Premier Services 
Typical Results 

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.

 ACTUAL RESULTS
 UNIT/IMPROVEMENT

 PAYBACK
 PERIOD

 800 MW Oil and Gas-Fired Steam Unit
  • Ramp rate improved by 1.5% per minute
  • Heat rate reduced by 2%

 15 months

 500 MW Coal-Fired Steam Plant
  • Decreased steam temperature variation, eliminated boiler tube leaks during peak generating season

3 months

 4 X 70 MW Coal-Fired Combined Heating & Power Unit
  • 15% decreased NOx emissions
  • 18% decreased excess O2
  • 20% decreased desuperheater spray flow

 8 months

 475 MW Coal-Fired Steam Unit
  • Over 1% heat rate improvement
  • 2% per minute ramp rate improvement

12 months

 900 MW Coal-Fired Unit
  • Maintenance costs reduced

 6 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