Automation and Control System Experience

SDS has direct and significant application experience with current automation and control systems technologies including:

• Distributed control systems (DCS)
• Programmable logic controllers (PLC)
• Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
• Personal computer interfaces and operator stations
• Third party PC based software applications
• Programmable single loop electronic controllers
• Pneumatic and hydraulic control systems
• Host computer applications
• Microprocessor Control
• Flow computers
• Remote telemetry and communication systems
• Process data loggers
• Triple redundant control systems).

Control applications with which we have experience include:

• Continuous Process Controls
• Batch Process Control
• Compressor Surge Control
• Boiler Controls
• Diesel and Gas Engine Control
• Gas Turbine
• Steam Turbine
• Safety Shutdown Systems
• Gas Compressor Controls
• Pump control
• LACT Controls
• Energy Management System Controls

Electrical

SDS has direct and significant experience providing the following services to clients:

• Review/Audit (Review of other engineering firms’ designs)
• Conceptual Planning of Electric Power and Control Systems
• Electrical Power Plant Design
• Medium and High Voltage Transmission and Distribution
• Emergency Power Systems (Generators/UPS)
• Safety Systems
• Lighting
• Protective Relay Coordination Studies
• Fault Studies
• Load Flow Studies
• Transient Stability Analysis
• Lighting System Studies
• Inspections For Compliance:
  
  NEC – National Electrical Code
  
  MMS – Minerals Management Service
  
  IEC - international electric code
• Inspections for conformance to specifications
• Equipment Acceptance Testing. (Both shop and field testing).
• Troubleshooting (Offshore, gas, plants etc.)
• Emergency Shutdown System field testing
• Hazop Studies for different Industrial Plants.