ELAN workshop

"Energy efficiency in the industry: complement for renewable energies"

Sebastian Falkenberg
12/11/2015

LABORELEC IN A NUTSHELL
The Research Center of ENGIE for the Electricity Value Chain
as member of the DRT family

Expert
servic
es

Provider of Expert Technical Services in electrical power technology

R&D
Power Generation
Exchange
& Storage

for ENGIE and third companies

for Power Plants, Grid Operators, Industry and End Users

Sustainable
Use

Global presence, activities in more than 60 countries

Focused on high value delivery for its customers
Based on our Expert Competences and Research, we propose high-tech services
so as to maximize the value delivered to our customers.

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WHERE OUR STRENGTH LIES IN

OUR PEOPLE
250 experts
with unique skills
in multiple domains

OUR WORLDWIDE
COVERAGE
Missions in more
than 60 countries

OUR EXPERIENCE
> 50 years
of experience
in the power business

OUR RESOURCES
State of the art laboratories,
measurement systems
and software

OUR BELONGING TO ENGIE

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BASED ON OUR EXPERT COMPETENCES

Power generation

Exchange & storage

Sustainable use

Chemistry

Processes

Materials

Electricity

Applications

Water chemistry
& Biology

Process perform.
& automation

Materials
technology

Electrical
power systems

Energy
efficiency

Nuclear chemistry

Combustion
& emissions

Destructive & non

destructive testing

Electrical equipm.
& machines

Lighting
technology

CO2 capture
& valorisation

Vibrations
& mechanics

Oil analyses

Grid automation

Smart & Digital

Remote monitoring
& diagnosis

Energy storage

Cyber security

Renewable

Not exhaustive list

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Our service offering

Sustainable use

USE OF
ENERGY

Use of Energy

Technical Consulting

Sustainable use of
energy coaching
Flexibility review for
demand side
management
Lighting audits & testing

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Root cause analysis

Corrosion protection
EMC consulting & troubleshooting
Rational use of water
Material review
Optimization chemical treatment of
demineralized, steam and cooling water
Vibration consulting
Condition assessment of critical equipment

Case study: Volvo Europa Trucks

Objective:
Volvo wanted to realise the first CO2-free automotive plant in the world.

2 plants were chosen as a pilot :

Volvo

Europa Truck in Gent as the first to realise this goal

followed

by Tve (Sweden)

Site Characteristics

Site Characteristics
Energy

needs (2004)

Electricity : ca. 23 GWh/yr

Heat : hot water : ca. 22 GWh/yr
Natural gas: incinerator: ca. 0.5 GWh / yr
No

local biomass/bio-gas production

Available

area:

for Wind Turbines

for biomass installation
(unloading station, storage, boiler, flue gas treatment, ash disposal)

Roadmap towards CO2 neutral plant

Final solution implemented

Solar Cells
-8,4 tCO2
Energy Savings
- 3.500 tCO2

-14.400
tCO2

Bio Oil
- 1.200 tCO2

AlpEnergie
-3.450 tCO2

Wood Boiler
-2.800 tCO2

Windturbines
- 3.450 tCO2

Energy Management ISO 50001

The ISO 500001 norm provides guidance to

improve the overall energy efficiency of a plant
and significantly lower energy costs

Laborelec offers

A methodology to successfully implement and

monitor the defined savings project of the energy
audit

Assistance service on translating the ISO 50001 norm

to a customers unique history, available tools,
available data and processes

Performance coaching: assistance to achieve the

highest energy efficiency possible
with the current installation
or hardware.

Back-up slides

 WE PROPOSE HIGH-TECH SERVICES

So as to maximize the value delivered to our customers

Customers
Operate

Value

Invest / build
/ retrofit

Explore
new technol.

Protect value of investment

Improve the Performance of the Assets

Services
Integrate in the context and environment

Drive Sustainable Innovation

Competences

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Our service offering

Centralized & distributed generation

OPERATE

Performance
Fleet management
Environment

Reliability
Availability
Troubleshooting

Cost reduction

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Emissions monitoring
Control loop optimization
Combustion optimization
Cycle optimization
Plant efficiency
Cooling tower efficiency
Gasturbine performance
Plant flexibility
Circ.fludized bed boilers
Biomass
Environmental footprint

Early fault detection

Root cause analyses
Integrity assessment
Condition monitoring
Reliability improvement
Cyber security
Vibration monitoring
Alarm management
Plant chemistry

Lifetime assessment
SCR & deNox
O&M optimization
Overhaul postponing
Rational water use
Chemical cost opt.

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Our service offering

Centralized & distributed generation

INVEST
BUILD
RETROFIT

Prefeasibility

Contracting

Construction

Best available technology

Fuel assessment
Solar & wind resource
assessment
Decentralized generation
grid integration
Technical due diligences
Residual lifetime

Review of specifications
Design review
Technical comparison
Review measurement
provisions
Factory audits

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Factory &
site acceptance testing
Zero references
Review inspection
Witnessing&
performance testing
Boiler cleaning
Review of preoperational proc.
Root cause analyses

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Our service offering

Power exchange & storage

BUILD
OPERATE

Investment analysis

Contracting

Best available technology

Technical due diligences
Load flow analyses
Residual lifetime

Reliability - Availability
Troubleshooting

Build

Early fault detection

Root cause analyses
Preventive & corrective repair
Transformer condition monitoring
Power quality monitoring

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Specifications review
Design review
Technical comparisons

Factory audits
Compliance
Review inspection
Witnessing
Protection and selectivity studies
Review pre-operational procedures
Root cause analyses

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Slide Michal De Koster

ENGIE
DRT (Research & Technologies Division)
LABORELEC - Research and Innovation Center in Electrical Power Technology
Rodestraat 125
1630 Linkebeek
Tl : +32 (0)2 382 02 11

info@laborelec.com
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