Cogeneration, Trigeneration & Standby Power onsite power production
“AE Smith delivers turnkey cogeneration, trigeneration and standby power solutions throughout Australia� The AE Smith difference
An integrated team
AE Smith delivers turnkey cogeneration, trigeneration and standby power solutions throughout Australia. We work collaboratively with clients, consultants, developers, builders and main contractors to design and install market leading systems that meet your energy plant requirements as well as Green Star and NABERS sustainability objectives.
AE Smith has the in-house mechanical and electrical engineering expertise, operating as one team to deliver an on-site energy plant solution.
In every aspect from design through fine-tuning, to ongoing maintenance, we have ensured we can deliver a turnkey solution that works. Every AE Smith on-site energy plant project is resourced with an integrated mechanical and electrical team of experts. We have developed SEAM (System Energy Analysis & Monitoring), AE Smith’s proprietary energy control and reporting system, and we have detailed service processes following installation to ensure maximum operational efficiency.
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Traditionally, electrical and mechanical disciplines have been sourced from different contractors. Through the integration of resources with the required expertise, we ensure seamless and detailed design procedures, through to final commissioning and maintenance. With a multidisciplinary Project Manager overseeing each project team, challenges are resolved faster and communication is accelerated, ensuring the energy project remains on schedule.
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“SEAM (System Energy Analysis & Monitoring) by AE Smith is the only comprehensive Australian turnkey software package capable of autonomously monitoring on-site energy plant operations in real-time” Wholistic control system – SEAM by AE Smith
End-to-end service
We have spent five years researching and developing SEAM (System Energy Analysis & Monitoring). SEAM by AE Smith is the only comprehensive Australian turnkey software package capable of autonomously monitoring on-site energy plant operations in real time. SEAM is a market leading energy plant control system. SEAM tracks in real time: data collection, the state of the system generator, chillers, pumps, heat rejection and ventilation as well as controlling incoming supplies and generation switching modes between grid, parallel and island. Importantly, SEAM monitors load variation, an integral ongoing activity required to ensure the plant is operating efficiently. SEAM is able to find, isolate and report specific faults within the system, enabling the facility manager or service technician to resolve issues faster and get the system back online sooner. SEAM also integrates the hazardous area and operational safety requirements for gas isolation, air proving, gas detection and purging. This fully integrated system using real time data is significantly faster than any conventional BMS system and can be adapted to provide seamless transfer between different electrical supplies, such as grid return from standby power operation through to co/trigeneration mode, without any power interruptions.
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We are committed to service, working closely with all stakeholders, including consultants, developers, builders, main contractors and facility managers to meet project objectives. We take pride in our exhaustive 12 month fine-tuning process which ensures the system works efficiently once the facility is operational and occupied. AE Smith champions a proactive preventative maintenance philosophy engineered to preserve the initial capital investment in your on-site power generation system. Our practical experience maintaining existing standby, cogeneration and trigeneration systems is complemented by our extensive building services maintenance experience at critical facility sites around Australia such as the Australian Red Cross Blood Service in Melbourne. Our ongoing collective experience in maintenance continues to inform best practice design of every new project.
International supply network As an IBISWorld Australia’s Top 500 Private Company, our industry size, autonomy and experience allows us to leverage an extensive network of national and international suppliers, working to produce the exact mechanisms and parts to customise any system. Our integrated approach removes the risk associated with incompatible parts being specified by different contractors working on the same project.
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Cogeneration, Trigeneration & Standby Power onsite power production
A powerful future
AE Smith principles of design
AE Smith’s standby power, cogeneration and trigeneration systems represent safe and industry leading energy technologies with growing momentum in Australia.
Understand the facility
These cogeneration and trigeneration systems simultaneously produce electrical and thermal energy, which can be utilised locally or distributed throughout a facility or precinct. Provided that these systems are designed, installed and maintained correctly they offer a practical, competitive and more environmentally friendly way to meet energy and standby power requirements. The core benefits these systems are providing to AE Smith customers include: 1. Reduced energy costs, with higher energy efficiency than traditional energy solutions. 2. Lower greenhouse gases. These systems produce around one third of the greenhouse gas emissions of comparable energy produced in a coal fired power plant.1 3. Back-up power supply. In a blackout scenario, cogeneration and trigeneration systems are able to supply a portion of the facilities power needs, potentially safe guarding sensitive electrical equipment from power cuts. 4. Energy independence and energy security. Installing on-site power systems affords buildings a level of grid independence and can overcome inherent constraints of energy infrastructure.
Cogeneration and trigeneration systems have an optimum operational efficiency, within a certain kilowatt (kW) range, which is dependent on the size of the system. As such, it is absolutely essential to understand the future energy requirements of the facility. Through modeling and simulating various energy scenarios, we are able to correctly identify electrical demand, which in turn informs the size of the system required. As a result, energy plant solutions designed by AE Smith remain online for a greater proportion of time each day, increasing energy efficiency and CO2 reduction.
Simplicity Designing on-site power plants is a complex process, with every site facing unique challenges. At AE Smith, we ensure no unnecessary complexity is built into any system. We achieve this through our integrated team approach and specifying custom parts to remove common system failure points. SEAM (AE Smith’s proprietary energy control and reporting system) is also fully adaptable to any site or installation. SEAM has been developed to allow simple integration into an office building through to a complex facility such as a hospital.
Serviceability Every AE Smith cogeneration and trigeneration system is designed with maintenance in mind. We work closely with consultants and our inhouse maintenance technicians when locating the plant in any particular space to ensure access for service and maintenance is practical. We conduct extensive training with building managers to ensure they are confident with the system operation and SEAM. SEAM also provides facility managers with a simple interface to oversee all servicing requirements.
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Clean Energy Council of Australia, 2013. http://goo.gl/ndY3yE
AE Smith’s end-to-end process
Detail briefing We work together with the client, consultants, builders, main contractors and designers to understand the demands and constraints of any project, whether a new build, or a retrofit. Early project involvement enables the expediency of detailed system design and the consideration of prefabrication as part of the solution. Safety in design, not only for installation, but more importantly, operation, is also inherent in how AE Smith approach any project.
Design & modeling Our integrated design team detail the cogeneration or trigeneration designs in 3D CAD and then conduct scenario planning to identify specific operational requirements to ensure any hazardous risks are engineered out of the design or controlled to best practice standards. AE Smith also complete full energy modeling of the facility to ensure the electrical and thermal loads of the facility are understood in detail for both the day and the year. Through this detailed analysis, we are able to specify the correct plant size and quantify the future energy savings and CO2 reduction for NABERS or other energy ratings.
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Cogeneration, Trigeneration & Standby Power onsite power production
Sourcing
Reporting
We operate an open market procurement process to source specific and competitively priced system plant, equipment and parts. We actively engage with engine and turbine manufacturers in Europe and America to implement strategies relevant to the Australian market to expedite project completion.
Reporting on key metrics is paramount to the success of an on-site cogeneration or trigeneration system. SEAM provides a dashboard view of all key reporting measures including electricity consumption, gas consumption, chilled water consumption, heating consumption and heat rejection.
Working with our suppliers and using 3D modeling and BIM (Building Information Modelling), every single piece of the system is detailed, ready for installation, including the availability of maintenance information for use by facility managers.
Many functions usually associated with the maintenance or reporting procedures of an on-site power plant have been automated. The facility manager and AE Smith’s maintenance team have 24 hour remote access to SEAM and all service needs and actions are continually logged.
Installation Armed with a fully integrated set of working drawings and manuals, the installation team focuses on accuracy, safety and staying on project schedule. Where relevant, AE Smith prefabricate mechanical services components at our factory, increasing the speed of installation.
Commissioning Our multidisciplinary Project Manager oversees an integrated team of AE Smith electrical and mechanical engineers from project concept design through to the commissioning stage. Our one-team approach reduces the number of contractors requiring management and coordination on-site. Working against a daily, synchronised schedule, the AE Smith team is able to get the system online quickly.
Fine-tuning For the first year we monitor how the system operates on a monthly basis and review the parameters to determine optimal efficiency. This is a critical process because it is only once people occupy a facility that user behaviour and actual energy use can be analysed. With regular and open communication with the facility manager, issues are resolved with minimal impact on occupants.
Export capacity Connecting an embedded onsite power system to the electricity grid is no easy feat. AE Smith energy experts have the experience and track record you want when it comes to navigating the maze of technical and regulatory requirements utility companies erect to allow connection of cogeneration and trigeneration systems to the grid. AE Smith has successfully negotiated “Export Agreements� with different utility companies that allows our clients to export excess power back into the grid. In doing so, enjoying the financial dividend that comes from maximising the power generation output, commissioning and life cycle testing simplicity.
Project Highlights
“Powering [the new Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital*] will be a world-class central energy plant, housed in its own, five-level purpose designed structure... AE Smith was appointed by managing contractor Abigroup (now Lend Lease) to provide mechanical and energy services on the central energy plant.” Ecolibrium, Oct 2013
Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital (LCCH)
As reported in Ecolibrium, Oct 2013 by AIRAH: “The trigeneration plant in this format is the largest of its type in Australia, and will prove to be world leading.”
Brisbane The new Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital* in South Brisbane represents the largest capital investment in children’s health to have ever been made in the Sunshine State and it will all be powered by a world-class central energy plant.
It features two gas-powered 2,400kWe generators combined with hot water heat exchangers providing 5,400kW of heating hot water, and two single-stage lithium bromide absorption chillers of 1,100kWr each.
The $1.4 billion project Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital will bring together the history, skills and expertise of the staff at the Royal Children’s Hospital and Mater Children’s Hospital into one purpose-built facility.
Two selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems are also provided, featuring 15,000L of urea storage providing nitrous oxide (NOx) emission control for each generator.
Opening in 2014, the LCCH will be the major specialist children’s hospital for the state, as well as provide general health care to children in the local inner-Brisbane community. The LCCH project represents the first time a mechanical services contractor in Australia has been contracted to deliver a total turnkey trigeneration and standby power solution in the industry. Past projects required clients specified scope of works to be split between mechanical and electrical contractors when delivering a trigeneration project. Client: Queensland Health Main Contractor: Abigroup Services Consultant: Aecom & Floth
This will supply most of the LCCH’s power, and reduce its demand on the electricity supply by 60 per cent during peak consumption periods (daylight hours)... Along with housing the large trigeneration and standby power sets, the LCCH central energy plant also supplies the hospital and research facility with its chilled water and heating hotwater requirements.
LCCH Energy Plant
Although chilled water for air conditioning is supplied by absorption chillers, this is supplemented by a chilled water plant. This plant comprises one 1,100kWr low-load swing variable-speed drive (VSD) low-voltage centrifugal chiller, and five VSD low-voltage centrifugal chillers of 3,315kWr each. These are configured in an N+1 redundancy arrangement. Combined, the total chilled water capacity of the central energy plant is up to 20MWr.
Onsite Energy Plant: Trigeneration Trigeneration: 6MVA Standby Energy: 12MVA Export Capacity: 6MVA
*Lady Cilentro Children’s Hospital (LCCH) was formerly known as Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH) prior to December 2013
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Cogeneration, Trigeneration & Standby Power onsite power production
Project Highlights
King George Central Brisbane CBD In 2009, Leighton Properties, developers of the 28,000sqm King George Central commercial building project declared the ambitious target to achieve a 6 Star (As Built) Green Star rating and 5 Star NABERS rating. The objectives led Floth, the project engineering consultant, to recommend installation of a cogeneration on-site power plant. Working closely with Floth and Theiss, the primary building contractor, AE Smith delivered the entire cogeneration solution. Our integrated mechanical and electrical team collaboratively delivered the detailed design, sourcing, installation and commissioning of a gas generator, absorption chiller, emissions control, grid synchronisation controls, Building Management System (BMS) energy management system and AE Smith’s proprietary energy plant control system called “SEAM” (System Energy Analysis & Monitoring). Whilst cogeneration solutions traditionally produce electricity and heating, the warmer climate conditions of the Brisbane location reduce the need for heating and increase the requirements for cooling. This led to the inclusion of an absorption chiller to create chilled water for air conditioning.
The 1067kW capacity cogeneration plant has significantly enhanced the reduction in CO2 emissions, equating to 29kg CO2/m2/annum less than a building with a 5 Star rating. King George Central is the first building project in Australia to be publicly supported by the Heart Foundation.
SEAM, AE Smith’s proprietary control software provides King George Central’s building manager 24 hour remote access to detailed metrics on gas and electricity consumption, chilled water requirements and heat rejection. It also provides specific fault reporting and service alerts, simplifying the system maintenance process.
Client: Leighton Properties Main Contractor: Thiess Services Consultant: Floth Onsite Energy Plant: Cogeneration Export Capacity: 1.3MVA
“SEAM, AE Smith’s proprietary control software provides... specific fault reporting and service alerts, simplifying the system maintenance process”
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Cogeneration, Trigeneration & Standby Power onsite power production
“[Capstone microturbine] technology is significantly different because it has only one moving part. This makes microturbine technology very compact, very quiet, very reliable; ideal for space and noise constrained sites, such as the Richmond Recreation Centre.” Richmond Recreation Centre Melbourne The Richmond Recreation Centre is one of Melbourne’s busiest public facilities, catering to over 440,000 visitors each year. Patrons frequent the 50 metre indoor pool, toddler’s pool and spa, as well as two gymnasiums. With the centre open almost every day of the year, the demand for electricity and heating for the pools is significant. An independent energy consultant specified cogeneration to meet the energy goals of the facility. A C65 Capstone microturbine has been installed and commissioned by the AE Smith team. Compared to a traditional reciprocal engine onsite power solution, this revolutionary technology is significantly different because it has only one moving part. This makes microturbine technology very compact, very quiet, very reliable; ideal for space and noise constrained sites, such as the Richmond Recreation Centre. The Capstone microturbine will produce approximately 50% of the Centre’s base electrical load and the waste heat produced from the microturbine will supply approximately 110KW of heating hot water for the entire facility. AE Smith is authorised to service and maintain Capstone microturbines, with Capstone certified technicians located around Australia. Client: City of Yarra Services Consultant: Ecosave Efficiency Onsite Energy Plant: C65 Capstone microturbine Electrical Energy: 65KW Thermal Energy: 110KW Fuel Input: 850MJ/HR Low Pressure Natural GAS Export Capacity: 65KVA
As an authorised service agent, AE Smith can install, commission and maintain Capstone microturbines anywhere in Australia.
Project Highlights
567 Collins Street Melbourne AE Smith are the successful design and construct mechanical services contractor for this iconic premium grade office building in Melbourne. The project is also targeting a 5 Star Green Star sustainability rating and a 5 Star NABERS Energy rating. AE Smith are also providing a full turnkey solution for the cogeneration plant and the standby power plant for this project, totalling 4MVA of onsite energy production. The gas generator can operate in either standby power mode or cogeneration mode synchronised to the grid. AE Smith Service will also be providing a fully integrated maintenance service through the defects liability period, which includes the generator, heat recovery system, exhaust control system and the generator controls for standby and cogeneration. Client: Investa Main Contractor: Leighton Contractors Services Consultant: Aurecon Developer: Leighton Properties Onsite Energy Plant: Cogeneration Export Capacity: 500KVA
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HQ Development Brisbane (2011) Multi award winning twin tower development setting new standards in environmental design and construction, including 6 star Green Star and 5 star NABERS, comprising 41,200sqm of commercial office space, 2,800sqm of retail outlets, and a 2,500sqm central public plaza. The HQ cogeneration plant uses a 2-stage absorption chiller, utilising reclaimed heat from the gas engine exhaust and jacket water. The absorption chiller installed at HQ also incorporates a gas burner, which can direct fire the absorber to either run the absorber while the engine is off, or “top-up� the heat coming from the engine as required. This unit produces chilled water from the heat recovered from the engine for use on site in combination with the building’s electric chillers. AE Smith Service are also providing a fully integrated maintenance service for Cromwell, which includes the generator, absorption chiller, Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) exhaust control system and the generator controls. Client: Developer:
Leighton Contractors Leighton Properties
Onsite Energy Plant: Cogeneration Export Capacity: 1.6MVA HQ Development
We believe there is a better way… A better way, created by a passionate team dedicated to delivering you a valued solution every time. We care about people’s welfare, believe in the power of relationships and do what we say we are going to do. AE Smith delivers insightful solutions in Engineering Services across Australia including mechanical, energy, fire, hydraulics and refrigeration.
“In every aspect from design through fine-tuning, to ongoing maintenance, we have ensured AE Smith can deliver a turnkey onsite power solution that works”
AE Smith is an IBISWorld Australia’s Top 500 Private Company and the largest privately owned mechanical services contractor in Australia. We have a team of more than 750 people in 10 offices throughout Australia. Established in 1898, AE Smith remains proudly 100 per cent Australian owned and operated.
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For more information about AE Smith Energy Services please contact Mark Sanders, National Energy Services Manager on 07 3332 0333 or energyservices@aesmith.com.au.
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