Asset & Energy Optimisation
Avantis’ long standing execution capability linked with modern and proven engineering knowledge provides a solid basis to offer plant optimisation solutions.
Our team are energy optimising experts, specialising in power island & infrastructure output efficiency, committed to the maximisation of plant potential yield through detailed engineering analysis & conditional monitoring.
Offering a complete and practical approach to efficiency.
Our solutions look at what is currently happening, apply a sound theoretical view and combine this with what is practical to enable the equipment to have a maximisation of efficiency in line with its commercial gain.
Services Performed
Electrical & Energy Audits
- Ensuring direct on line starters are replaced with soft starts
- Change out of constant drive starters with VFD
- Change out old motor design with new low energy motors
- Install power factor correction devices
- Change out on board lighting systems to LED from fluorescent
- Ensure all control systems are operational
- Measure all existing parasitic loads and review with a view to reducing these
- Switchboard surveys (thermographic imaging)
- Surveys to replace old type mechanical coil relays with modern electronic control relays
- Replace air operated mechanical actuators with power consumption electrical actuators
- Review of the HVAC and refrigeration systems to ensure smart controls and starters and motors are utilised
- Ensure compressors system is inspected and there are no air leaks present
- Ensure hydraulic system is inspected and confirm there are no leaks present and accumulators are operating so jockey pump does not start and stop continuously
Marine System Audits
- Sea water cooling systems
- Central cooling systems
- Parasitic load confirmation performance review
- Thermal surveys
- Cargo operations
Thermal Audits (Steam plant & waste heat systems)
- Chemical cleaning of boilers water side
- Mechanical cleaning of boilers fire side
- Correct setting of combustion air to ensure optimum combustion takes place
- Insulation surveys to ensure thermal insulation is in good order and heat is not being lost (thermographic imaging) or recommending higher k rating
- Cleaning of condensers to ensure condenser operates at maximum efficiency
- Ensuring steam traps are operating efficiently
- Ensuring fuel oil tank heating coils are intact and not leaking
- Minimising external steam leaks through leaking flanges and valves
- Optimisation of system operational parameters to suit actual requirements such as reducing boiler pressure.
- Advising on new retrofit options such as new control circuits on the system utilising VFD such as the FD fan and condenser cooling water pumps
- Reducing the pinch point of exhaust gasses to capture additional heat which can be turned into steam by increasing the surface area of the WHRU.
- Conversion of existing burners into more efficient Low NOX Burners working with strategic partners.
