SERVICES

Proper construction is the first of many keys required to establishing an effective maintenance cycle and extending the longevity of installed components. ETEC can partner with you throughout the entire life cycle of electrical power equipment. From original construction, through all levels of maintenance, and removal at the end of a piece of equipment’s life. ETEC’s expertise includes, but is not limited to:

• Switchgear
• MCC equipment
• PLC and DCS systems
• Pneumatic and electrical instrumentation
• Turbine retrofit
• Fiber Optics
• Turnaround & Outages

Testing and Diagnostic Analysis

Testing during construction or installation and all scheduled maintenance is another key to ensuring the long and profitable life of an asset. Precise testing helps to ensure proper analysis which gives the equipment owner the confidence to place equipment back in service, or when needed, approve additional maintenance and/or repairs to ensure the equipment’s continued long life.

Acceptance and Maintenance Testing

Acceptance testing is vital to ensure the manufacturer warranty on your new asset is valid whether the investment is a small motor control center or multimillion dollar main power transformer. Regularly scheduled maintenance detects and tracks equipment degradation so that an action plan is in place before the issue becomes a serious problem. Expertise of ETEC’s field engineers includes, but is not limited to:

• Breakers
• MCC Equipment
• Transformers
• Instrumentation
• Instrument transformers and other sensing devices
• Protective relays
• Communication assisted protective relays schemes
• Preparing protection logic flow charts. (Most important with the
installation of IEC-61850 communication-based protection)

NERC Compliance Documentation

NERC rules are in place to help ensure the continued health of the countries’ HV and EHV power grid as the power grid grows tighter with each passing year. There is less reserve power and decreased tolerance for errors and equipment failure. NERC compliance is proved through documentation; meaning if it isn't properly documented the item was never tested. NERC compliance documentation requires all documents to be complete and consistent across a company’s electric power system. All NERC devices tested by ETEC are tested to the PRC-005-2 standard. ETEC can complete and return customer formatted documents, or ETEC can provide standard formatted documents.

Project commissioning is the process of ETEC assuring that all systems and components of a building or industrial plant are designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client. A commissioning process may be applied not only to new projects, but also to existing units and systems subject to expansion, renovation or revamping. ETEC can provide support to the following areas, in addition to others not listed:

• Instrumentation support
• Mechanical
• Controls
• Electrical
• Management and operations