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Services and Fields of Activities:

  Thermal Power Plants
  • Aspects of fuel transportation, storage, preparation and supply
  • Combustion process, firing air supply and flue gas systems
  • Steam generation and water-steam-cycle systems
  • Steam and gas turbines
  • Boiler feed water/cooling water treatment and supply systems
  • Mass and energy balances for entire plant
  • Fly ash removal systems (e.g. electrostatic precipitator, fabric filter) and ash disposal systems
  • Flue gas desulfurisation systems including supply of additives and disposal of by-products
  • NOx abatement through primary measures (e.g. air and fuel staging, low NOx burners) or secondary measures (e.g. selective catalytic reduction)
  • Entire plant concept and layout
  • Emission measurement and monitoring systems
  • Environmental assessment of the plant
  Decentralised Energy Plants
  • Heat and power market analysis and studies
  • Energy demand and supply consulting for communities and industries
  • Energy auditing and investigation of energy conservation measures
  • Economic and financial evaluation of energy projects
  • Implementation of industrial co-generation projects (gas turbines, micro gas turbines, gas machines, diesel engines, etc.)
  • Performance of bilateral Joint
  • Implementation Projects for reduction of world-wide green house problems
  • Energy generation from industrial residues and waste
  • Municipal waste incineration facilities
  • Energy generation from biomass
  • Environmental project aspects
  Cogeneration Power Plant Certification
regarding the new Cogeneration law (April 2002) in Germany (German PDF 644 KB)
  Project Consulting
  • Support during project identification and development phase
  • Due diligence services for evaluation of new projects or existing energy plants
  • Site investigation and estimation of remaining life time and current value of existing energy plants
  • Data room investigation and review and evaluation of plant documents
  • Technical, environmental and economic comparison of possible energy supply and generation alternatives
  • Financial and economic evaluation and performance of business plans
  • Evaluation of organisational and operational project aspects
  • Personnel training aspects
  Electrical and I&C Technology
The Electrical and I&C Technology group specializes in visualization and automation of processes and controls in hydropower, thermal energy and nuclear power plants. The main functions of this group are:
  • Plant control systems and instrumentation technology
  • Control rooms
  • Plant information and operating systems
  • Auxiliary power supply systems
  • Upgrading of plant process control systems
  • Monitoring systems for thermal, nuclear and hydropower plants
  • Automation und visualisation concepts
  • Man-machine-interface
  • Environmental project aspects
Power plant control room
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