Power Plant Consulting

Consulting Services

Providing power plant consulting services – including design, analysis, startup/ commissioning and structural/safety evaluations on power plants including fossil fuel, combined cycle, hydroelectric, renewables, solar, solid waste, biomass, and nuclear.

This work includes assisting in plant outages, providing assessments, troubleshooting/repair and Fitness for Service of equipment.

Vibration Testing & Analysis
Thermal & Stress Analysis
Thermal Transient Analysis
Fatigue Analysis
Weld Engineering
Remaining Life Assessments
Creep Analysis

ASME Code Reviews
Finite Element Analysis
Safety Analysis
Code Compliance
Materials/ Metallurgical Engineering
Corrosion Investigations

Design & Analysis

Design and analysis to Codes including AWS, API and ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel (B&PV) on components as:

Pressure Vessels
Heat Exchangers
Steam Generators
Structural Supports
Environmental Equipment

Turbines/ Shafts
Pumps/ Valves
Evaporators
Condensors
Economizers

Heaters, Steam Generators
Combustors
HRSGs
Low NOx Systems
Conveyors, Ductwork

O’Donnell Consulting performed the structural integrity and remaining life assessment of the main and upstream shafts of a hydroelectric plant.

To see more of the projects we’ve worked on, see our Portfolio.

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Plant Life Extension

The power generation continually faces aging plant concerns – which may lead to safety issues, as well as costly unplanned maintenance and outages. Fitness for Service (FFS) enables operators to foresee potential issues and avoid them.

We perform API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 to determine Equipment Repair or Replace – as well as other Code evaluations to enable power plants to reach their maximum useful lives.

Finite element analysis is often used to determine failures of turbines and other plant equipment – as well as assists in developing corrective, cost-effective solutions. It assures that repairs are successful and helps to prevent problems from reoccurring.

Code Compliance
Stress corrosion cracking mitigation
Suitability for Service Evaluation of Welded Structures

See Fitness For Service.

Oil/Gas Consulting

Providing troubleshooting and failure investigations of various mechanical components and supporting equipment involved in drilling operations, such as blow off preventers, pumps, fracturing tanks, compressors, skids, and piping related issues.

In addition, we provide structural and safety evaluations to meet API, AWS and ASME Codes and OSHA requirements, as well as forensic investigations & litigation support in all areas of the drilling process, including fracturing, piping, wellhead equipment, and pipelines for production.

Examples Include:

Nozzles
Welds
Relief Valves
Supports
Lifting Devices

Pressure Vessels
Heat Exchangers
Piping
Condensors
Reactors

Solutions to challenges in reducing erosion/ corrosion in boiler pressurized tubes include implementing weld overlays in critical components and installing low NOx systems. We provide engineering assistance with these and other operational plant issues.

For over 40 years we have been responding to the needs of the power industry. See Resume Summaries of our Team. Give us a call – Let’s talk about your needs.

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Consulting Services

Design & Analysis