Plant Applications: Software simplifies design of natural gas plant

June 30, 2010

Situation

The Greenfield South Power Plant, being developed in Mississauga, Ont., Canada, by Eastern Power Ltd., will supply power to greater Toronto. The 280-MW facility is a combined natural gas plant that nets extra efficiency by using a steam turbine to convert waste heat from combustion into additional energy.

Orlando Linero, plant designer for Eastern Power Ltd., commented, “We had to find a better way to develop every facet of the plant, from the structural steel to the piping systems to the turbines. We needed faster and better 3-D tools for creating, simulating, and communicating our designs.”

Resolution

The developer evaluated several design software packages and selected SolidWorks® from Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp.

“We can see, analyze, and document every design detail right in the 3-D model and easily coordinate design activities for a complex project without translating data to other tools,” said Linero. He estimates that the developer has compressed design cycles by 50 percent and cut development costs by 60 percent.

Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp., 300 Baker Ave., Concord, MA 01742, 800-693-9000, www.solidworks.com