Support for Power Generation Utilities

TWI's power industry experts help utility companies to ensure the safe, continuous and profitable operation of all kinds of energy generation and electrical power distribution assets. With a focus on structural integrity, specialist inspection and repair procedure development, TWI can support operators of power assets in many ways, including:

• Fitness for service - Engineering Critical Analysis (ECA), Crackwise 5 software for fitness for service assessment, BS7910, API579 & R6, training in BS7910 and API579
• Development of knowledge and expertise on ageing assets, including HSE projects on management of equipment containing fluids or pressure
• Failure investigation
• Welding and repair of P91, T24 and CrMoV steels
• Weld design best practice - repair of power plant steels without post weld heat treatment, welding of austenitic stainless steels
• NDT - phased array inspection in lieu of radiography for improved accuracy of sizing of flaws
• Implementation of Risk Based Inspection (RBI) regimes
• Reliability Engineering
• Development of repair techniques for specialist applications, including strategies for limited remaining life plant and life extension
• Development of training programmes for welding and inspection
• Development of specialist inspection procedures for power plant
• Review of fabrication and inspection subcontractors
• Customised software for management of welding procedures, NDT procedures and welder qualifications
• Thermal spray technologies for biomass plant

For more information, please email contactus@twi.co.uk.