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METTS PERSONNEL

Douglas Roy Ebeling

 


Street and Postal Address

15 Blackbutt Ave., Pennant Hills NSW 2120, Australia

 

Telephone: +61-2-9484 3943

Telephone (M.E.T.T.S.): +61-7-3257 3873

Fax (M.E.T.T.S.): +61-7-3257 3140

Email: dougeb@sydney.dialix.com.au

 

Profession

Engineer: Nuclear Engineering, Centrifuge Technology, U235 Separation

Combustion and Applied Thermodynamics Research,

Applied and Pure Research into Energy Systems,

Heat Transfer, Plant Design and Operation.

 

Education

Dip. Elec. & Mech. Eng. FTC 1948

B.Mech.E. (Hons ). Melb. Univ. 1952

M.E. Nuclear Engineering, UNSW 1972

 

Professional Affiliations

Fellow, Aust. Institute of Energy (FAIE)

Fellow, Institute of Engineers, Australia (FIEAust, CPEng)

Member, National Fuel and Energy Panel

Member, Australian Nuclear Assn.

 

Employment and Activity Record

1952 - 55 Engineer, ICI Nobel, Explosives and Dyestuffs

Maintenance, design and plant development

1955 - 57 UK Atomic Energy Authority

1955 - 87 Australian Atomic Comm. Head of Eng. Design and Dev.

Chief of Centrifuge Project, Chief Nuclear Tech. Division.

1987 - 89 Director, Special Projects, ANSTO, Separation Technology

Toxic Wastes Investigions, Solar Energy

1989 Chairman, Nuclear Eng. Panel, I.E.Aust. Member, Fuel & Energy Comt., I.E.Aust., V/Chair. Pac. Basin Nuc. Conf. May 94

1993 - Associate of M.E.T.T.S. Pty. Ltd, Project co-ordination

R & D head, Radiant Tube Technology

Detailed Employment Aspects.

 

-- While working with AAEC - ANSTO

Headed team in Risley, UKAEA in design of natural uranium steam generating heavy water reactor,

Led studies on a co-generation system for water desalination, from waste heat from a proposed Candu reactor - Jervis Bay, and led the teams that developed a centrifuge enrichment cascade at Lucas Heights, and monitoring equipment for the IAEA.

 

-- Post-1989

Reported for the Western Mining Corporation and Merz Australia on Uranium Enrichment Conference, Versailles, studied, costed and reported on the co-generation of electrical energy from the zinc plant, Pasminco and sssisted on nuclear aspects of energy developments for Merz Australia.

 

-- While working with M.E.T.T.S.

Assisted with gas conversion proposal for the Bataan Reactor and the development of Radiant Tube Technology(RTT). Lead R & D group for RTT. With RTT has the role of principal researcher for enhanced natural gas combustion. In 1995 visited The Philippines to inspect and report on the Bataan reactor, and reported on the condition of the thermal power station at Naga, Cebu.

 

Publications and Conference Presentations

More than ten publications and conference presentations have been produced in the areas on Technological Innovation & Nuclear technology.

 

Recent Noteworthy Publications and Presentation

Industrial Innovation in Australia, Anatomy, Life-cycle and Benefits.

IEAust Monograph, 3/1981 - revised and represented to the

Industries Commission, 1994.

 

Electricity Production and the Environment: The Nuclear Option

IEAust National Conf. 1991

 

Energy from Fusion, SAE Australasia Energy Conf. 1988

 

Clarke & Ebeling. Proposals for the Conversion of the Bataan Reactor

to Fossil Fuel Firing, Power, Energy & The Environment, Manila, Jan. 95

 

Personal Details

Australian Citizen.

Married.

Resident of Sydney, Australia.




 

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Suite 209, 20 Malt Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006, Australia
TEL: +61-7-3257 3873 * FAX: +61-7-3257 3140 * EMAIL: metts@zeta.org.au

 

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