Engineering Services

Energy Efficiency Studies

"We analyze consumption, optimize performance, and turn energy into sustainable efficiency"

For several years, Improving Plant Efficiency has been the goal of many projects, mainly due to the significant impact that reducing energy consumption has both economically and environmentally. To achieve this, CPC Engineering offers its clients extensive expertise in Process Control.

In any plant —whether in the Oil & Gas, Chemical, or Petrochemical sector— Compression Systems, Steam Management, and Pump Groups are the largest energy consumers. Therefore, a minor adjustment in Control Systems, a Change in Philosophy, or a small modification in the Installation can lead to major reductions in electricity consumption.

Key Features
  • Comprehensive Evaluation: Detailed diagnosis of energy consumption in critical systems such as compressors, turbines, steam systems, and pumping units.
  • Identification of Savings Opportunities: Specific proposals to reduce energy consumption without compromising process performance.
  • Implementation of Solutions: Project development to implement recommended improvements, including instrumentation and valve upgrades, control software, and control philosophy modifications.
Phases of an Energy Improvement Project

In recent years, CPC Engineering has been implementing projects to reduce energy consumption in equipment that consumes large amounts of energy within the plant.

This has resulted in significant energy savings, delivering highly attractive returns on investment for the implementation of such modifications.

Each energy efficiency project involves the following phases:

This phase involves a complete study at the process level, operating points, thermodynamic status, and control philosophy of each element within the installation.

After the energy assessment, recommendations are defined for installation components, equipment operation, and control philosophy to reduce energy consumption. Each recommendation includes a preliminary savings estimate.

Once selected, the recommendations are turned into a conceptual engineering design that defines the scope and timeline for the project.

Defines scope and performs an economic evaluation of proposed upgrades including:

  • New valves, transmitters, etc.
  • Instrumentation and control structure upgrades.
  • Control system hardware changes.
  • Control logic configuration.
  • Field supervision and startup documentation.

Includes detailed design, field installation planning, process simulator development, and functional testing with the client.

During a planned shutdown or while in operation, construction activities are executed under CPC or client supervision.

After construction, loop checks, functional testing, and commissioning are completed to enable plant startup.

CPC supports the startup of all involved systems, fine-tunes control parameters, and evaluates initial performance improvements.

CPC trains field operators, control room staff, and engineers on the new control system or modified logic, ensuring seamless transition.

Includes all documentation from audit to implementation:

  • Audit reports
  • Recommendations and conceptual design
  • FEED economic assessment
  • Detail and testing documents
  • As-built records