Safety, Efficiency, and Outage Prevention: A Case Study in Power Plant Thermography
For conscientious and proactive power station project managers across the country, and even the world, the responsibility to manage the resources and facilities entrusted to their care requires a continual evolution of the tools used. One such…
SVI BREMCO Achieves RAVS® Plus Certification: What It Means for Our Clients
At SVI BREMCO, safety isn't just a policy—it's part of our culture. That commitment was recently recognized when we earned RAVS® Plus certification through ISNetworld, a prestigious verification process that sets contractors apart in health, safety,…
Maintaining Thermal Efficiency in HRSG Units Using Flow Modifiers
SVI BREMCO was asked to assist a combined-cycle power plant with a complex engineering problem: the removal of a Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) transition duct turning vane weldment positioned immediately downstream of a 120 MW class gas…
HRSG Steam Vent Silencer – Safety Design & Inspection
When it comes to industrial processes, everything is about safety and efficiency. Steam vent silencers are designed to safely and quietly discharge high-pressure steam into the atmosphere, ensuring that industrial plants comply with noise…
Optimizing Combustion Turbine Exhaust Systems: Reducing Costs, Noise, and Maintenance Through Better Aerodynamics
Addressing the critical challenges of aerodynamic design can save costs, improve efficiency, extend system life, and enhance acoustic and thermal performance.
Heating Boiler Repair: A Critical Industry Need
While many large power and industrial plants have steam generators for electrical production and process energy needs, many other facilities, such as office buildings, college campuses, airports, etc., have one or more hot water boilers for comfort…
HRSG Tube Repair at a Northeastern Combined Cycle Power Plant
Evaporator and superheater tube repairs in heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) can be quite complicated due to the typical multi-pressure configuration. Unlike conventional coal-fired units, where the waterwall tubes form the boiler enclosure,…
HRSG Duct Burner Replacement – Project Brief
SVI BREMCO recently completed a project to replace HRSG duct burners at a combined-cycle plant. These burners are critical for increasing steam production by being installed in the HRSG ductwork. They are especially important during periods of high…
BEM Modeling in Exhaust System Design
To understand and assess dissipative and reactive silencer properties in rectangular or cylindrical exhaust ducts, SVI Dynamics, an SVI BREMCO company, uses a combination of 1-D algorithms, Boundary Element Method (BEM) modeling, and field…
Duct and Stack Upgrades at an Idaho Simple Cycle Power Plant
Over the last two decades, many coal-fired power plants have been retired for both economic and environmental reasons. Wind and solar have replaced a significant portion of this generation, but with renewable energy production subject to the…
What Is the Role of Non-Return Valves in HRSGs?
Heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) are critical in capturing and utilizing waste heat from gas turbines to generate steam, which can be used for additional power generation. This process significantly boosts the overall efficiency of power…
The Importance of Noise Modeling Software for Industrial Plants
An industrial plant's acoustical footprint can be a dynamic and complicated environment. For gas power plants, in particular, a complex list of noise sources needs to be considered. For a combined cycle power plant, there are major noise sources…