The strength of Premier Services lies in directing its benefits towards fleet-wide optimization considering plant/unit specific constraints. Premier Services delivers measurable and sustainable benefits, those which have a broad, positive impact across the generating fleet.
Our methodology and tools, coupled with sound engineering acumen and economic evaluation are designed to deliver significant measurable benefits. The chart below provides just a few examples of typical program results.
- Ramp rate improved by 1.5% per minute
- Heat rate reduced by 2%
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15 months |
- Decreased steam temperature variation, eliminated boiler tube leaks during peak generating season
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3 months |
- 15% decreased NOx emissions
- 18% decreased excess O2
- 20% decreased desuperheater spray flow
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8 months |
- Over 1% heat rate improvement
- 2% per minute ramp rate improvement
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12 months |
In addition to the quantifiable benefits noted in the chart above, Premier Services offers additional intangible benefits such as:
- Better governance through standardization of business processes, practices, and performance metrics
- Strategically aligned plant level systems
- Cost reductions through efficient deployment of resources in operations, maintenance, procurement and management of plant level systems
- Better leverage of existing investments in automation, people and related resources
- A results-driven tool that provides set-points against which progress and effectiveness of a given program can be measured
