Source: press-conference of COTES management in Interfax-Siberia information agency on December 7, 2011
COTES is a dynamic and creative company focused on providing efficient solutions for its Customers and its own continuous development. The company's key business is engineering in power industry. Together with its Customers COTES takes part in all engineering issues related to power facilities: from energy audits and providing recommendations for power plant operation improvement to fulfilment of comprehensive projects for green-field construction, redesign or upgrading of existing facilities.
Expected revenue of COTES group in 2011 amounts to over RUB 600 million. It is 30% higher than in the previous year.
At present, over 320 specialists work in COTES. The company grew by 25% in 2011. Almost 70% of its employees represent operating personnel. One Doctor of Science and 12 Ph.Ds work for the company.
At present, COTES operates not only in Russia but also overseas. There are large-scale projects in Kazakhstan and several projects in the Eastern Europe.
Today, COTES develops design and working documentation for the construction of the second stage of 110 MW Blagoveshchenskaya CHP plant. The Customer is RAO UES of the East. This is a first-priority project for the Amur Region due to some shortage of heating facilities which interferes with the construction of residential buildings and community infrastructure and facilities in the region. Completion of design work is scheduled for the second quarter of 2012 while construction of the unit is expected to be finished in 2014.
In 2011 COTES specialists prepared preliminary feasibility study for the construction of a 600 MW CCGT in Moscow. The project is expected to become the first large private generation facility in the Moscow region.
A number of assignments are underway now within the project of refurbishment 300 MW power unit No5 for Reftinskaya GRES branch of Enel OGK-5.
Financial feasibility analysis is being carried out for the construction of TPP for the Ozerny Mining and Processing Plant(Republic of Buryatia).
Independent construction expert examination has been completed for a number of investment projects for the facilities of the Federal Grid Company of UES of Russia (including substations Patrokl, Tynda, Zlatoust, Kalininskaya, Yamskaya). The scope of work included analysis of basic engineering, detailed design, and as-built documentation; building structures as well as substation equipment. As a result, COTES has issued an expert conclusion on concordance of actually completed work at the facilities and the design solutions.
At present, drawing towards completion is the project of investment feasibility study for the construction of three TPPs to fire alternative types of fuel for the needs of municipalities in the Arkhangelsk Region. Since many wood processing enterprises are situated in this territory, wood waste is going to be used as fuel for the TPPs so that to solve the waste utilization problem and decrease power and heat generation costs. As a result of the work of COTES specialists, recommendations for the choice of operation mode and configuration of the main equipment for the power plants will be given, basic technical solutions will be developed, as well as budget estimation of expenses for project implementation taking into consideration specific features of the construction sites.
Testing of boiler and turbine equipment for the Yeniseiskaya territorial generating company (TGK-13) shall be completed by the end of the year in the following branches: Nazarovskaya GRES, Kranoyarskaya CHP-1 and CHP-2 plants. As a result of the arrangements made, technical reports on completed tests will be prepared, while for the Kranoyarskaya CHP-1 plant rated power characteristics for the equipment will be developed.
COTES has commenced testing of turbo generator No7, development and review of rated characteristics for the Ulan-Udenskaya CHP-1 plant after refurbishment, as well as preparation of reference documentation for fuel handling.
Presently, the company is implementing a number of large projects in the Urals region. The work includes development of basic engineering and detailed design for the construction and commissioning of two 225 MW CCGTs, correction of detailed design documentation for reconstruction of 110 kV outdoor switchgear, building of an integrated automation system for heat distribution control for heat power facilities.
Starting from 2010, COTES proceeds with design work in Kazakhstan in connection with expansion and retrofit of Ekibastuzskaya GRES-2 (construction of power unit No3 of 500 MW capacity). The project is implemented under intergovernmental agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan with involvement of Russian Inter RAO and Kazakhstan Samruk-Energo state holding.
Company’s experts are implementing a work package at the largest power plant in Kazakhstan - Ekibastuzskaya GRES-1 named after Bulat Nurzhanov (4,000 MW installed electric capacity) owned by Kazakhmys Corporation: it includes development of the project for rehabilitation of power unit No2, development of the project for refurbishment of power unit No8, detailed design for transition to a single-stage system for ash precipitation from boilers of power units Nos7 and 8.
For Astana-Energia COTES’ specialists are developing the project for comprehensive upgrading of automated process control system for the 1-st stage of Astaninskaya CHP-2 plant. This power plant is designed to provide heat and electricity for consumers in the capital of Kazakhstan, as well as to supply steam for industrial companies. The main feature of the project is that its automated process control system shall be installed at a range-type power plant and ensure optimization of equipment load of the plant.
Contract for commissioning of thermal and mechanical equipment of the turbo set of power unit No5 of Karagandinskaya CHP-3 plant was signed this autumn.
The experts of the company are providing comprehensive upgrading of automated process control system for a 300 MW unit at TPP Ugljevik (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
COTES is implementing the project for thermal testing of main and auxiliary equipment of power unit No2 at a 210 MW TPP Kostolac A (Serbia). Based on the test results, technical reports and normative energy characteristics will be developed within the framework of the signed agreement.
For 2012 backlog is planned in the amount of more than RUB 700 million. It includes the projects for Ekibastuzskaya GRES-1 and GRES-2, Karagandinskaya CHP-3 plant, TPP Ugljevik, TPP Kostolac A, Blagoveshenskaya CHP plant and the project in the Urals region. The company is also going to take part in tenders and sign new contracts.
Due to continuously growing scope of work the company is going to increase its staff by 15-20 per cent next year.
Nowadays COTES makes use of the state-of-the-art soft- and hardware:
- All large projects are developed with 3-D design system based on AVEVA PDMS software package. This ensures high quality of developed documentation and saves time. In this process, all specialists operate in a unified medium: heat engineers, electric and construction engineers. In this way there are no collisions related to equipment arrangement, laying of pipelines, cables and utility systems.
- Solutions for firing system are developed with the use of a 3-D math modeling software - Fluent Ansys, Sigma Flame.
- In the course of thermal testing and examination, a mobile measurement complex is used which has been developed on the request of COTES taking into account specific character of the work fulfilled during testing and adjustment of equipment. The complex features a case with a local information automated process control system which provides high precision and measurement rate during equipment testing.
- The company has designed the software for automation of processing of thermal testing data, calculation of energy characteristics of equipment. This software is actively used in the company.
COTES designs large pulverized coal-fired steam-powered units, large CCGT units and small generation facilities based on various technologies. In each case, company’s experts do their best in order to provide the Customer with innovative solutions which ensure high adaptability to streamlined manufacture, reliability, environmental friendliness and efficiency of facilities: these are solutions for optimization of heat balance of power units, state-of-the-art gas cleaning systems (desulfurization, NOx control, efficient water treatment systems, modern insulation materials, application of cavitation coal water fuel and dry ash removal systems. Many customers pay great attention to ecological issues, ash and slag utilization, conversion of ash and slag into marketable products instead of their disposal in ash dumps causing damage to the environment. In the issues connected with dry ash removal, COTES actively cooperates with Magaldi (Italy), one of the world leaders in manufacturing dry ash handling systems.
The company closely cooperates with foreign partners in order to implement state-of-the-art ecologically friendly technologies and solutions proven at the best facilities abroad so that to use them in the projects realized by COTES. COTES works jointly with Pöyry, Foster Wheeler, Magaldi, Enel Engineria and many other companies. There are also foreign clients among its customers. Under some contracts documentation is issued in two languages (English and Russian).
The history of cooperation between COTES and international consulting and engineering company Pöyry (Finland) dates back to 2005. During this period a number of joint conceptual projects have been realized for Cherepovetskaya and Stavropolskaya GRES and several stations owned by TGK-4.
In the result of their joint work, in January of 2011 an agreement was signed between COTES and Pöyry Finland Oy concerning cooperation in the field of marketing, engineering and management of power projects. This agreement ensures such benefits as e.g. the possibility to provide the client with cutting-edge technical solutions which proved to be efficient at foreign facilities taking into consideration specific features of Russian power sector and standards; the possibility to offer the services under world-know brand name ensuring appropriate product quality guarantees; possibility of price optimization due to the use of a well-balanced team of Russian and foreign specialists.
As examples of realized joint projects of COTES and PÖYRY the following can be mentioned:
- COTES provides services of the General Designer for the project of expansion of Blagoveshenskaya CHP plant. Within this project PÖYRY provides services for the development of conceptual solutions for desulfurization. Such role distribution is explained by a vast experience of PÖYRY’s experts in designing these systems.
- Development of a draft feasibility study for a 600 MW CCGT for the Novomoskovskaya CHP plant. Proceeding from the design stage PÖYRY has acted as the main contractor. COTES was responsible for the development of the plot plan, external networks, demolition and other issues that have its own features typical for Russia.
- Within the project of Astaninskaya CHP-2 comprehensive automation, PÖYRY is the designer of the automation concept, while COTES is engaged in basic engineering and detail design documentation.
- Similar role distribution is accepted for the implementation of the construction project of two 225 MW CCGTs in the Urals region.
In 2011 the company participated in the largest power exhibitions and conferences both in Russia and abroad. Within the framework of Russia Power events the company has made its presentation at the conference. COTES’ experts have also visited Power Gen Europe conference and exhibition in Milan last summer. For the TENOR conference (Bosnia and Herzegovina) the company acted as its co-organizer.
In the coming year the company will face great challenges and goals: first of all it is completion of projects commenced in 2011; implementation of state-of-the-art technical solutions in order to improve efficiency and ecological performance of the power plants; further automation of business process within the company and further extension of its operation capabilities; continuation of close cooperation with national and foreign partners, participation in such events as Coal Gen Europe-2012 in Poland (February), TENOR-2012 in Serbia (September), traditional Russia Power-2012 in Moscow (March) where COTES will have a booth together with PÖYRY and will make a joint presentation.
Video version of the press-conference is available at http://video.sibnet.ru/video471164/.
