Statement of Qualifications:
Flow-Accelerated Corrosion
Qualifications
As the leading firm in Flow-Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) consulting, we provide over 25,000 hours of consulting to our FAC clients annually. For over ten years, we have solved FAC problems at nuclear and fossil stations. Our credentials include:-
The largest staff of FAC experts in the US, including former utility FAC Engineers.
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Unparalleled expertise; nationally recognized, published experts with experience at over 65 nuclear units and 75 man-years of FAC experience.
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Members of EPRI's CHECWORKS User's Group (CHUG) since 1994.
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Contracted to served as the Corporate FAC Program Manager for a major electric utility, providing ongoing FAC support to ten nuclear and five fossil units.
- Developed over sixtyCHECMATE/CHECUP/CHECWORKS predictive models.
- Edited EPRI’s handbook Flow-Accelerated Corrosion in Power Plants (both editions).
FAC Services CSI provides technical support in all aspects of FAC programs. Our most popular services include:
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SFA 2.x conversions
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Power uprate FAC analysis
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CHECWORKS Pass 2 Analysis and CHECUP modeling
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FAC procedure development
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FAC training
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Independent technical assessments
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FAC outage support
FAC Products CSI has developed several products designed to streamline the FAC Engineer's duties:
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FAC Manager, sophisticated FAC program management and trending software.
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FACnet, the method to connect with other FAC Engineers from across the globe.
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FAC Turnover Kit, an introduction to FAC for new FAC Engineers.
Significant Projects Our projects have included the following:
- Selected as the sole provider of FAC consulting services to Energy Nuclear Northeast
- SFA Conversions: Over 30 completed SFA conversion projects
- Power Uprate Studies: Quantification of the effect on FAC of proposed power uprates or other plant modifications at 15 different units over the last 18 months.
- Support of FAC Manager, FAC software in use at 54 nuclear and 35 fossil units to maintain the program basis, plan and schedule inspections, evaluate UT data, and provide for multi-site information exchange.
- Assisted LaSalle Station in developing a complete FAC program that was subsequently recognized by INPO as excellent.
- Restart and ongoing support to Fort Calhoun Station after a steam line rupture.
- An oxygen distribution study for a BWR plant to improve the correlation between predicted and measured FAC wear rates.
For more information, please contact us at 847/836-3000.