator Failures – Provided expert technical advice regarding the failures of two large generators. Issues were operation, maintenance and repair practices.
- Combined Cycle Power Plant Performance Test – Provided expert advice on a review on an international performance test. Issues included test procedure, evaluation of results and contract assessment.
- Gas Turbine Installation – Provided in site supervision of a 7F.05 gas turbine installation and commissioning. Issues included DLN axial staging, low power turndown and controls integration.
- Internal Combustion Engine Power Plant Dispute – Participated in an arbitration regarding the design and construction of a 60 MW plant. Issues included reliability, power management and control.
- Generator Contamination – Owners Factfinder for a H-series generator contamination investigation.
