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Maintenance & Technical Solutions

Dry Cooling Systems

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Air Cooled Condensers

To meet different customer requirements SPIG offers
design, engineering, manufacture and installation of ACC
Dry Cooling Systems suitable for Power Plants, Waste to
Energy Plants, Chemical and Petrochemical Industry, Oil
Refineries, etc.
SPIG high efficiency design Air Cooled Condensers are
flexible and customized A-frame, V-frame or D-frame
configuration, low fan power consumption, resistant to
corrosion and freezing conditions, requiring very low
maintenance and guaranteeing long life operation and
cost effective solutions.

Air Fin Coolers

Air Fin Coolers are a cost effective solution using air to
cool process fluids, typically used in various process
industries such as Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Refineries,
Power Plants, Waste to Energy Plants, Chemical,
Petrochemical Industry, Solar etc.
SPIG qualified and experienced thermal engineers use
advanced technologies to provide the most cost-effective
designs to meet the required thermal performances and
to ensure the best efficiency in thermal and mechanical
design of pressure parts (ASME code), in steel structure
and in noise management.

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Certificates & Industry Association

SPIG considers Quality and Safety as the main drivers to
reach excellence in every project.
In 2000, SPIG certified according to ISO 9001
international standard, covering all the Company
activities from the design to installation and service.
Since 2004 all the installations, revamping, maintenance
and Global Service activities has been executed according
to safety SCC 2008 international standard.
Moreover, SPIG is a proud member of HTRI, HEI, ACC
Users Group etc.

Air Pre-Heater (APH)

APH, Air Pre-Heater, is a general term used to describe
any device designed to heat air before another process
(for example, combustion in a boiler) with the primary
objective of increasing the thermal efficiency of the
process. Steam or other source may be used as air
heating media.

Economizer (ECO)
An economizer is a mechanical device which is used as a
heat exchanger by preheating a fluid to reduce energy
consumption. In a steam boiler, it is a heat ex-changer
device that heats up fluids or recovers residual heat from
the combustion product i.e. flue gases in thermal power
plant before being released through the chimney or flue
gas treatment system.

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Ducted Bundles
Tube bundles ducted type are commonly used of heat
recuperation, HVAC, district net or flue gas heating for
treatment system or Denox.

Customer care
To meet customer requirement SPIG is committed to
being a reliable and flexible partner for plant owners and
operators.
SPIG Service solutions offers a vast array of options
ranging from basic technical assistance, field service and
support to a completelong term service agreement, as
well as installation, commissioning and start-up,
performance test and review optimization, including
upgrades and conversions.
In order to maintain plants at the highest level of
efficiency,SPIG Global Service is the best solution for
operation and maintenance staff with site training
academy and technical information.

EQUIPMENT LIFE TIME

SPIG Service
The SPIG comprehensive after-sales service portfolio
includes inspections, maintenance programs, structural
and thermal repairs, upgrades, refurbishment, addition
of new cells and spare parts supply.

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Service Engineering
P & I Diagrams & Process Schematics
System Plant Layout
Equipment specification & evaluation
Cycle optimization studies
Piping mechanical design & stress analysis
pipeline & yard piping
Foundation load design
Structural design & analysis
Plant instrumentation & control logics
Noise abatement study

Stress analysis
Ducting and piping are subject to severe operating
conditions, therefore subject to special accuracy during
the design. SPIG has gained adequate experience that
allows the management and design with the most
advanced software available in the market (SPIG,
CAESAR II licensee). SPIG has developed a dedicate
mechanical engineering department for ducting and
piping stress analysis in order to fulfil all the customer
specifications and codes.

Structural calculation
Since the last decade, SPIG has constantly studied and
developed and a new concept of the steel structure, in full
compliance with theinternational standard regulations
(ASCE, EC and any local normative).
This specific asset has been designed for highly
demanding site conditions and customers benefit.

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Service Activities
Project Management
Seasonal testing, data record, trends and
correction solutions report
Procurement, delivery and installation of original
spare parts
Heat exchangers reconditioning
Inner surface and extended surface cleaning
Maintenance program execution & check list
Vibration measurement and analysis
Field Noise testing
Checking and cleaning heat transfer surface
Checking air flow rate and fans reconditioning
Infrared camera scanning
NDT Eddy current tube test
Data gathering by customer DCS or SPIG UNICO
online monitoring system

Vibration analysis
SPIGs best practice assures the highest reliability in
design method for rotating equipments vibration analysis
and reduction. Equipments are installed and
commissioned according to the international standard
guidelines and SPIG Standard Procedures Guide. Field
service analysis and SPIGs scheduled plan inspection
guarantee outstanding efficiency and long life operation.

Noise evaluation
With over 75 years of proven experience, SPIG has
developed an in depth noise reduction expertise. Our
dedicated team of technicians is committed to study the
superior solutions aimed at noise reduction in ACC. By
using the most advanced software SPIG is able to achieve
the highest results for customers benefit, at lower cost
impact.

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Noise reduction trend

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NDT tube testing

SPIG has developed a wide knowledge to deliver cutting
edge NDT tube testing.
Eddy current testing (ECT) is commonly used to inspect
non-ferromagnetic materials; Remote Field Testing (RFT)
or Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) is used for carbon steel
and other ferromagnetic materials; ultrasound
Ultrasonic Testing of Tube may be used for accurate
thickness measurements of either non-ferromagnetic or
ferromagnetic materials.

Infrared Scanning
SPIGs infrared scanning is a preventive maintenance
solution to spot leaks in tube bundles, piping, flanges
and connections in power and Petrochemical operations.
The infrared camera can rapidly scan large areas and
pinpoint leaks in real time. It is suitable for monitoring
plants difficult to reach with contact measurement tools.
Spigs predictive maintenance (PdM) programs use
thermography to monitor the apparent temperatures of
operational equipment, using the heat values to detect
and avoid equipment loss.

CFD analysis
Computational Fluid Dynamics is a methodology that
allows engineers to predict or evaluate negative impact on
Air Coolers performance. CFD is a powerful system
enabling SPIG efficient design to assure the best
improvement solutions for outstanding plant
performance.

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UNICOTM
In order to extend Cooling Systems life time and optimize
their performance it is mandatory to constantly monitor
their conditions.
Air Cooled Heat Exchangers may face fouling of the heat
exchangers surface, leakages, corrosion due to lack of a
proper maintenance program, checking and alarms. As a
consequence Cooling Systems may then incur in failures
and unscheduled, costly shut-down affecting the plant
productivity. SPIG software, allows to monitor, collect,
analyse, and deliver critical information about customers
plants, enabling them to make better, data-driven
decisions. UNICO is suitable to monitor a large and
steadily expanding variety of industries, including power,
petrochemical, oil and gas etc.

Cleaning system
SPIG has the expertise to return the Heat Exchanger to
high performance, when efficiency is affected by any type
of dust deposits, solid particulate or corrosion.
Our trained technicians are able to provide state-of-theart Semi-automatic high pressure demi-water jet cleaning
system and infrasonic soot.

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Performance improvement
Project Management
EPC for Plant Expansion & Modifications Projects
Detailed Engineering & Procurement
Fabrication and Erection of heat exchanger , piping
& Steel Structure
Pre-Assembly and installation of non-pressure
parts (fans, stack, duct & structure)
Pre-Assembly and installation of pressure parts
(heat exchanger, vessel, duct & structure)
Fabrication, pre-assembly, installation, testing &
commissioning of new equipment
Equipment Installation, Pre-commissioning &
commissioning
De-commissioning, preservation and reconditioning
of existing equipment
Cycle optimization study and sensitive analysis

Performance improvement Overview

New
boundary
restriction

Obsolete
system

Process
efficiency
reduction

Others plants
detrimental

Upgrades
Existing
footprint
system
Increase
fans
efficiency

Provide
new
improved
fans group

Plant
extension

Bundles
riconditioning

Heat
transfer
surface
cleaning

Fogging or spry
humidification
air intake

New
bundles
as
existing

New
improved
technology
heat
exchanger

New bundles
technology

Increase
cells
number

hybrid
system
(HCS)

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EXISTING FOOTPRINT

Fans group
Blade angle pitch optimization and speed rotation
Change blade material with higher efficiency profile
Provide better low resistance fans ring and guard
Automatic grease bearing system installation
Provide long life axial shaft
Improve rotating speed for maximum air flow rate
purpose
Sealing system improved for air leakage removal

Tube bundles
Provide new tube bundles
Increase performance with better fin tube type
technology and material
Complete bundles reconditioning and revamping
New process obtimization of product passes vs
product pressure drop
Provide better piping/ducting routing for pressure
drop reduction

Typical performance improvement with SRC tube

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Extra cooling system and winterization

Proactive Fogging or Humidification system
Chillers system and water assistance
Anti freezing with ACC Full dephlagmator system
Anti freezing with roof or cell sectioning and
louvers natural draft control

Proactive fogging system upgrade

Auxiliary systems
Vacuum system riconditioning and capacity
enangment (SJE, LRVP and Hybrid system)
Drain and Condensate extraction pump system
Instrumentation review and new proved derivative
logic
Control logic optimization for start-up, operation
and shut down
Cycle optimization and energy recovery (preheater,
flue gas heat recover, condensate subcooling
reduction etc.)

Old vacuum system

New vacuum system

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PLANT EXTENSION
Cooling system upgrade, by adding additional
exchanger modulessimilar to the existing or an
improved type technology

Hybrid Cooling Solution (SPIG HCS system),

using both air and water in order to mitigate the
reduction of production during hot periods. This
option can be used in sites where some water is
present for supplemental cooling, though not
enough for a fully wet-cooled system.

Global Service
SPIG has earned a strong worldwide reputation as a
reliable and top quality service provider, guaranteeing
and enhancing the thermal performance of the plant
according to customers requirements.
The SPIG team of after sales engineers and technicians
are fully dedicated to Maintenance Activities that
guarantee long service life of the plant.
SPIG offers a planned Global Service activity on a multiyear basis which is most suitable for plants operating
since a long time in critical conditions where the client
aims to avoid costly shutdowns and repairs.SPIG Global
Service activities range from but are not limited to
UNICO Unique Online Continuous Monitoring
Field and Online Technical Assistance
Seasonal tests
Design review
Reporting Activity & improving solutions
Enhancement of plant reliability and consultant

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Global Reach

Headquarters
Piazza San Graziano 31, 28041 Arona (NO)
ITALY
Ph. +39 0322 245401 - Fax +39 0322 245499
E-mail: info@spig-int.com
BranchOffices
USA
SPIG USA INC.
9988 Hibert Street, Suite 102
San Diego, CA 92131
Ph. +1 877 955 7744
Fax +1 858 260 2104

RUSSIA
SPIG VOSTOK
BolshayaPochtovaya 26V, Build 2, office 400
107076 Moscow
Ph. +7 495 545-43-76
Fax +7 495 545-43-76

BRAZIL
SPIG-TORRES DE RESFRIAMENTO
Rodovia Alkindar Monteiro Junqueira S/N Km 5,5
SP63 Bairro: Ponte Nova
Itatiba SP Cep:13252-810(S.P.) Brazil
Ph. +55 11 4594 9988
Fax +55 11 4594 9988

GERMANY
SPIG KHLTURMTECHNOLOGIEN GmbH
ImLipperfeld 25
D-46047 Oberhausen
Ph. +49 (0)208 94 1884-0
Fax +49 (0)208 94 1884-10

TURKEY
SPIG SOGUTMA SISTEMLERI TIC.LTD.STI.
Sair Esref Bulv. No : 22/812
35230 Izmir
Ph. +90 232 441 08 46/47
Fax +90 232 48 373 20

U.A.E. SPIG MIDDLE EAST

Lob 7 - Office No: 7F09 - Opp. Post Office
Jebel Ali Free Zone
Dubai - U.A.E.
Ph. +971 4881 7202
Fax +971 4881 7223

INDIA
SPIG COOLING TOWERS INDIA PVT. LTD.
608, Palmspring
Link Road, Malad (W)
Mumbai 400064
Ph. +91 (22) 40 890 500
Fax +91 (22) 40 890 599

CHINA
SPIG SHANXI COOLING SYSTEMS Co. Ltd
Dongcun Industrial Park
Dingxiang, Xinzhou Shanxi
Shanxi
Ph. +86 35 03 323 223
Fax + 86 35 03 323 208

KOREA
SPIG SEOUL
702, 7th Floor
Kangnam-officetel, 40
Seocho-Daero, 73-Gil, Seocho-gu
Seoul, 137-857, Korea
Ph. +82 1032486489

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