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Principal
Consultant
Randy Merritt Consulting
QUALIFICATION
OVERVIEW
Mr. Merritt received
a B.S. degree in Physics and
Mathematics at Appalachian State
University in 1977. He began
employment at Southern Research
Institute (SRI) in May 1977. For the
next 28 years, Mr. Merritt conducted
research in various areas in the
Environment and Energy Department at
SRI.
Major areas of
research included development of
techniques for measurement of
ultrafine particles, evaluation and
optimization of fabric filter
systems, and development of
techniques for vapor-phase mercury
measurements. Performance
evaluations included bench-scale,
pilot-scale and full-scale
evaluations. His responsibilities
included preparing technical
proposals, conducting on-site
evaluations, analyzing test data,
preparing technical reports and
presentations at technical
conferences. Mr. Merritt has
authored and co-authored
approximately 50 technical papers
associated with his research
efforts.
A majority of Mr.
Merritt’s work was associated with
field evaluations at coal-fired
power plants in various control
device evaluations. Mr. Merritt
participated in over 300 field
evaluations for SRI at 74 power
plants in 33 states. For
approximately 20 years, Mr. Merritt
was primarily involved in the
evaluation and optimization of
fabric filter control devices. Mr.
Merritt has participated in the
evaluation and optimization of over
30 full-scale utility fabric filter
installations. He conducted
investigations to optimize baghouse
performance, performed fabric
evaluations, evaluate a variety of
sonic horns and flue gas
conditioning agents.
In the 1990s, Mr.
Merritt conducted long-term
evaluations at two 1-MWe pilot-scale
pulse-jet fabric filters; one
downstream of an oil-fired boiler
and one downstream of a novel FGD
process. He participated in the
development of a high flow rate
pulse-jet fabric filter (COHPACTM)
for use as a polishing particulate
control device at bench-scale, and
has evaluated the technology at
pilot-scale at two utility
installations. He used a portable
fabric filter sampling system to
simulate fabric filter performance,
to screen alternate fabrics, and to
conduct flue gas conditioning
studies. Mr. Merritt received a
patent for the novel application of
a fabric filter to a SO2 reduction
technology.
For the last 5 years
of employment at Southern Research
Institute, Mr. Merritt was primarily
involved in conducting vapor-phase
mercury measurements with continuous
emission measurement systems. Mr.
Merritt participated in the
development of novel techniques in
improving sampling techniques. Mr.
Merritt conducted numerous mercury
tests at the SRI pilot combustor
system and at four utility plant
locations.
In 2006, Mr. Merritt participated
in a pilot-scale evaluation of the
EPRI MercScreenTM at Alabama Power
Plant Miller and Georgia Power Plant
Yates. In 2007, Mr. Merritt has
conducted mercury CEMS measurements
across pilot SCR and scrubber
systems at the MRC at Gulf Power’s
Plant Crist. |
