introduction

px’s significant experience and expertise in the full lifecycle of energy projects is available on a consultancy and support basis.   The following brief section highlights some of the experience of the px group.

construction and commissioning support

The provision of experienced commissioning support has been provided to a number of projects across the globe by the px group, including:

Construction and commissioning of LNG regasification and offloading facility (Kuwait) Operational support and technical assistance 185MW CCGT (Dominican Republic) Commissioning support and start-up of gas processing facility (Venezuela) Commissioning, operational support and technical assistance 478MW CCGT (Turkey) Commisioning operational support and to a gas processing facility (Poland) Construction, commissioning and operational support 80MW CCGT (IOM) Construction and commissioning of new fuel storage and blending facility (UK) Construction and commissioning of biodiesel facility (UK) Construction and commissioning of waste processing facility (UK) Construction and commissioning of 50MW black start gas turbine (UK) Commissioning and operational support to 790MW CCGT (UK)

px solutions

px solutions brings together expertise from various disciplines within the px group to provide high quality technical assistance in relation to the design and performance of energy assets.

In today’s environmentally conscious world, the focus of the group is primarily to achieve and maintain high operating efficiencies to deliver the business integrity and commercial advantages associated with ownership of such assets.

Our bespoke plant optimisation tools allow the operations team to understand how the plant efficiency compares against an on-line thermodynamic model, allowing the plant to optimise commercial, operational and environmental performance.   

The following are examples of energy efficiency and operational improvement projects which px has developed and implemented at sites under its management:

• Turbine rotor cooling air system modifications
• Turbine compressor rotor coating
• HRSG studies to allow sliding pressure operation
• LP steam system modifications to reduce venting
• Provision of bespoke software tools to identify efficiency shortfalls to the operations team
• Reduction of gas turbine fuel factors for operation on blended fuels
• HRSG boiler life and flexibility modifications
• Installation of a biodiesel washing and filtration system
• Creation of px datalink (bespoke website to allow client access to plant data)
• Effluent water minimisation project
• Automated reporting systems

consultancy

The px group is capable of delivering a number of consultancy based assignments and work packages.  Specific examples of the type of consulting previously undertaken by the group include:

• Strategic development of long term operating philosophies and structures
• Strategic development and negotiation of long term service agreements (LTSA)
• Strategic information technology infrastructure and software development
• Due diligence and acquisition support
• Benchmarking for operational best practice
• Incident investigation, review and reporting
• Disaster recovery and crisis management planning
• Critical evaluation of plant design for operability and points of failure
• Outage and shut-down management and support
• Development of O&M policies and procedures
• Operational support and work shadowing (knowledge transfer)

case studies

Please click on the links to find out more about px’s experience.