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Turbine Services

We offer specialist turbine technical services for new and existing plants. The range of expertise and experience includes steam turbines, gas turbines, hydro turbines and auxiliary systems.

  • New Build Turbine Projects
    • Specification and Tender Assessment of state-of-the-art new build Turbine Technology.
    • Supervision of project execution phase including manufacture, erection and commissioning of Turbine Technology.
  • Existing Turbine Plant - Operation & Maintenance
    • Overhaul planning and execution.
    • Development of inspection schedules.
    • Review / assessment of inspection findings.
    • Lifetime extension assessments and recommendations.
    • Management of component replacement and repair.
    • Trouble shooting specific turbine issues.
    • Risk assessment and risk management of specific technology issues.
    • Due diligence studies on existing turbine technology.

Generator Services

We offer specialist generator technical services for new and existing plants. The range of expertise and experience includes turbo-generators, hydro generators, wind turbine generators and generator auxiliary systems.

  • Advice to users on latest industry technology developments and international best practice for generator Operation and Maintenance.
  • Review safety of generator and auxiliary systems.
  • Engineering services for generator modifications including upgrade, rewind and replacement.
  • Assistance in planning and execution of plant maintenance outages and overhauls.
  • Assessment of suppliers and review of supplier's design/modifications proposals.
  • Assistance in root cause analysis of generator related issues.
  • Witnessing factory inspections, acceptance testing.
  • Recommendations for generator inspection, testing and monitoring.
  • Generator inspections and subsequent recommendations.
  • Advice to customers regarding specific generator issues such as:
    • Endwinding vibration
    • Partial Discharge
    • Shorted turns
    • Hydrogen leakage
    • Generator protection, excitation settings, etc.

Boiler Technology

We offer specialist boiler technical services for new and existing plants. The range of expertise and experience includes conventional boilers, Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs) and auxiliary systems. Technical support is provided to engineering groups, project teams and generating plants around the world.

Our staff are active within industry and provide guidance on technologies and design developments in the following areas;

  • Conventionally-fired Boilers
  • Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG's)
  • Plant Chemistry

We provide technical advice on:

  • Pressure part design and material selection.
  • Boiler and HRSG fabrication and erection surveillance
  • Pressure part in-service inspection, condition assessment and repair.
  • Emissions reduction technologies.
  • Water-steam cycle chemistry including water treatment plant and condensate polishing plant technology.
  • Overhaul planning and technical support.

We offer technical studies and due diligence reporting and have comprehensive suites of internationally recognised Codes and Standards.

Materials Integrity Services

We offer specialist materials technical services for new and existing plants. The materials integrity team provides metallurgical and engineering support and expertise to the key specialist technologies required for power plant design and operation.

Some of the key services provided by the materials integrity team include:

  • Metallurgical and engineering root cause analysis and failure investigations.
  • Component integrity assurance including defect assessment and fitness for service.
  • Remaining life assessments.
  • Risk Based Integrity Management systems for pressure equipment including Risk Based Inspection (RBI).
  • Advice on materials properties and problematic materials based on industry best practice and experience.
  • Advice on damage mechanisms and the appropriate inspection techniques and procedures.
  • Consultancy on welding and repair options.
  • On-site inspections.

Project Services

We offer comprehensive specialist project services for new and existing plants using our own Project Delivery Model (PDM) developed from our extensive experience of delivering Major Capital Projects for our sister companies and external clients world wide. The range of expertise and experience covers all of the technologies listed on our site.