Performance Enhancement
General Information
- Description
- Benefits
In a performance-based market structure, when plants are managed as profit centers, it is necessary to strategically improve efficiency, optimize capacity, minimize costs and maintain high reliability in order to be competitive - especially when it comes to aging plants. Therefore, Siemens Energy Service has developed an array of Performance Enhancement solutions that can help you make your generating assets more profitable.
Whether you change components or adapt the complete plant to a new design, we deliver state-of-the-art technology and control concepts to help you achieve greater efficiency and reliability. We offer you the proven performance of a global technology leader and service provider.
Satisfied customers all over the world can confirm the effectiveness of our Performance Enhancement solutions in terms of business success and environmental impact.
Your benefits may include:
- Improved performance in terms of availability, reliability, power, efficiency and flexibility
- Reduced maintenance costs by extended maintenance intervals and shorter outages
- Lifetime extension of components
- Reduced emissions.
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Compressor
- Description
- Value Add Packages
Changed process requirements, operation at conditions which deviate from original design data, efficiency degradation caused by ageing and operational influences as well as environmental requirements could be reasons for the necessity of modernizing your compressor units.
By modernizing your rotating equipment such as compressors and drives, you can increase cost efficiency and operational performance of your plant, extend lifetime, improve reliability and availability. Furthermore, you can extend service life expectancy. Siemens Energy Service can help you take this next step by offering proven Performance Enhancement Programs whether your power generation equipment is part of the Siemens family or manufactured by other OEMs.
Our team of compressor modernization specialists can identify, design and recommend the best solution to meet your plant’s overall strategic and operational needs. Siemens service workshops are well equipped to manufacture and repair components, supplying skilled and experienced staff for installation of the various products in the field, as well as on-site component repair – always using latest Siemens technology.
The comprehensive compressor Performance Enhancement Programs include Value Add Packages to support:
Life cycle cost reduction:
- efficiency improvement
- condition based maintenance
- reduced downtime
- repair technology
Capacity improvement:
- increase throughput
- decrease throughput
- debottlenecking
Changed operating duties:
- increased head
- changes in inlet conditions
- changes in MW
Reliability improvement:
- upgraded components
- upgraded materials
- remote monitoring
- upgraded control system
- advanced diagnostics
Environmental regulations compliance:
- efficiency improvements (reduce CO2)
- reduced flaring
- reduced leakage of process gas to atmosphere