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Gas turbine safety services for the power industry
PANTAC System Control has recently completed combustion risk assessments (HAZOP, SIL assignment and SIL verification) for a number key accounts including:
- SnowyHydro – Laverton, Colongra and Valley Power Stations
- AlintaEnergy – Newman and Bairnsdale Power Stations
- EnergyAustralia – Hallett Power Station
- Monadelphous – Tronox Power Plant
Type B gas safety services for GE now Baker Hughes
Gas compliance work completed for multiple GE controls upgrade.
PANTAC System Control provides GE Baker Hughes Type B gas safety services for gas turbine control upgrades (Mark IV, V to VIe + VIeS) including:
- Risk assessment (HAZOP, LOPA, SIL assignment, SIL verification)
- AS3184 compliance audits and gas submissions.
Current projects include:
- Newman Power Station (3 x Frame 6) and Bairnsdale Power Station (2 x LM6000).
Gas turbine combustion monitoring
Modern gas turbines curb emissions of harmful, ozone-forming greenhouse gases and NOx through advanced combustor designs, a by-product of which involves combustion-driven pressure, heat release and flow rate oscillation which can damage the turbine package, adversely affecting performance. Our unique turnkey system aids active protection, alerting control systems to the signs of instability through variation in pressure amplitude and discrete frequencies observed within designated frequency range bands.
Combustion monitoring enables continuous output to control systems enabling engineers to determine the cause of instability or high emissions and undertake remedial action such as adjusting gas and air mixes and combustion sequencing.
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Gas turbine instrumentation and control handbook.
Pantac System Control releases a new gas turbine instrumentation and control training course. The course title will be ‘The What, Where, Why, How and When of gas turbine instrumentation and control.
Gas Turbines Conference, 25-26 November 2015
Pantac System Control continues to support the gas turbine conference with papers and this year’s topic is:
Gas turbine dynamic combustion monitoring using piezoelectric pressure sensors
- Overview of a combustion monitoring system and sensors
- Benefits of dynamic combustion monitoring and control
- What is combustion instability?
- Consequences of combustion instability
Presenter:
Reinier Van Dyk, Director – Turbomachinery Safety & Control
Pantac System Control awarded the Australian Vibro-Meter ® distribution rights
The new partnership enhances Pantac Control’s current protection and control system solutions with the ability to also provide vibration and condition monitoring solutions.
Pantac System Control can now provide turnkey solutions for all of your rotating machinery instrumentation requirements.
Meggitt manufactures sensors and solutions for leading gas and steam turbine manufacturers such as Alstom, GE, GEC, Siemens and Rolls Royce. Vibro-Meter’s product range is designed for gas and steam turbine protection and condition monitoring.
Acid Plant integrated turbo-compressor controls upgrade
Pantac System Control successfully replaces 1 year old Compressor Control system at the Moranbah Ammonia Nitrate plant. The control system upgrade addressed significant process stability issues as well as improving plant reliability by an order of magnitude.
Project scope included:
- Triple redundant SIL 2 control solutions
- Steam turbine power recovery train governor control
- Steam turbine and power recovery train overspeed protection
- Acid plant compressor process control
- Acid plant compressor anti-surge control.
- High speed data logging and DCS interface
- Local Man machine interface
A very critical project successfully commissioned with textbook delivery. The overall schedule was extremely challenging with less than 8 weeks from time of order to completion of commissioning.Gas Turbine Instrumentation & Control training course
Pantac System Control publishes the Gas Turbine Instrumentation & Control (GTIC) course with great success. Course successfully delivered in Queensland, New Caledonia and Victoria.
Student feedback is extremely positive.
TÜV Rheinland – Functional Safety Program
TÜV Rheinland approves Pantac Control as training provider for the Functional Safety Engineer certificate – Safety Instrumented Systems.
TÜV Rheinland – Functional Safety Program will be taught by Pantac System Control’s technical director, Paul van Dyk – Functional Safety Expert (TÜV Rheinland #215/13).
PanSIL Gas safety audit services
Pantac System Control established PanSIL safety management services and software solutions for Safety Instrumented Systems and EnergySafe Type B classified gas fired appliances.
PanSIL is open source MS Access database solution that provides traceability throughout the complete Safety Instrumented System lifecycle.
PanSIL site services range from inspection and audits through to complete functional safety proof testing.
Valley Power Station
Pantac System Control successfully commissions and completes regulatory approvals for 6 sets of Pratt & Whitney twin pack turbo generators for Invensys Operation Management / Snowy Hydro Ltd. A project that achieved significant improvements in reliability, operability and diagnostic capabilities.
All 6 sets of controls upgrades were completed in two and half years.
High Gain Hydraulic Servo controls
Pantac System Control commissions high gain dual redundant digital servo control solutions at Jeeralang Power Station (GE Frame 9) and Roma Power Stations (GE Frame 6). Pantac Control’s solution is ideal for GE Frame machines that require high speed hydraulic controls that are independently monitored by SIL 3 Safety systems. Proof of position is a critical interlock for machine safety, i.e:
- Leak testing
- Start position
- Maximum ignition rate (start gas flow rate)
- Acceleration.
Battery Monitoring Solutions
Commencing 2012 Pantac Control will distribute Battery Moniting Equipment in Australia.
Continuously monitor the health of critical DC battery back up systems.
Product range includes:
- Battery Testers
- Digital Hydrometers
- Battery Monitoring Systems
- AC & DC Load Banks
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