RESULTS: Novaspect saved the customer over $18 K on installation cost of wireless versus hard-wired. Trending data and alerts enable maintenance personnel to recognize problems in advance and avoid shutdowns. Operators no longer risk falling near towers during winter weather while taking manual readings. APPLICATION Power plant cooling tower motor and gearbox vibration monitoring. CUSTOMER Large midwestern coal-fueled power plant features two units with a total generation capacity of more than 1,100 megawatts. CHALLENGE Customer was experiencing high noise and variable frequency drive interference making any measurement difficult near cooling towers. In addition, no gearbox readings could be taken while.

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RESULTS: Reliability maintenance is simplified and minimized. Zero-leakage valve features eliminate damage to controls. Metal-seated ball valves are ideal in severe service applications. APPLICATION Biomass power co-generation. CUSTOMER Public energy utility providing steam to pulp paper mill and electricity to the power grid. CHALLENGE Fuel for boiler is provided by clean wood waste from sawmills, lumber & paper mills; natural gas is used for boiler start-up and auxiliary boiler. All major functions in the plant are controlled by operators with computer support to continuously monitor and report on pressures, temperatures, flow rates, etc. The attemporator controls steam temperature but the.

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RESULTS: Identify gas turbine “trip” cause to reduce OEM’s turbine hardware warranty back-charges. Realized savings of $140,000 cost per event from turbine OEM. Reduced system downtime and improved maintenance reliability APPLICATION Steam injection control valves within a combined cycle generation facility using four gas turbines in a 1-on-1 configuration with associated HRSG and steam turbines. CUSTOMER 1200 megawatt combined cycle power plant owned by a Midwest independent power producer. CHALLENGE By contract, the turbine OEM warranties turbine components in guidance to allowable unit starts and run hours. Turbine “trips” result in costly penalties toward the contracted allowable “wear and-tear” of.

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RESULTS Saved $500,000 USO by repairing-rather than replacing-control valves Provided an on-site service manager to plan and execute the project with support from local pipe-fitters Completed a major turnaround on schedule and within budget APPLICATION Control valves for gas and steam turbines at a combined-cycle plant CUSTOMER An energy-generating center in Illinois, USA CHALLENGE Construction of a power generating plant began in 2000, but halted abruptly when the previous owner went bankrupt. About 60 complete, the facility sat idle for nearly ten years-until a new owner bought it and sought support for its completion. How do you resurrect a gas-fired,.

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RESULTS: Improved valve design avoids 15-month periodic repair & replacement. Improved reliability and increased throughput. Return-On-Investment: less than 24 hours. APPLICATION Hot, low-pressure, flash drum level control in Gas-Oil Hydro Treater (GOHT) producing light cycle gas oil (LCGO) in combined duty shared with distillate hydrotreater (DHT). CUSTOMER Large refinery processor. CHALLENGE Customer was experiencing that, over time, its gas-oil hydrotreater capacity had grown to the point where two components of the high-pressure separator let-down service would occasionally be flagged as unit constraints. Refinery operations are such that the gas-oil hydrotreater and distillate hydrotreater share the duty of Light Cycle Gas.

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Improves monitoring of fluid volumes and temperature; eliminates guesswork. Approved by North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC). Reduces safety hazards to minimum; avoids manual tank gauging. Optimizes load capacity to DOT regulations. APPLICATION Crude oil custody transfer at remote well-pad. CUSTOMER Midstream oil transporters and ancillary service providers. CHALLENGE The economic impact of custody transfer in the oil and gas industry is huge. Transferred fluids are expensive, so producers, carriers and end users want to make sure that quantity and quality are measured precisely. Also, as taxes and royalties are calculated on these values, measurement accuracy and reproducibility are legal requirements..

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RESULTS: Vibration ODS analysis flags improperly installed compressor unit; avoids premature failure. Infrared analysis spots rotating machinery hot spots; indicates necessary maintenance. Machinery health manager software enables smart overview of entire asset conditions. APPLICATION Oilfield by-product gas compression and redistribution. CUSTOMER Midstream oil-gas production company with network of six gas processing plants in the Bakken region with gas gathering pipelines at well-heads, compressor stations, and redistribution pipelines. CHALLENGE Bakken oil production typically removes entrained gas which is either flared or captured. Captured gas is rich and contains significant liquids. Other challenges in the Bakken include temperature extremes from winter to.

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RESULTS: Improved controls bleed significantly less gas under steady state conditions. Increased accuracy over given control range. Safe, reliable and accurate pressure delivery under all conditions. APPLICATION Natural gas custody transfer point. CUSTOMER Natural gas transportation and storage service company including grid transportation between other interstate and intrastate pipelines. CHALLENGE This transfer station is a critical natural gas feed into a major metropolitan area, and requires safe, reliable and accurate pressure delivery to the custody transfer metering equipment. This pressure is controlled through three parallel pipe runs, each containing a six-inch (NPS 6) Fisher control valve. Each valve is controlled.

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