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Kanan Arifli
www.linkedin.com/in/kananarifli Renewable energy engineer & Trainer | Power generation | ☀️Solar
(LinkedIn) energy | Water efficiency | ️️Mechanical Technician at Garadagh
Solar PV Plant
Top Skills Baku, Baku Ekonomic Zone, Azerbaijan
Renewable Energy
Power Engineering Summary
Solar Energy I'm an engineer with theoretical knowledge and practical skills in
renewable energy engineering, including solar energy. My goal to
Languages create a systematic, disciplined and mutually respectful environment
English (Limited Working) using communication and management skills in the workplace. I'm
Russian (Limited Working) always open to creativity and innovation, also interesting in personal
Azerbaijani (Native or Bilingual) development, learning and sharing new knowledge and skills.
Turkish (Professional Working)

Certifications Experience
Yeni lider: İdarəetmə bacarıqları
Clerical works Sumgayit State University
Train the trainer Lecturer
SƏTƏM September 2024 - Present (2 months)
Sumgayit, Absheron - Khizi, Azerbaijan

Publications Lecturer in the Department of Power engineering, teaching the subject of

Combined cycle power plants "Basics of scientific research".

(Kombinə tsiklli elektrik stansiyalar)
Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company)
Mechanical Technician
November 2023 - Present (1 year)
Job description:
Mechanical Technician at Garadagh Solar PV Plant
Work areas:
PV panel tracking systems, cleaning robot systems, fire and service water
systems, emergency diesel generator, HVAC system
Main responsibilities:
• Maintenance (preventive and corrective) and troubleshooting of other
mechanical units, including solar tracking and cleaning robot systems.
• Perform daily, weekly, monthly site inspections to evaluate the performance
of mechanical systems and equipment. Analyzing detected defects and
making suggestions for their elimination.
• Performing repairs or replacements of parts as needed, including motors,
gears, bearings, and ect.
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• Assist in the documentation of maintenance, inspections, and repairs for
compliance and reporting purposes.
• Daily checking and debugging of the Tracker Control Units (TCU) and
Network Control Units (NCU).

Azerbaijan Technical University

Lecturer
February 2024 - July 2024 (6 months)
Baku, Contiguous Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan

Job description:
Lecturer in the Department of Energy Efficiency and Green Energy
Technologies, teaching the subject of "Water Efficiency in Thermal
Engineering".
Work areas:
Water resources, water efficiency, water treatment, thermal power plants,
district heating systems, cooling water systems, advanced technologies and
solutions.
Main responsibilities:
• Improving the course, selecting teaching methods, and preparing the
curriculum and syllabus.
• Delivering lectures and seminar classes on the relevant subject to students.
• Preparing didactic materials such as lecture materials, slides, seminar topics,
and additional resources.
• Preparing exam questions and tests, and assessing students' performance.
• Participating in scientific conferences and seminars, and writing scientific
articles.
• Collaborating with colleagues within the department.

Azerenerji OJSC
4 years 6 months

Deputy Chief of Technical Department

April 2022 - November 2023 (1 year 8 months)
Baku, Azerbaijan

Job description:
Deputy Chief of Technical Department at Shimal Power Plant LLC.
Work areas:
Balance accounting of power, reports and their analysis, maintenance plans,
document circulation and business correspondence.
Main responsibilities:

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• To coordinate the work of department after the chief and to lead the
department based on the regulation of Technical department.
• Organization and control of balance accounting of generated, transmitted and
special consumption power (electricity) and consumed fuel.
• Organization of the report of technical-economic characteristics, mode
parameters and analysis (analytical and graphical) of the obtained results.
• Preparation of minor and major maintenance work scopes together with
other departments, control of the progress of works according to the plan and
formalization of all this.
• Preparation and formalization of annual, monthly, current orders (materials,
spare parts, equipments, instrumentations and etc.) for the plant.
• Organization and controlling of the department's document circulation, as well
as to guide the conduct of business correspondence.
• To design PFD and P&ID of new and modified technological diagrams, as
well as to drawing these diagrams with a computer program.

Trainer
June 2020 - November 2023 (3 years 6 months)
Baku, Baki, Azerbaijan

Job description:
Trainer in Thermal Engineering at Training Center of Azerenerji OJSC.
Teaching areas:
Power generation technologies, power plants, renewable and fossil energy
sources, steam turbines, gas turbines, steam generators, mechanical balance
of plants, thermal power plants operation and maintenance and ect.
Main responsibilities:
• Conducting teaching and exam processes.
• Development of curricula and textbooks on power engineering, thermal
engineering.

Gas Turbine Operator

November 2021 - April 2022 (6 months)
Baku, Azerbaijan

Job description:
Control, monitoring and operation of M701F type gas turbine and TC2F-35.4
type steam turbine in first or second units of Shimal Power Plant LLC (2x400
MW).
Service areas:
Gas turbine area, steam turbine area, CO2 and water fire systems, control
room and ect.
Main responsibilities:
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• Control, monitoring and operation of gas turbine and steam turbine, ensuring
safe, efficient and continuous work of this equipments.
• Providing normal operation, start-up, shutdown of main equipments.
Performing necessary operation in case of emergency or abnormal working
conditions.
• Monitoring of events, trends and key parameters on the screens and
recording hourly readings on appropriate logs.
• Conducting main and auxiliary equipment rounds and comprehensive
inspection of the plant equipment during rounds.
• Reporting and inform the unusual events to the shift supervisor and
subordinate personnel. Recording changes in operation that can lead to
possible problems.
• Managing risks and risk assessment at work, providing safe working
environment.
• Regularly monitoring the work of subordinate staff (mechanical balance of
plant operator, fuel station operator, maintenance locksmith).
• Maintaining work area and equipment in a clean, orderly condition. Also to
demand it from subordinates this.
• To constantly organize the increase of theoretical knowledge and practical
skills of the subordinate staff.

Mechanical Balance of Plant Operator

November 2019 - November 2021 (2 years 1 month)
Baku, Baki, Azerbaijan

Job description:
Operation and control of auxiliary equipment in first and second units of Shimal
Power Plant LLC (2x400 MW).
Service areas:
Circulation water system, closed cooling water system, steam condenser
vacuum system, potable, service, make up, condensate and feed water
system, fire water system, lubrication oil system, control oil system, electrical
generator sealing oil system, instrumentation air system.
Main responsibilities:
• Technical operation and control of auxiliary equipment, ensuring economical,
safety and sustainable work of this equipment.
• Providing start-up and shutdown of auxiliary equipment and performing the
necessary operations.
• Conducting plant rounds and comprehensive inspection of the plant
equipment during rounds (in terms of vibration, noise, temperature, leaks and
ect).

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• Controlling key parameters of systems and equipment and reporting in the
mode table.
• Listing the operational log and reporting the potential risks to the shift
supervisor
• Managing risks and risk assessment at work, providing safe working
environment.
• Cleaning and maintaining industrial work area and equipment.

Instrumentation and Control Engineer

June 2019 - October 2019 (5 months)
Baku, Baki, Azerbaijan

Job description:
Instrumentation and control engineer at Azerenerjikomplektleshdirme LLC.
Service areas:
Janub Power Plant (780 MW) and Shimal Power Plant (800 MW)
Main responsibilities:
• Instrumentation mountage and maintenance of power plants.

Azerenerji OJSC
Thermal Engineering Intern
February 2018 - May 2018 (4 months)
Baku, Baki, Azerbaijan

Internship description:
Intern in thermal engineering at Baku Combined Heat and Power Plant LLC
(2×53 MW).
Internship areas:
Gas turbine and generator area, HRSG area, auxiliary equipment and
systems, network heat exchangers and pumps area, substation area, water
treatment area, fuel gas station, circulation water pumps station, control room
and etc.
Main responsibilities:
• Getting familiar with process safety and fire safety for the power plant.
• To learn the design, working principle and technical parameters of the
equipment using manual and instructions.
• Learning to manage the normal operation, start-up and shutdown cases.
• Learning to read a Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) and Process
Flow Diagram (PFD).
• Learning computer system for control, monitoring and operation.
• Preparing an intern report (on the fuel gas station).

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Education
Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry
Master's degree, Thermal power plant engineering · (September 2018 - June
2020)

Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry

Bachelor's degree, Thermal engineering · (September 2014 - June 2018)

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