Some projects or assignments in the area of fire and explosion investigation, forensic investigation, design review and maintenance engineering, which we have completed, are listed below.
• Fire and explosion involving incendiary fire, chemical fire,
fire of electrical origin, etc. (investigation or expert witness):
- Power plants
- Coal handling facilities
- Boilers
- Substations
- Warehouses
- Marine vessels
- Oil rig
- Apartments
- Buildings
- Data centres
- UPS rooms
• Failure or fire investigation of power generation equipment such as:
- 137.5-MVA 11.5 kV steam turbine generator
- 30-MVA 11 kV gas turbine generator
- 21-MVA 15 kV diesel engine generator
- 48-MVA 11.5 kV gas turbine generator
- 50-MVA 11 kV gas turbine generator
- 30-MVA 11 kV gas turbine generator
- 100-MW coal-fired generator
• Failure or fire investigation of power transformers such as:
- 500-MVA 500/150/66 kV interbus transformers
- 470-MVA 500/23 kV generator step-up transformer
- 550-kV outdoor bushings of 300 MVA 525/15.75 kV transformer
- 292-MVA 150/15-kV generator step-up transformers
- 150-MVA 230/66 kV transformers
- 140-MVA generator step-up transformer
- 310-MVA 19/275 kV generator step-up transformer
- 67.5-MVA 13.8/115/6.3 kV generator step-up transformer
- 80-MVA 132/33/11 kV transformer
- 50-MVAr shunt reactor
- 10-MVA rectifier transformer
- 1-MVA 25-kV traction transformer
• Failure or fire investigation of switchgears and test equipment such as:
- 230-kV Gas Insulated Switchgears (GIS) (e.g., 230-kV busbars,
single-break and double break circuit breakers, disconnecting switch,
voltage transformer)
- 230-kV shunt reactors and test equipment.
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• Failure or fire investigation of machinery and power distribution equipment
such as:
- 66-kV switchgears
- 22-kV switchgears
- 22/0.4 kV transformers
- low-voltage switchboards and circuit breakers
- cables and accessories (e.g., terminations for stress grading)
- a.c. and d.c. motors and controllers
- bus-ducts
- distribution boards and automatic transfer switch
- wirings
- uninterruptible power supply system
- battery and charger system.
• Investigation into the cause of tripping of power system, process plants,
chillers as well as power interruption which resulted in loss of production.
• Investigation into the cause of industrial and electrical accidents which
resulted in physical injury and/or death.
• Design review of HV and LV power distribution network, starter circuits,
etc.
• Investigation into the cause of failure of printed wire assemblies.
• Failure investigation of facade light fittings.
• Failure investigation of pumps of refrigerant systems.
• Writing of technical specifications for maintenance tests of electrical
equipment.
• Risk assessment of an extra-high voltage electrical switching station.
• Fire risk assessment of a hotel.
• Expert witness for fire, fault, failure, accident and forensic engineering
work including litigation support.
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