FEASIBILITY STUDIES
DanaTech performs a variety of engineering feasibility studies:
- Feasibility of building new cogeneration or independent power plants
- Analysis of technical methods to improve capacity, reliability or efficiency
- Technical review of energy processes or equipment
- Analysis of pollution reduction options
- Feasibility and self generation.
- Alternative chilled water or cooling water supply systems.
- Alternative boiler or power house fuels.
THERMODYNAMIC MODELS, FLOW MODELS, HEAT TRANSFER MODELS
Wise energy managers understand that when it comes to energy efficiency, thermodynamics is everything. Optimizing energy flows yields lowest energy costs.
DanaTech has an impressive capability in thermodymanics. With the combination of strong academic background, advanced computer tools, and over 35 years of energy plant experience, DanaTech has a powerful capability to analyze, model, and optimize energy systems.
OUR MOTTO: Prove the Thermodynamics Before You Build!!
- Thermodynamic models for power plant or cogen plant efficiency optimization
- ASME boiler efficiency calculations for solid fuels, gaseous fuels, or liquid fuels
- Development of special models for analyzing existing plant systems or analyze energy efficiency improvement schemes
TECHNICAL PROBLEM SOLVING ASSIGNMENTS
When the Central Plant in your facility is in need of modernization, or if utility costs have risen to a point that affects bottom line profits, it would be wise to take a look at how DanaTech can solve some operations problems that might be costing money or causing undue wear on your valuable equipment. DanaTech has extensive experience in these types of technical problem solving assignments:
- Localized overheating in large industrial engines
- Accelerated corrosion of boiler or refinery tubes
- Excessive fouling of economizer tube banks
- Low superheat temperatures in power boilers
- Warping or cracking of high temperature tube elements
- Persistent seal failures in feed water pumps
- Excess combustion pulsation
- Excessive generation of carbon monoxide emissions
- Excessive ammonia slip in SCR systems
- Poor SCR system performance
- Fuel gas compressor response problems
- Correcting fluid flow problems
- Expansion joint failure analysis
- Pump cavitation problems
- Water hammer and steam problems
- Low steam turbine performance
- Gas turbine failure analysis
SPECIAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
DanaTech offers special assistance in cases that require a Professional Engineer’s review of equipment, system design, equipment suitability selection, code review, or appraisals.
- Appraisal of power plant equipment
- Assist Owner to sell energy equipment
- Source used power generation equipment
- Expert witness
- Test witness
- Independent inspection
- Review designs and calculations by other engineers
- Inspect equipment for ASME code compliance
- Inspect constructed facilities for code compliance
- Hazop review
- Adequacy of operator training
- Technology reviews of world wide manufacturers
- Assess manufacturers capability
SPECIAL ENGINEERING INVESTIGATIONS
DanaTech offers special assistance in cases that require a Professional Engineer’s review of equipment, system design, equipment suitability selection, code review, or appraisals.
- Appraisal of power plant equipment
- Assist Owner to sell energy equipment
- Source used power generation equipment
- Expert witness
- Test witness
- Independent inspection
- Review designs and calculations by other engineers
- Inspect equipment for ASME code compliance
- Inspect constructed facilities for code compliance
- Hazop review
- Adequacy of operator training
- Technology reviews of world wide manufacturers
- Assess manufacturers capability
COMPLETE PLANT DESIGN
DanaTech is premier in the field of Power Plant and Cogeneration Plant Design. Using proprietary calculation and design software, we design plants for a variety of end users.
- Preliminary And Detailed Plant Design
- Gas turbine based cogeneration plants
- Boiler plants
- Boiler/steam turbine power plants
- Diesel or gas engine based cogeneration plants
- Independent power plants utilizing gas turbines or engines
- Steam systems
- Back-pressure steam turbine applications
- Chilled water or hot water systems
- Various types of heat recovery systems
- NOX reduction systems, SNCR, SCR, low NOX burners Bid
- pecifications And Equipment Purchasing
- Inspections, Test Witnessing, Accident Investigations
- Operator Training
- Construction Oversight
- Plant Start-Up, Performance Testing, and Training
- Facility Operations and Maintenance
SPECIALTY ENGINEERING TOOLS
Dana Technologies maintains state-of the art engineering tools for accurate productive analysis of engineering design and problem solving assignments. We maintain licenses for numerous commercial programs for analyzing fluid flow problems, pipe stress analysis, drawings, and electrical analysis. In addition, DanaTech’s engineers have developed numerous proprietary computer models to assist in the analysis of specialized engineering tasks.
- Proprietary Software models
- Combustion Thermochemistry For Solid Fuels
- Combustion Thermochemistry For Gas Fuels (Up To 3 Gases)
- ASME Boiler Efficiency Model For Direct Fired Boilers
- Stack Draft For Single Or Multiple Combustion Devices
- Heat Recovery Steam Generator Performance Model, One Or Two Drum
- Heat recovery with power generation
Cogeneration Model-Engines
- Cogeneration Model-Gas Turbines
- Combined Cycle, Two Drum HRSG
- Rankine Power Cycles
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
DanaTech’s extensive experience in air pollution control technologies includes:
- Control of Nitrogen Oxides on boilers
- Combustion turbines, refinery furnaces & boilers
- Oil field steam generators
- Gas & Diesel engines and industrial furnaces.
Applied technologies include:
- Combustion equipment modification of new burners
- FGR, NSCR, SCR
- Low temperature oxidation systems
- Control logic & hardware to meet plant production needs