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When customers partner with Tyco Thermal Controls early - while projects are still in the feasibility / FEED planning phase - they get the advantage of our heat tracing system design and optimization expertise. These optimization programs integrate design techniques and proven strategies based on our extensive experience installing heat tracing systems to help our customers realize lower Total Installed Cost (TIC) and/or lower Total Operating Cost (TOC) on their projects.
By working in conjunction with the customer, Tyco Thermal Controls can provide the following benefits at the FEED stage of a project
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1. Review the project's primary Heat Management System (HMS) and related specifications (i.e., insulation, electrical, piping, etc.)
2. Formulate an outline project-specific HMS scope of work
3. Select appropriate project-specific optimization strategies
4. Develop a cost analysis showing the non-optimized design baseline
against an optimized design
5. Estimate budgetary HMS system CAPEX (capital expenditures)
and OPEX costs (operating expenditures)
6. Prepare preliminary power loading calculations and distribution scenarios
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The following illustration exemplifies how the implementation of cost reduction strategies / technologies are most beneficial to a project at the project's definition or FEED stage - prior to the normal detailed design and procurement phases. As time progresses along a project time-line, the design flexibility necessary to implement good cost reduction measures is reduced.
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Tyco Thermal Controls has been able to realize as much as a 20% reduction
in (TIC), and as much as a 30% reduction in (TOC) for heat management systems through our optimization programs.
Heat Tracing optimization strategies
With our 30 years of industry experience designing and installing heat tracing systems, Tyco Thermal Controls can provide a full suite of optimization strategies specific to your project; directly benefiting the engineering and design quality, while lowering cost and helping to reduce schedule.
The optimization strategies offered by Tyco Thermal Controls are of most value to the project when developed and implemented during the definition phase. At this point, project requirements and specifications are still being developed and decided upon, and any adjustments to those requirements and specifications can be made with little or no impact on the project execution.
Each strategy is carefully evaluated for the specific project at hand, taking into account the timing of the project, the client specifications and the project's execution philosophy. The key, always, is to enhance quality, reliability and performance while reducing the (TIC), the (TOC) or the project schedule of the Heat Management System.
A project's TIC and TOC is best affected when addressed early in the project life cycle.
Customer deliverables include a detailed and accurate:
• Budget
• HMS estimated power consumption
• Bill of materials
• Project-specific optimization strategies developed to reduce project total installed cost (TIC) and total operating cost (TOC) |
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