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High Desert Power
Industry Type: Power 
Project Description: High Desert Power Plant
Disciplines Involved: Engineering and Design
ProU Employees project managed and designed the 750 MW High Desert power project water treatment plant in Victorville, California. The High Desert project water treatment plant consists of multi-stage filtration and a Zero Liquid Discharge facility. The project achieved commercial operation May 2003, ahead of schedule and under budget. This project was awarded the “2003 Plant of the Year” by Power Magazine.
Key Project Responsibilities and Skills
- Project Management
- Conceptual Design
- Project Startup
Electric Transmission
Industry Type: Power 
Project Description: Electric Transmission
Disciplines Involved: Engineering and Design
This project consisted of the upgrade and installation of high voltage electric transmission sub-stations. As the owner's Project Manager, ProU managed the engineering, design, procurement, and demolition / construction of 69KV to 230 KV transformers, voltage regulators, reactors, breakers and Power Factor Correction for eighteen substations across a service area. The capital value of the projects varied from $500,000 to over $20MM each. Engineering design included Breaker and a Half (BAAH) or Ring Bus schemes for optimal performance, site grading, direct swap-out from old to new, replacement with current technology, equipment, transmission line adjustments, SCADA systems and security.
Key Project Responsibilities and Skills
- Project Management
- Procurement
- Demolition and Construction Management
Magnolia Power Project
Industry Type: Power 
Project Description: 250 MW Magnolia Project, Burbank, California
Disciplines Involved: Owner’s Engineering
The Magnolia project is designed to generate 250 MW consisting of one GE 7FA, one Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG), and one steam turbine generator (STG). Various ProU Pasadena employees supported the project during conceptual design and CEC permitting. They supported the project administration, provided technical support, and one employee was the CEC Resident Engineer and assistant construction manager for the Magnolia Project for SCPPA. This project was awarded the “2005 Plant of the Year” by Power Magazine.
Key Project Responsibilities and Skills
- Engineering
- Design
- Permitting Assistance
- Construction Management
Simple Cycle Lake One
Industry Type: Gas- Fired Power 
Project Description: 47 MW Simple Cycle Lake One Project
Disciplines Involved: Owner’s Engineering, Electrical Engineering
This project consisted of one GE LM6000 Sprint gas turbine generator equipped with SCR to meet the 5ppm NOx requirements by South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). Various ProU Pasadena employees provided owner’s engineering services including conceptual design, and preliminary engineering in support of major equipment procurement activities and EPC contracting. ProU also provided owner’s engineering services including project management, construction management assistance, engineering, and electrical design services.
The project was completed within five months on schedule and under budget. Subsequent to this project, ProU personnel worked on additional plans as owner’s engineer and also performed a safety analysis.
Key Project Responsibilities and Skills
- Conceptual Design
- Project Management
- Construction Management
- Electrical Design Services
Repowering Power Plant
Industry Type: Gas-Fired Power
Project Description: Repowering a Power Plant
Disciplines Involved: Owner’s Engineering
ProU Pasadena employees managed the feasibility study as owner’s engineer to evaluate the repowering of the existing three steam turbine generators (STG) with a new combined cycle power generation using either GE LM6000 or GE 7FA gas turbine generators and a simple cycle GE LM6000 peaking unit. The study addressed the technical impacts and economic trade-off of capital costs versus operating costs for the use of the evaporative cooler versus chiller for cooling the inlet air to the combustor, technical feasibility of firing landfill gas in the HRSG duct burners, and alternative site locations.
Key Project Responsibilities and Skills
- Feasibility Study
Natural Gas Pipeline
Industry Type: Power
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Processes Unlimited International (ProU) is supporting a major natural gas utility in California. ProU has performed evaluations of natural gas (NG) compressor stations for upgrades including economic analysis and design of gas compressor stations utilized in placing NG in underground storage caverns or strata, design of gas compressor station in the conveyance of NG from backbone pipelines to distribution feeder mains and performed studies leading to designs and upgrades of various compressor stations and Pressure Limiting Stations (PLS).
Key Project Responsibilities and Skills
· Economic Analysis
· Compressor Station Design
· Development of Quality Assurance Procedures
Cathodic Protection
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Project Description: Cathodic Protection
Over the last few years ProU has assisted underground pipeline owners with their Cathodic Protection (CP) systems, specifically for natural gas (NG) lines throughout the state of California. ProU has performed evaluation of casing pipe with NG pipelines within the casing pipe, performed Electrolysis Test Station (ETS) verifications on casing pipe, and managed the installation and addition of over 850 web based Remote Monitoring devices for real-time data collection of impressed currents and viability of the CP anode beds. Additionally, ProU has designed aesthetically pleasing pedestals for rectifiers and remote monitors and obtained the required permits from local government agencies for installation in highly visible public locations.
Key Project Responsibilities and Skills
· Piping Evaluations
· Electrolysis Test Station Verifications
· Project Management and Installation