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KEMA Technical and Operational Services



 

Established in 1927, KEMA is an independent knowledge leader and a global provider of high-quality services to the energy chain, including business & technical consultancy, operational support, measurements & inspection, and testing & certification. KEMA provides impartial advice and support to producers, suppliers and end users of energy, as well as to governmental bodies. In addition, KEMA certifies products, systems and individuals for a wide range of clients.

Technical innovation lies at the heart of much of what we do. Our team of more than 1,800 professionals based in twenty countries around the world is dedicated to the provision of customized solutions. This encompasses everything from the origination of innovative, yet practical, answers to the energy-related problems of the future, to the development and implementation of cutting-edge quality assurance services for electrical and other high-risk equipment and processes. For more than eighty years, quality, reliability and expertise have been KEMA's core values.

Expertise in the fields of energy-related strategic and policy consultancy combines uniquely with comprehensive technical and technological know-how to distinguish KEMA from other service providers. These qualities enable KEMA to help its clients optimize their business and asset management activities.

KEMA Technical & Operational Services, a business unit of KEMA, is an independent service provider for rendering consulting, inspection and measurement services in the fields of power production, transmission & distribution and sustainable use of energy. We have a broad and expert knowledge on industrial gas turbines in the area of condition monitoring, performance and emission testing, on- and off-line diagnostics, consulting on repair and reconditioning of hot gaspath components and lifetime management.

Recent innovation projects were focused on lifetime management of components and have resulted in:
- on-line blade temperature measurement
- on-line combustion monitoring and diagnostics
- test methods to quantify the effect of degradation and repair of hot gaspath components
- optimized spare parts model
- reliability centred maintenance model
- fitness-for-purpose analyses for critical components
 
Gas turbine services provided by KEMA are:

Performance Improvement
- compressor cleaning / inlet air filtration optimization
- combustion monitoring
- emission measurements

On-line monitoring and diagnostics
- performance monitoring
- blade temperature monitoring
- combustion monitoring
- hot gaspath component remnant life monitoring

Off-line diagnostics
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coating condition measurement for blades and vanes
- boroscope inspections with eddy current
- optical strain measurements
- non-destructive testing
- lubricating oil diagnostics

Repair and refurbishment
- inspections and quality assurance
- suppliers review and shop audits
- component condition assessment
- review of repair specifications
- assessment of repair options and procedures

Engineering services
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consultancy, due diligence and benchmarking
- client representative
- failure analyses / fitness for purpose analyses
- research & development



Contact information:
KEMA
Utrechtseweg 310
6812 AR Arnhem
P.O. Box 9035
6800 ET Arnhem
The Netherlands
Contact person: Mr. Eric J.A. Vogelaar
T: +31 26 356 3500
F: +31 26 442 8713
E: contact.tos@kema.com
W: www.kema.com