CSI Technologies offers technical consulting and software development services to operators of electrical generating stations and other process plants.  We are a multi-specialty firm, combining expertise in mechanical system degradation, engineering analysis, and information engineering to assist our clients in effectively managing their physical assets.

FAC Services

• CSI is the leading firm  in FAC consulting.  We are EPRI CHUG members and provide over 15,000 hours of FAC consulting annually.

• CHECK-CHEC, the advanced input data checker for CHECWORKS 1.0G and SFA 2.x.

Operating Experience:  Flow-Accelerated Corrosion (FAC)

• LaCygne (fossil station):  Information about the May 2008 inspections that detected severe wear in a line similar to the failed line at Iatan. 

• Fort Calhoun:  Information about the October 2006  Fort Calhoun Extraction Steam Piping Holes (inside condenser). 

• Mihama:  Links to information about the Mihama FAC rupture.  A recent FAC rupture in a condensate line at Mihama-3 killed five and injured seven.

• FACnet  To connect with other utility FAC professionals, join FACnet.

Buried Piping Services and Software

• CSI offers Buried Piping program development services, including risk ranking, NDE planning/support, and data evaluation.  We are EPRI BPIG members and have developed over 40 BP programs over the past 24 months.

• Our Buried Piping Manager software serves as a companion to EPRI's BP Works, and provides site-specific risk ranking methods, NDE data storage and retrieval, and the industry experience from 40 nuclear units.

Cooling Water/Raw Water Piping Degradation

• Cooling Water System Degradation and GL 89-13 consulting, including program development and implementation, compliance and thermal/hydraulic performance assessment, modeling, procedure development,  and inspection support.

• Fitness-for-Service Evaluations, including the application of API 579 and heat exchanger condition assessment.  More fitness-for-service resources.

Information Engineering

• FAC Manager™  Time-saving software to manage FAC inspections. View the demo, read user comments, or go to the download area.

• Composite Flow Diagrams to display all FAC-susceptible BOP lines on a single drawing, and use it to display inspections, replacements, and other information.

• iGuide, the Graphical User Interface/Drawing Environment, linking drawings and data.

• SWAMi, the Service Water Asset Management Interface database application.

Engineering Design and Analysis

• Mechanical System Design, from conceptual design development and final design to fabrication, installation, testing, operation, and support.

• Stress Analysis, including ASME B31.1, B&PV codes, and FEA.

• Hydraulic Analysis and Heat Transfer Analysis, including transient analysis and CFD.

• Development of configuration-specific hydraulic and thermal models, with computer-based Custom User Interfaces.

We have locations in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Chattanooga, and Raleigh, and serve clients across North America.  For more information, please call us at 847/836-3000 or contact us by email.

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