Utilities
Expertise to match challenging demands
Valdes has established an experienced team for utility plant retrofits and upgrades. Our mix of personnel —including utilities, independent power producers, equipment manufacturers and engineering firms — allows us to approach your project with the highest degree of technical expertise and with the mindset of an owner. Valdes provides attention to detail but is also practical and cost-effective. We bring this same approach and expertise to steam production and distribution, gas storage and gate stations, renewable energy and water treatment plants.
UTILITIES PROJECT EXPERTISE
Power Generation
Types of Power Plants:
Coal Fired Power Plants
Gas Fired Power Plants (Simple and Combined Cycle)
Biomass Fired Power Plants
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle plants
Cogeneration Plants
Combined Heat & Power Plants
Reciprocating Engine Power Plants
Services Provided:
Conceptual Studies
Total Installed Cost Estimating
Detailed Design
Laser Scanning and Modeling
Equipment and Labor Specifications
Project Management
Construction Support
Start-up & Commissioning Support
Areas of Expertise:
- Design of Site Draining, Grading, Tractwork & Storm Sewers
- Site Work
- Industrial Architectural Design for Buildings
- Structural Design
- Platform Design
- Foundation Design
- Grounding Design
- High, Medium, and Low Voltage and/or Auxiliary Power Electrical Systems
- Transformers
- DC Battery Systems
- Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
- Protective Relay Upgrades
- High Energy Piping (HEP)
- Material Handling Systems
- Coal
- Coal Combustion residuals
- Limestone
- Gypsum
- Boilers (Solids and Gas Fuels)
- Pressure Parts
- Burners
- Regenerative Air Pre-Heaters
- Forced Draft, Induced Draft, Primary, Secondary Fans
- Steam Coil Air Heaters
- Feedwater Heaters
- Deaerators
- Coal Mills
- Air Quality Control Systems
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- Selective Catalytic Reducer (SCR)
- Selective Non-Catalytic Reducers (SNCR)
- Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) Systems
- Wet ScrubbersSpray Dryer Absorbers (SDA)
- Pulse Jet Fabric Filters (Baghouse)
- Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs)
- Turbines, Combustion and Steam and their Auxiliaries
- Circulating Water Systems
- Mechanical Cooling Towers
- Steam Surface Condensers
- Water / Wastewater Treatment Systems
- Fire Protection Design
- Balance of Plant (BOP) Systems
- Water / Waste Water Treatment
- Station and Instrument Air
- Pumps
- Cooling Water
- Pressure Vessels
- Storage Tanks
- Control System & Automation Upgrades
- DCS
- PLC
- PLC Migration to DCS
- Instrumentation
- Burner Management Systems
- Turbine Control Systems
Power Delivery Services
Substation Design
New and Upgrades
Services Provided
Conceptual Studies
Total Installed Cost Estimating
Detailed Design
Laser Scanning and Modeling
Equipment and Labor Specifications
Project Management
Construction Support
Start-Up & Commissioning Support
Areas of Expertise
Relay Settings
Structural Design
Single-Line Development
Rigid Bus Design
Lightning Shielding Design
Ground Grid Design (WinIGS)
Protection and Control, AC/DC
General Arrangements
Plan and Section Drawings
Control Buildings
Raceway Design, Trenches, Duct Bank, Underground Get-Aways
Wiring Design
Laser Scanning for 3D Modeling of Substations
Lighting Design
Battery Sizing Calculations/Studies
UPS Studies and Implementation
Clients
Duke Energy
Florida Power & Light
Kansas City Power & Light
NIPSCO
NRG
We Energies
Case Study
Switchgear Replacement Study and Implementation
The units and switchgear for our client’s power plant had been in service for over 60 years.
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