Exergetic Systems, Inc.

Exergetic Systems, Inc. is an employee-owned engineering firm founded in 1982 and based in Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada. The company specializes in the improvement of thermal efficiency in power plants. Its services and online monitoring systems are used by power plants around the world to decrease CO2 emissions, reduce operating costs, increase generation output, and improve reliability. Exergetic Systems divides thermal performance engineering into three disciplines: testing power plants for improved heat rate, advising utilities at the system level on improved thermal performance, and installing its on-line monitoring system, the Input/Loss Method. The company has completed over three dozen major thermal performance evaluations of power plants, including testing, detailed analysis, and recommendations for heat rate improvement. These evaluations exceeded ASME Power Test Codes 4.1 and 6 procedures, with an average recoverable heat rate of 446 Btu/kWh (471 kJ/kWh). Exergetic Systems believes that viable engineering in this field cannot be supplied solely by a vendor, but rather by the vendor working with the utility. It describes viable thermal performance as a three-legged stool: one leg for monitoring and testing activities, one for analysis, and one for instrumentation. The company supplies state-of-the-art analytics through an installed monitoring system (Input/Loss Method), while the implementation of its analytics, the use of an installed monitoring system, and the maintenance of instrumentation must be owned by the power plant staff. The company maintains a library of technical papers outlining the history and development of its online monitoring system, which serves as the basis of numerous patents on thermal efficiency. It also offers video presentations on its performance monitoring system and its engineering foundation.

Exergetic Systems was founded in 1982 as an employee-owned engineering firm. From its base in Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada, the company focused on the improvement of power plant thermal efficiency. It developed a three-discipline approach to thermal performance engineering: testing power plants for improved heat rate, advising utilities at the system level, and installing its on-line monitoring system, the Input/Loss Method. Over the decades, Exergetic Systems completed more than three dozen major thermal performance evaluations of power plants, exceeding ASME Power Test Codes 4.1 and 6 procedures, with an average recoverable heat rate of 446 Btu/kWh (471 kJ/kWh). The company built a library of technical papers that outline the history and development of its online monitoring system and serve as the basis of numerous patents on thermal efficiency. As of 2023, the company continues to operate, offering testing services and online monitoring systems to power plants worldwide.

• 1982

  Exergetic Systems founded as an employee-owned engineering firm.

• Completed over three dozen major thermal performance evaluations of power plants, exceeding ASME Power Test Codes 4.1 and 6 procedures.

• Developed and patented the Input/Loss Method online monitoring system.

Specialist engineering firm providing vendor-utility collaborative solutions for thermal power plant efficiency, emissions reduction, and reliability improvement.

• Input/Loss Method online monitoring system

  An installed monitoring system that provides state-of-the-art analytics for thermal performance engineering.

• Thermal performance testing services

  Testing power plants for improved heat rate, exceeding ASME Power Test Codes 4.1 and 6 procedures.

• Heat rate improvement analysis

  Detailed analysis and recommendations for heat rate improvement, with an average recoverable heat rate of 446 Btu/kWh (471 kJ/kWh).

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