CHRISTENSEN, Valdemar

Curriculum Vitae

Present position: Project manager

Name CHRISTENSEN, Valdemar (Mr)

Date of birth 18 March 1940

Nationality Danish

Civil status Married

Education Institution: The Technical University of Denmark
Year: 1966
Degree: MSc, Mechanical Engineering, majoring in mechanical vibration technology

Institution: The Technical University of Denmark
Year: 1972
Degree: PhD, Combustion

Other training ? Management training course in Reutlingen, Baden Würtenberg
? Management courses rendered by the Danish Association of Employers
? Courses in negotiation skills through Mercuri Urval
? Several marketing management courses through Mercuri Urval

Language skills Reading Speaking Writing
(1: basic, 5: fluent) Danish Mother tongue
English 5 5 3
German 4 4 3
Russian 3 2 1

Present status Member of City Council in Kalundborg. Chairman of the board:
Environment and Urban Development
Connected to Symbiosis institute in Kalundborg on free lance basis

Memberships
? Honorary member of VGB/Fachausschuss
? Retired chairman of the Power Plant Life Extension Committee under the Asso?ciation of Danish Electric Utilities
? Chairman of the Environmental Club of Kalundborg, an important ele?ment in the development of industrial symbiosis
? Board member of the Industrial Development Council of Kalundborg Region
? Menber of town government in the town of Kalundborg; Chairman of Technical and Environmental department.
? Chairman of Holb?k Technical School, Denmark

Other skills Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Present position Retired head of Research and Development Department
at SK-power, June 2000

Years within the firm 27

Countries of
work experience Denmark, Germany, Ukraine, Indonesia, Malaysia

Key qualifications

Mr Valdemar Christensen has more than 25 years of experience in the field of technical and administrative management gained through his employment with Denmark’s largest power producer, SK Power Company. During this period he has gained great experience in contracting, erection and commissioning of power plants.

As Power Station Manager Mr Christensen was responsible for the introduction of TQM (Total Quality Management) activities at Asn?s Power Station. These activities led to the power station having an international reputation of being one of the most economical coal-fired power stations in the world. Today, the power station’s 640 MW unit 5 is primarily Orimulsion fired. This firing is governed by TQM as well

Mr Christensen has worked as co-ordinator of a maintenance policy development project for the Malaysian power authorities. The outcome of the project was a maintenance policy manual systematically describing target, principles, responsibilities, procedures and routines.

Mr Christensen has worked as Project Manager of an EU, Tacis project in Ukraine. The project title was “Support to Maintenance and Repair Structure in Thermal Power Plants in Ukraine”. During the project time Mr Christensen lived 10 month in Kiev, Ukraine. The outcome is a comprehensive experience in operation and maintenance of Ukrainian Power Stations and knowledge of the organisation in the Ministry, in the Production Companies and at the power stations. During the stay in Ukraine Mr Christensen learned some Russian.

During the stay in Ukraine, Mr Valdemar Christensen negotiated introduction of Orimulsion on coal fired units with the manager of the conventional fired units in Energodar, Ukraine

2000.06.01 Mr Christensen retired from Asnaes Power Station. The same date he founded the company DELO Consulting a one man company.

Employment record

Period: 2000.09.15 – 2005-01-01
Privat consulting company, “Delo consulting”. The company is specialised in
Introducing Danish companies to the Ukrainian market.

Period: 2002.03 - 2003.12
Employer William Hansen and Co. A/S
Location Ukraine
Position Project manager
Duties Responsible for execution of a project named “Implementation of Industrial Symbiosis
in Ukraine” A project financed by the Danish Ministry of Environment. The project
did implement industrial ecology as a common policy in Ukraine and started up
pilot projects in in two different Ukrainian cities in order to demonstrate the value of
environmental networking.

Period 2001.01.01 – to day
Emploer. Municipality of Kalundborg
Location Denmark
Position Member of government of the townKalundborg
Political chairman of Technical and Environmental Department of the municipality of
Kalundborg

Period: 1999.03.15 – 2000.09.15
Employer: Danish Power Consult
Location Ukraine
Position Project manager
Duties Responsible for execution of a EU financed Tacis project named: “Support to Maintenance and Repair Systems in Thermal Power Plants in Ukraine”. A culture change project performed in co-operation with the Ukrainian Ministry of.
energy. Settled in Kiev 10 month.

Period: 1997 – 2000.06.01
Employer: SK Power Company, Asn?s Power Station
Location: Denmark
Position: Head of Research and Development Department
Duties: Responsible for budgeting and planning of an Orimulsion terminal at Stigsn?s, Baltic Gate Terminal. Formulation of new firing concept for fuels, the combus?tion of which is difficult to control.

Period: 1994 - 1997
Employer: SK Power Company, Asn?s Power Station
Location: Denmark
Position: Power Station Manager
Duties: Responsible for budgeting, planning, operation and maintenance of five base-load coal/oil/orimulsion-fired units at Asn?s Power Station. Planning and retrofitting of four of these units.

Period: 1994 – 1997
Employer: SK Power Company, Asn?s Power Station.
Location: Denmark
Position: Power Station Operation Manager.
Duties: Responsible for introduction of orimulsion firing on Asn?s Unit 5, a 640 MW unit. Responsible for implementation of Environment and Safety Systems for operation with orimulsion as fuel. This system was documented in accordance to ISO 9000, and the system has been the fundamental system for protection of the Environment and Safety for combustion of Orimulsion on other power plant units all over the world.

Period: 1983 - 1994
Employer: SK Power Company, Asn?s Power Station
Location: Denmark
Position: Deputy Power Station Manager
Duties: Budgeting, planning, operation and maintenance of five base load coal/oil-fired units at Asn?s Power Station. Planning and retrofitting of four of these units.

Period: 1974 - 1983
Employer: SK Power Company, Kyndby Power Station
Location: Denmark
Position: Deputy Power Station Manager
Duties: Responsible for the commissioning of two 60 MW gas turbine units, two 270 MW oil-fired steam turbine units and a 20 MW diesel unit. Responsible for the retrofitting of three 60 MW coal-fired units.

Period: 1972 - 1974
Employer: SK Power Company, Kyndby Power Station
Location: Denmark
Position: Head of Mechanical Department

Period: 1968 - 1972
Employer: The Technical University of Denmark
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Position: Lecturer. Graduated with a PhD degree in combustion and heat transfer.
Duties: Thermodynamics and combustion

Selected assignments

2002 - Implementation of Industrial Symbiosis in Ukraine. Industrial Symbiosis is an
environmental network of enterprises, where waste material from one enterprise is
to be used as product for the others production.

2001 - Participation in the business and urban development of the city of Kalundborg in
Denmark as member of the city government and chairman of the municipality′s
environmental and technical department

1999 - Implementation of modern maintenance philosophies and principles in the
Ukrainian power sector in co-operation with the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy.
Responsible for employment of two local sub-consults KCDB ( a state company )
and IPMach ( a private company ) both situated in Kharkov, Ukraine. Has
established a good relation to the Technical University of Kharkov as well and to
the Thermal Power Station in Energodar in south Ukraine. Has lived in Kiev for
10 month.
Together with Urij Gnesin, Valdemar Christensen has investigated the possibility for introduction of orimulsion on the coal fired units in Energodar in Ukraine.

1997 - Preparation of the basis for further cooperation between Asn?s Power Station and Statoil Refinery with the purpose of obtaining a more flexible use of the produc?tion facilities of both organisations.
Preparation of basis for increased process steam supplies from Asn?s Power Station.
Formulation of new firing concept for orimulsion, the combustion of which is difficult to control. Economy and environmental consideration are important aspects of the new concept that will be tested at Stigsn?s Power Station in the year 2000. The concept includes optimisation of electrostatic precipitator, desulphorisation of fluegas from firing orimulsion and processing of fly-ash from orimulsion.

1985 - today Examiner in the subject Energy Conversion Technology at the Technical Univer?sity of Denmark.

1992 - 1996 Co-ordinator of the EUROenergy Training Programme in the framework of the FORCE programme on Human Resources Development initiated by the Commis?sion of the European Communities. A European network has been established for the purpose of further developing the training policy introduced at Asn?s Power Station and exchanging the experience gained with other European power stations. The network participants include Kilroot Power Station in Northern Ireland, Moneypoint Generating Station in Ireland, and EDP Electricidade de Portugal.

1993 – 1997 After the establishment of SK Power Company’s Division West, responsible for the integration of two different operations cultures at Asn?s and Stigsn?s power stations into one common culture incorporating the best features from the two power stations.
Prime mover behind the world-famed industrial symbiosis between Asn?s Power Station, Statoil Refinery, Gyproc (plasterboard manufacturer), Novo Nordisk – Denmark’s largest industrial undertakings - and Kalundborg Municipality. The symbiosis aims at the exploitation by the companies involved of the by-products of the individual companies.
Responsible for laying down the environmental policy of SK Power including working environment in connection with the conversion of unit 5 (640 MW) at Asn?s Power Station to Orimulsion firing. The policy resulted in the introduction of Orimulsion in cooperation with the authorities and green groups at no extra cost to SK Power. The company’s policy on the use of Orimulsion has since been adopted internationally by other users of Orimulsion.

1992 - 1993 Coordinator of a maintenance policy development project carried out for the Malaysian power authority Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB). The objective of the project was to develop and document the overall maintenance philosophy, policy and strategy for TNB in order to meet a set of main objectives pertaining to plant safety, availability, efficiency and to maintenance cost, as well as to prepare for a future quality assurance of the maintenance in accordance with ISO 9000. The outcome of the project was a maintenance policy manual systematically describing targets, principles, responsibilities, procedures and routines for the decision-making level and for the operation level of TNB.

1990 - 1992 Head of working group in charge of planning and implementation of a compre?hensive staff development programme for the 500 employees at Asn?s Power Station. The training programme differs from conventional approaches by training the entire organisation at all staff levels rather than training the individuals per?forming discrete functions within the organisation. The result was a dynamic analysis and training activities designed to attain the "overall picture" of the organisation's goals. The idea was to make the employees at all levels more service-minded and conscious of quality and cost.

1987 - 1992 Chairman of a working group responsible for implementing the company aims with regard to availability (90% including planned overhauls, 98% excluding planned overhauls).

1991 Leader and coordinator in connection with the introduction of a new financial budgeting and control system for all power stations owned by SK Power Company.

1989 - 1991 Chairman of a market analysis, staffing and the implementation of a modern future-based maintenance workshop for the power stations owned by SK Power Company.

1989 Chairman of a working group investigating the possible causes of an explosion in 1988 of an LP turbine rotor (100 MW) in West Germany. The assignment was to examine whether similar events could happen in Danish power stations and to present detailed suggestions to avoid such eventualities.

1989 Supervision and coordination of a vibration investigation at Asn?s Power Sta?tion, unit 1.

1988 Member of task force formulating company strategies up to the year 2000.
Lecturer at Nordel's conference on Power Plant Retrofitting held in Denmark for Scandinavian power plant managers.

1987 Supervision and coordination of the re-design of units 2 and 3 at Asn?s Power Station.

1985 Member of SK Power Company's Head of Departments' Committee responsible for the technical progress and coordination of the company.

1984 In charge of working group investigating the possible causes of the breakdown of unit 1, 135 MW steam turbine at Asn?s Power Station. Severe damage was found to the turbine rotor blades as a result of improper temperature distribution across the HP and IP turbine rotor due to a malfunction?ing draining valve. The task of the working group was also to give recommendations to remedy and to manage the repair works.

1983 - 1984 Danish representative on the VIBROMA Committee, responsible for the ex?change of experience and progress in vibration monitoring of machinery faults. The committee was formed after several breakdowns in generator rotors, mainly in the 700 MW range. The responsibility of the committee was to find the possible causes of the breakdowns, to specify and participate in the development of new vibration and protection equipment to "anticipate faults" in order to avoid actual damage.

1980 - 1984 Member of the Nordel Planning Committee working group on maintenance.

1980 - 1983 Chairman of several working groups responsible for the re-formulation of the company strategy for plant overhauls.

1978 - 1980 Responsible for planning, implementation and automation of the momentary load change equipment installation of three 60 MW coal-fired units at Kyndby Power Station, Denmark.

1976 - 1977 Head of a working group, including the Byron Jackson Company, Allianz insurance company, concerning safety improvements of boiler feed pumps in connection with a serious breakdown of a feed water pump group at Kyndby Power Station.

1976 In charge of a complete vibration investigation of a 65 MW prototype gas turbine at Kyndby Power Station. Instability in the combustion chamber; the entire investigation was presented to the manufacturer in a report giving recommenda?tions to overcome the problems which led to a modification in the fuel nozzle design.

1974 - 1978 Member of Kraftimport's Power Load Dispatch Committee.

1972 - 1976 Associate Professor at the Technical University of Denmark, special courses on thermodynamics.

1975 Head of the company's working group on fire protection at power plants.

Publications

1996 ‘Industrial Symbiosis’, paper presented at the first European Roundtable on Cleaner Production, Vienna, Austria

January 1988 ‘Umbauma?nahmen am Block 1 im Kraftwerk Asn?s zur Verbesserung der Wirt?schaftlichkeit’, VGB Kraftwerkstechnik