Instrumentation

  • Assessed the commercial potential of an artificial intelligence-based fuel optimization software package for fossil-fired electric power plants
  • Conducted a technological assessment of portable residential meter reading technology and performed a comparative analysis of relevant technologies
  • Analyzed the market potential, determined the commercial opportunity and a developed market entrance strategy for a software-based predictive maintenance system designed to continually monitor/diagnose large turbine-generator condition, reduce deratings/forced outages and avert catastrophic failures
  • Evaluated the commercial opportunity for an efficiency optimization system for hydro-electric power plants that utilizes on-line flow measurement and artificial intelligence to improve generation efficiency
  • Determined the market viability for a proposed improved natural gas BTU meter; assessed market demand for new device and analyzed existing and future competitive technologies; interviewed utility’s industrial customers and natural gas transmission and distribution companies to ascertain level of interest in new product
  • Identified the commercial opportunity for a technology used to monitor stress corrosion cracking in nuclear power plants
  • Formulated the market opportunity and developed a commercialization strategy for state-of-the-art steam turbine control retrofits; analyzed competitive steam turbine control offerings and distributed plant control systems
  • Evaluated load monitoring and meter reading technologies for major investor-owned utility seeking to configure new value-added energy and information services
  • Managed and coordinated the evaluation of market opportunity for a stress corrosion crack (SCC) monitor in the petroleum, chemical processes, and paper industries
  • Completed a market potential assessment for commercialization of lightning detection network; assessed market size, competition, customer need and buyer behavior in nine market segments
  • Performed an in-depth market analysis for a device being developed to accurately monitor the energy consumption of utility customers; identified end-user requirements, competition, regulatory policies affecting the market and analyzed market potential
  • Created a commercialization strategy for generator expert monitoring software; analyzed status of predictive maintenance practices at electric utilities, independent power producers, and industrial power plants; analyzed competing technologies and identified preferred commercialization partner

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