ELECTRIC POWER TRANSFORMERS:
Specification writing and review
Operation and Maintenance
Guidelines
Troubleshooting
Witnessing factory, commissioning and field tests
Witnessing repair in repair facilities
Review protection settings and protective schemes
Design Review
ELECTRIC POWER GENERATORS:
Specification writing and review
Operation and Maintenance
Guidelines
Troubleshooting
Witnessing factory, commissioning and field tests
Witnessing repair in repair facilities
Review protection settings and protective schemes
Inspection during overhauls
Wedge surveys
Coordinating and/or witnessing electrical tests with subcontractors
Performing standing-still and/or spinning RSO test (for detecting rotor shorted-turns)
Holding seminars on the Operation and Maintenance of Large Turbine-driven Generators at the customer premises (e.g.: in power plants). These seminars were held a number of times in generating stations prior to a major outage to educate personnel involved with the generator work).
Acting as “owner’s engineer” vis-à-vis OEM or subcontractors for design reviews of new machines or new/refurbished major components such as windings, rotors, etceteras.
PROTECTION:
Review of protective schemes for power plants and large industrial complexes
Review of protection settings and relay coordination
Setting of protection devices
Electrical Power Plant Audits:
Evaluation of adequate manning of electrical engineers, test-techs and electricians.
Evaluation of electrical shop facilities, including existing vs. required instrumentation and tooling.
Assessment of existing O&M guidelines
Assessment of electrical equipment/systems/component condition
Review of protection schemes, settings and coordination
FAILURE ANALYSIS AND EXPERT WITNESS
Inspection of failed equipment
Failure analysis and reports
Expert witness
