Power Tek provides consulting services in the areas construction, startup performance testing, operations and maintenance program assessments for power generation facilities. We have experience with new and reconditioned power generation equipment. Our goal is to work with the Contractor to assure that the project is completed on schedule and to budget projections. The many facets of a power project from conceptual and design to operations must be reviewed and optimized to meet or exceed project schedules without compromising the project goals and profitability.

Served as the Project Director for the NRG Energy Somerset relocation and reinstallation of a Pratt & Whitney FT-4 Combustion Turbine from Somerset, Massachusetts to Burlington, Vermont. The project scope included the evaluation of equipment, disassembly, moving, site preparation, piling, foundations, reassembly, refurbishment, checkout, commissioning and startup and turnover of the unit to the operations group. The project was completed and operational in thirty days from start to finish.

Served as Startup Manager and Consulting Services to Duke/Fluor Daniel for the Dearborn Simple Cycle Project Phase 1. The project consisted of simple cycle GE 7 FA Combustion Turbine and auxiliary equipment. The unit was relocated from the State of Washington to the Dearborn, Michigan and reassembled. Managed the construction support and startup team for the reassembly of the unit from the equipment arrival on site through startup and testing of the unit. First fire of combustion turbine was completed within ninety days of setting the turbine on the foundation.
Provided startup support and consulting to Duke/Fluor Daniel for the Ingleside Cogeneration Project in Corpus Christi, Texas. The unit consisted of two GE Frame 7 FA Combustion Turbines and an ABB Steam Turbine. Reviewed the schedule and provided input to enhance the time required to complete the overall project.

Provided operations and maintenance consulting and evaluation of the TMPA Gibbon’s Creek Electric Generating Station with water quality and performance degradation on a 480 MW GE turbine with a Combustion Engineering boiler. In addition, provided a condition assessment of the facility as part of an effort to determine the value of the asset to the various owners.

Power Tek personnel provided Startup and Commissioning Support for the Bayswater Peaking Project in Bayswater, New York. Power Tek coordinated Pratt & Whitney, Foster Wheeler and Florida Power personnel to ensure that all unit startup documents and the startup was completed in accordance with contract requirements for the Bayswater Project.

Served as the Owner Commissioning, Performance, Operations and Maintenance Interface for the UAMPS Nebo Power Project in Payson, Utah. Power Tek worked with CH2MHill and Colorado Energy Management to coordinate the startup and performance areas of the Payson one-on-one General Electric 7EA combined cycle project. The unit was a GE 7EA Gas Turbine a Nooter Eriksen Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) and a GE Steam Turbine Generator. Power Tek provided input and support to the Operations and Maintenance Annual Budget

Power Tek also modeled and reviewed the projected unit performance models completed by CH2MHill.

Power Tek personnel provided review and comment for the Nebraska Public Power Sheldon (NPPD) Coal Fired Power Station to conduct a Burner Management Program Audit of facility conducted by Burns & McDonnell. The program was conducted to ensure that the facility met the intent of NFPA 85-2004 and the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code –Rules for Construction of Power Boilers.

Power Tek personnel provided Loss on Ignition (LOI) Study for the Nebraska Public Power Sheldon (NPPD) Coal Fired Power Station. Reviewed NPPD’s proposals for reducing LOI at the Sheldon facility and provide input to any additional items that could be included for reducing LOI for the facility.

Power Tek personnel provided a FD Fan Inlet Vane Control Drive Replacement Study for the Nebraska Public Power Sheldon (NPPD) Coal Fired Power Station. The study was commissioned to assess the compatibility and impact of the proposed new control drives on the existing control system at the Sheldon facility and provide input to any changes in tuning parameters affected by the change in the FD Fan inlet vane control drives. In addition, the study included a range of acceptable full stoke time for the drives and listed and review the feed forward gains and other tuning parameters for the replacement drives.