Power Generation Services

EN Consulting, a sector of ENTRUST Solutions
Group, has extensive operations, maintenance,
OEM, and power plant design experience,
including conventional and renewable generation,
with regionally focused resources to deliver
convenient, safe, and reliable solutions. Whether
you require NERC services, turbine and generator
expertise, outage services, resources for major
projects, or design solutions for operational,
environmental, or regulatory issues, we are a
trusted provider of power generation services. Our
expert teams of testing, engineering, and design
professionals provide a comprehensive range of
services, including:
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STRATEGY & PLANNING
Our highly skilled professionals provide planning
services for new generation, capital upgrades, and
O&M projections for existing power plants. Clients
find the following services very useful:
• Strategic and planning studies
• Project feasibility
• Business model feasibility and development
• Economic decision-making analysis
• Market definition and evaluations
• Specifications for procurement of power plant
equipment
• Third-party design reviews for new or retrofit
equipment
• O&M projections and planning
POWER
GENERATION
SERVICES
CONCEPTION & DEVELOPMENT
EN Consulting has extensive experience
interfacing with hundreds of utility companies,
operators, asset managers, reliability councils, and
ISOs/RTOs. Clients depend on us to assist them
with:
• Project scope development and refinement
• Stakeholder identification and strategy
• Comprehensive economic evaluations
• Regulatory process preparation, testimony,
and support
• Site investigation and evaluations
• Technical and commercial contract
development and negotiation
• Conceptual design development
• Preliminary engineering and technical studies
DUE DILIGENCE
Our teams have the experience and proper risk
assessment tools to critically evaluate financials,
facilities, projects, and equipment. Our expertise
includes:
• Full power plant equipment health
assessments, including steam and gas
turbines, generators, HRSGs, boilers, and
BOP equipment
• Using risk assessment tools to assist clients
who are evaluating an asset prior to purchase
• Facility and equipment inspections and
evaluations
• Support of merger and acquisition activities
• Insurance and risk management evaluations
• Banker’s engineer services
EXECUTIVE & PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
We also have experience that includes managing
initiatives across multiple markets and areas within
the energy industry, including:
• Project management through complete project
lifecycle
• Risk management
• Scheduling and budgeting
• Interface management and coordination
• Engineering and technical support
• Project controls and quality assurance
• Commissioning coordination and support
• Construction observation
• Witnessing equipment tests
• Owner’s engineer services
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OUTAGE PLANNING &
EXECUTION
We know how critical it is to appropriately scope
and execute on major outages within scheduled
timeframes and budgets. We help clients with:
• Outage scope and bid development
• Outage project management
• Owner’s field engineer
• Shop surveillance during equipment repairs
• Independent engineering dispositions of
outage findings
• QA/QC overhaul services
ELECTRICAL/POWER SERVICES
• Power system/arc flash modeling and studies
• Protective relaying specification, design,
coordination, and commissioning
• Operator NEC, NFPA 71A, electrical safety,
and training
• Motor and motor protection specification,
design, commissioning, and startup support
ENGINEERING & ANALYSIS
From preparing technical data to applying
technology, our experts can provide state-of-theart engineering analysis to support root cause
analysis, equipment life assessments, operational
optimizations, and condition-based maintenance
of power plant equipment. Specific areas of focus
include:
• Finite element analysis
• Fatigue and fracture mechanics assessments
• Equipment life extensions
• Power plant flexibility optimizations–on/off and
load cycling and minimum load
• Operational troubleshooting–vibration,
performance deficiencies, and off-design
operation
• Root cause analysis of power plant equipment:
steam and gas turbines, generators, and BOP
equipment
• Metallurgical analysis
• Outage deferral assessments
• Performance optimization
• Operation and maintenance system and
procedure refinement
• Expert witness testimony
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PROCESS, MECHANICAL &
PIPING SERVICES
• Process flow diagram (PFD) and piping &
instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs)
• ASME Power Piping Code B31.1 Pipe Stress
Analysis
• Line size–pipe size and schedule, flow
velocities, and pressure drops
• Pump sizing and specification–GPM, TDH,
and HP calculations
• Heat exchanger sizing and specification–duty
and LMTD calculations
• Vessel sizing and specification–D&L, internal,
and ASME inspection work
• Control valve sizing and specification
• Development of process simulation models
(ASPEN Plus, HYSYS, etc.)
CIVIL/STRUCTURAL SERVICES
• Pipe support/rack specification, modeling, and
engineering (STAAD)
• Subsurface utility inspection/engineering
• Site survey, environmental analysis, and
permitting overview support
• H-frame specification, design/engineering, and
installation support
• Duct-bank and manhole system inspection,
specification, and engineering
• 3D scanning and modeling
NERC COMPLIANCE
SERVICES
EN Consulting has years of experience providing
NERC and regional reliability services throughout
North America for conventional and inverter-based
generation resources. Clients depend on us for:
• NERC MOD modeling standards
• NERC PRC protection and coordination
standards
• NERC/RRO VAR standards
• NERC standard related training
• NERC reliability standards (PRC, CIP, etc.),
monitoring, and documentation
INSTRUMENTATION &
CONTROLS SERVICES
• Generator excitation system specification,
commissioning, tuning, troubleshooting, and
routine maintenance
• Generator electrical test data review and
maintenance recommendations
• Generator rewind engineering support and
surveillance
• Instrumentation specification, engineering,
design, and commissioning
• DCS & PLC control system specification,
engineering and design, factory acceptance,
commissioning, and startup support for
hardware and software upgrades
• Expertise in Emerson, ABB, and GE DCS
systems
• Alarm system prioritization, philosophy, and
upgrades
• Network switch, fiber optic, ethernet, and
system upgrades
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CONTACT:
(630) 353-4000
info@entrustsol.com
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CORROSION SERVICES
• Cathodic protection system inspection,
evaluation, and engineering
• Metallurgical analysis
• Soil and water corrosion/resistivity studies,
analysis, and surveys
• Corrosion mitigation studies and reports
• AC and DC stray current mitigation evaluation
and design solutions
TECHNICAL TRAINING (CUSTOM,
PLANT-SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT
TRAINING)
• Cathodic protection system inspection,
evaluation, and engineering
• Steam and gas turbine operations, failure
modes, and maintenance
• Root cause analysis training
• Power plant outage execution
• Generator controls training for power plant
personnel
• Generator controls training for system
operators
• Generator controls training for operators
• NERC MOD & PRC training
• Excitation system training, including
equipment-specific courses