Marcus Caudill, Industry Expert in Plant Performance Optimization and Engineering, joins Scientech.
2012 Idaho Falls Training
PEPSE
February 13-16, 2012 (32 PDHs) September 17-20, 2012 (32 PDHs)
PMAX
August 13-16, 2012
2012 Symposium
Presentations and Papers can be downloaded here.
Scientech papers presented at the 2010 EPRI Plant Performance Enhancement Program (P2EP) are now available.
Evaluating Generation Considering All Plant Losses and Efficiencies
“The plant tripped during Hurricane Frances and PMAX helped me identify a 10 MWe loss before the plant even started up. I noticed that condenser vacuum was not following the same trend during startup using one of the displays that we developed here. Eventually we determined that the second stage of the liquid ring condenser air removal pump was not primed correctly.”
PMAX is installed on more nuclear generating stations than all other performance systems combined, PMAX is lending efficiency to over 300 fossil, nuclear, combined cycle and simple cycle units throughout the world.
Both plant operators and engineers benefit from the critical information and readily accessible tools available through the software. Key benefits derived from employing the technology include:
- Comprehensive assessment of plant performance – PMAX detects abnormalities at the system, component and instrument level.
- A flexible application, designed to be used with conventional fossil, Combine Cycle, Simple Cycle, Nuclear and Geothermal systems. Plus configurations can be customized to fit your budget and plant needs.
- Money-saving advantages - maintenance efforts and downtime are more readily managed through PMAX.
- Easy, reliable detection of instrument fault and calibration errors through Advanced Pattern Recognition (APR).
- Integrates with existing software - PMAX is easily networked for information sharing throughout the plant; links to Excel and to PEPSE models for conducting “what-if” analysis.
- System Requirements. PMAX is PC-based and runs under Windows 2000, 2003, or XP. A machine with a Pentium processor is required. For more information about PEPSE complete our Product Information Request Form.
To discover how the FAMOS suite of products can make an impact on your operations, please go to the Contact Us page.