TESTS OF THERMODYNAMIC

PERFORMANCE OF MACHINES
AND PLANTS

The performances of the machines and the plants primarily power output and efficiency are in fact the
ultimate goal of the technological enterprise of design, construction and delivery, as well as the financial
investment, of every project. It is therefore necessary to be able to check reliably and with precision the
compliance of the performances with the contractual requirements, in order to:
- Define and implement, in case of non compliance, the corrective actions
- Develop, once the performances have been finally assessed, the plans of industrial production
- Finally, wrap-up the supply contracts of the machine and plants, wherein the non compliance with the
contractual performance guarantee is usually subject to the payment of liquidated damages, often of huge
amount
In addition to ensure accurate and reliable measurement systems, is also important that the measurements
be carried out on a timely manner and with limited costs, so that the intervention on the plants, up and
running for industrial production, might be effective and have the lowest economical impact.

PERFORMANCE TESTS
SINT Technology provides services of measurements of the performance of machines and plants in factory
and in the field, ensuring to the client the added value of flexibility of intervention, completeness of the
service, technical competence and cost containment.
Since more than 10 years SINT Technology performs thermodynamic performance tests on machines and
plants for power generation and oil & gas industry and delivers to its client a global service complete of:
- Design of the test
- Supply of the instrumentation including installation and data acquisition system
- Qualified personnel for the management and implementation of the test

APPLICATIONS

Turbogenerators driven by gas turbines from 2 to 260 MW

Turbocompressors driven by gas turbines and by electric motor from 2 to 125 MW
Turbogenerators driver by steam turbines up to 100 MW
Turbogenerators driver by geothermal steam turbines up to 30 MW
Combined cycle power plants with gas turbine and steam turbine of medium and large
size (550 MW and above)

Services provided by SINT

Performance test procedure, including, when requested by the client, the thermodynamic
model of the machine and the plant, if not provided by the client
Support to the client in the preparation of the guarantee performance test specification for
the technical evaluation for the compliance with the contractual data: interpretation of the
contractual requirements, calculation of the measurement tolerances, applicability of the
international standards, analysis of the test specification of the plant components
supplied by third parties, such as boilers, recovery steam generators, steam condensers,
cooling towers, etc.
Design of the performance test: definition of the measurement points, selection of the
appropriate instrumentation, as a function of the accuracy degree and of the available
connecting points, design and supply of the data acquisition system and development of
the relevant software
Supply of the test instrumentation: digital wattmeters (up to 0,1 % accuracy), pressure,
temperature, flow measurement probes and systems, data logger, etc.
Management of the test with its own personnel
Analysis of the results and calculation of the performances corrected to the reference
conditions, using the thermodynamic model provided by SINT or by the manufacturers of
the machines, and comparison with the design data
Support to the client in the meeting with the final customer for the presentation and final
acceptance of the test results

PERFORMANCE TESTS IN FACTORY AND ON SITE

Test of machines on the test bench
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Design of the test and of the data acquisition system

Application Software for the data acquisition and its
correction to the reference conditions
Arrangement and performance of the test
Production of the final test report
Support to the client for the check of the results and
the implementation of the requested corrective or
development action plan

Tests of machines and plants in the field during installation and

commissioning
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Design of the test

Check of the correct operation of the station
instrumentation
Supply of test instrumentation as required, using the
station instrumentation as far as possible
Performance of the test in coordination with the
clients commissioning team
Test report and check of compliance with design data
Support to the client, in case of non compliance with
the design data, for the identification of the causes
and the corrective actions

Contractual performance tests

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Design of the test and thermodynamic model, if

requested by the client
Support to the client for the preparation of the
performance test specification, in accordance with
the contractual specification
Check of the station instrumentation
Supply and installation of precision instrumentation,
using the station instrumentation only of appropriate
precision.
Supply of the data acquisition system complete with
relevant software and hardware
Management and performance of the test
Final test report including the comparison with the
contractual guarantee data
Support to the client for the presentation of the
results to the final customer and the discussion of the
results, up to the final acceptance

TEST INSTRUMENTATION AVAILABLE IN SINT TECHNOLOGY

Instrumentation
Pressure transmitters
Differential pressure transmitters
Thermoresistances
Thermocouples
Hot wire anemometer
Fan anemometer
Gas sampling bottles
Data acquisition systems
Digital wattmeters including integration
Temperature/humidity measurement systems
Barometers
Pneumatic/hydraulic calibrator
Gas emission portable analyzer (NOX, CO, CO2, O2)

Range
0 200 bar
0 1000 mbar
0 240 C
0 500 C
20 m/sec
100 bar
20 A/600 V
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TEST

CODE

General instructions
Measurement uncertainty
Measurement of fluid flow by means of pressure differential devices

ASME PTC 1
ASME PTC 19.1
ISO 5167

Measurement of fluid flow estimation of a fluid flow-rate uncertainty

measurement

ISO 5168

Gas turbines Acceptance tests

Performance test code on gas turbines
Steam turbines
Procedures for Routine Performance test of steam turbines
Gas Turbine Heat Recovery Steam Generators
Performance Test Code on Overall Plant Performance
Turbocompressors performance test code
Compressors and exaustors,

ISO 2314
ASME PTC 22
ASME PTC 6
ASME PTC 6S
ASME PTC 4.4
ASME PTC 46
ISO 5389
ASME PTC 10

Natural gas Calculation of calorific value, density and relative

density

ISO 6976

Manual for the determination of supercompressibility factors for

natural gas

AGA NX 19

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