In the quest to repower retired power stations, Steinmüller used Flownex to successfully solve, simulate & predict multiple power industry scenarios:
Steinmüller is an innovative engineering services provider operating in Southern Africa for over 45 years. With the global backing of the Bilfinger-Berger Group they excel at developing, implementing, optimising and maintaining industrial plants using state of the art technologies.
Fuel Oil Distribution
Steinmüller used Flownex to simulate a fuel oil distribution network. The Flownex models served as a comparison study between the current fuel distribution network and proposed changes to the network. By implementing the proposed changes and accurately simulating the proposed changes, Steinmüller was able to efficiently make design decisions and determine the possible cost implication due to the changes.
Platen Header Cracking
Platen Evaporator Header cracking in the boiler can cause unnecessary and costly down time due to maintenance of the power plant. Steinmüller used Flownex to dynamically simulate the flow and heat transfer over the platen evaporator and determine the possible reasons for header cracking.
Boiler Flow Distribution
Using Flownex the engineering team was able to do what-if studies and to make decisions such as whether to remove the evaporative platens to optimize the plant in terms of reliability, plant availability and overall plant efficiency. Flownex proved valuable in the investigation by providing the new flow distribution in the water walls and super heaters based on design changes and also the steam condition that is provided to the turbines.
Select here to link to the Case Studies