RETICOM SOLUTION provides a vast range of engineering services for design and performance estimation of power plants and steam generators as well as failure diagnosis services.
RETICOM SOLUTION: Power plants and steam generators
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Measure, Monitor, Manage
2455 Wyandotte St West , Windsor, ON, Canada N9B0C1
Tel: (226) 344-7809 Fax: (519) 253-3000
www.reticom.ca mkarami@reticom.ca
POWER PLANTS AND STEAM GENERATORS
ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY SYSTEMS
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LIST OF AVAILABLE SERVICES
DESIGN & ESTIMATION OF COMBINED CYCLES
HIGH-FIDELITY HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS
CIRCULATION ANALYSIS
DUCTING
BURNER DESIGN & MODIFICATION
PUMP SIZING
GAS TURBINE PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION
FLOW ACCELERATED CORROSION (FAC)
PIPING & INSTRUMENTATION DIAGRAMS (P&IDS)
DESIGN OF NITROGEN PURGING SYSTEM
HYDRAULIC BALANCE OF FLOW IN HEADERS
CALCULATION OF INSULATIONS
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
MATERIAL & MECHANICAL STRENGTH
CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER
COMBUSTIONTECHNOLOGY
ACOUSTIC BAFFLES
ROOT-CAUSE STUDY OF PLANT FAILURES
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DESIGN & ESTIMATION OF COMBINED CYCLES
Heat balance & efficiency
Customized Arrangements
Repowering
Upgrading
Calculation of heating
surfaces
Estimation of performance
Transient behavior of
boiler
Development of
customized software
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HIGH-FIDELITY HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS
An INOVATIVE approach to implement heat exchanger
concept in CFD solver to reach the EXACT distribution of
temperature for metal and water/steam with reasonable
computational cost
Reduction of design risk
Reduction of unnecessary margins
Better estimation of metal temperature
Detecting and removing local hot-spots
Accuracy in computing thermal stresses
Useful to study heat transfer behavior of flow with high degree of non-
uniformity in velocity and temperature
Applicable to estimate the thermal performance of furnaces with
complex tube arrangement
Distribution of steam
temperature in
superheater cross-
section
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CIRCULATION ANALYSIS
CirculationAnalysis for any configuration of
evaporators
Easy to generate different configurations
Analysis of natural and forced circulation
Estimation of FAC risk in tubes and risers
Performing parameter study
Quick estimation of weight/volume/price
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CIRCULATION ANALYSIS
Customized size and configuration for different harps
and tubes
Able to calculate circulation performance for non-
constant heat-absorption of tubes
Customized design criteria are available
Header/Pipe auto-sizing
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CIRCULATION ANALYSIS
Detailed results of all branches
Finding out the critical branches
Suggestion for optimized design
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CIRCULATION ANALYSIS
Even more details!
Distribution of all parameters along a single
tube
Highlighting risky regions due to FAC
Water/steam properties at each tube cross-
section
Metal temperature at each tube cross-section
Finding hot spot regions
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DUCTING
Ducting and duct sizing
Estimation of draft loss
Burner configuration
Guide vanes and flow-correction devices (FCDs)
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BURNER DESIGN & MODIFICATION
Tailor-made design of different burners
CFD simulation of burner performance
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BURNER DESIGN & MODIFICATION
Burner configuration based on the demand of
projects
Variety of burner duty
Analysis of off-design conditions
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BURNER DESIGN & MODIFICATION
Modification of burners that suffer from hot spots
and/or reverse flames
Reducing pressure drop of burner equipment
Modification of flow-correction devices and guide
vanes
Before
Modification
After
Modification
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PUMP SIZING
Selection and sizing of different pumps used
in boilers
Customized for typical HRSG pumps:
condensate extraction pump (CEP), boiler
feed water pump (BFWP) and recirculation
pump
Able to calculate performance of any
centrifugal pump
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PUMP SIZING
Pumps with 2-level outlet pressure
Calculation of piping loss
Estimations of required and
available NPSH
Easy to work with different
engineering units
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PUMP SIZING
Analysis of pump curves
Easy to input pump curves in bitmap format
Demonstration of operating points on the
curve
Easily connect with boiler performance data
Estimation of control valve data sheet
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GAS TURBINE PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION
Performance test analysis
Development of correction curves
Exergy analysis
Efficiency estimation
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FLOW ACCELERATED CORROSION (FAC)
Investigation of FAC risk in tubes regarding
the water chemistry, temperature and flow
Calculation of fluid velocity in all branches
for all operating conditions to be sure about
meeting the criteria
Performing Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD) to find out possible regions which are
locally susceptible to FAC
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DESIGN OF NITROGEN PURGING SYSTEM
Design of N2 supply system for HRSG boilers
Required number of N2 cylinders
Line sizing and pressure drop
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HYDRAULIC BALANCE OF FLOW IN HEADERS
CFD simulation of water distribution in boiler
headers and tubes
Consideration of variable heat absorption in
different
Modification of tube arrangement to reach
required flow homogeneity
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CALCULATION OF INSULATIONS
Boiler heat loss
Required insulation thickness
Estimation of boiler outside
temperature
Calculation of convection/radiation
heat loss
Able to specify new insulation
materials
Material properties depending on
temperature
Temperature drop in pipelines
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FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
FEM analysis for pressure parts
FEM analysis for non pressure
parts
Finding out critical regions
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MATERIAL & MECHANICAL STRENGTH
Material selection for pressure parts
ASME code calculations for tubes and headers
Material selection for fins
Calculation of required thickness
Able to define new materials
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CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER
Combination of conduction/convection heat
transfer
Transient heat transfer in tubes & headers
Stress analysis of pressure parts
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COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY
Combustion performance of customized gaseous
and liquid fuels
Combustion modeling in CFD simulations
Estimation of pollutant production (e.g., NOx,
CO & SOx)
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Design of Low-NOx burners
Flame stability analysis
Design of fuel pipelines
Design of flue gas recirculation (FGR)
COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY
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ACOUSTIC BAFFLES
Calculation of Chen number
Finding out the vortex shedding frequency
Configuration of anti-acoustic baffles
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ROOT-CAUSE STUDY OF PLANT FAILURES
Diagnosis and remedies for hot spots,
FAC, coke formation, uneven flow
distribution,weakness in mechanical
strength, …
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Reticom Solutions
Measure, Monitor, Manage
2455 Wyandotte St West , Windsor, ON, Canada N9B0C1
Tel: (226) 344-7809 Fax: (519) 253-3000