AVANT-GARDE ENGINEERS AND CONSULTANTS (P) LTD

Avant-Garde

Associate Companies AVANT-GARDE Systems and Controls (P) Ltd, Chennai, India

AVANT-GARDE Projects and Infra (P) Ltd, Chennai, IndiaAVANT-GARDE Engineers & Consultants (FZC), Sharjah, UAE

Avant-Garde

• Founded by a group of

Technocrats in the year

1990

• Is committed to work

for Engineering

Excellence

• Into the 23rd year of

distinguished

Engineering Service

Founders & Directors

G.V. Raman

S. Balasubramanian

P. S. Sankaranarayanan

K. Ragothaman

Guiding Principles

• Integrity

• Client Orientation

• Innovation

• Teamwork

• Quality consciousness

Our Quality Policy

We at Avant-Garde are committed to

• Provide Design and Engineering, Consultancy and

Third Party Inspection services to meet customer

requirements

• Integrate quality system in the work culture of the

organization

• Provide efficient and prompt services at optimum cost

• Ensure quick response to customer needs and queries

• Continually improve quality of our services to the

customers and the expectation of our employeesG.V. RAMAN

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Quality Assurance and Approval

ISO 9001 : 2008 ISO 17020 : 1998

Honours received by Avant-Garde

• Awards for excellence in Consultancy Services

For the Year 1995

For the Year 1996

For the Year 1999

• Awarded by Consultancy Development Center,

supported by DSIR, Ministry of Science & Technology

• Best Consultancy Organization for Renewable

Energy (in all sectors) by IREDA - year 1997

Home Office Facilities Building - I

Office built-up Area -

12,000 Sq.Ft

DG Power Back-up -

125 KVA(100%

)

RO Plant - 220 L/Hr

Open Space -12,000 Sq.Ft

Home Office Facilities Building - II

Office built-up Area -

12,600 Sq.Ft

DG Power Back-up -

160 KVA(100%

)

Ground Floor

Parking - 4000 Sq.Ft

Solar and Wind

Module - 650 Watts

Our Resources

• Trained Engineering and Drafting team

• Acquired Experience with National and International codes

• Acquired Experience from Association with National and International consultants & Engineering Industries

Computer Hardware Facilities

• HP Proliant DL 360 G5 Server

• HP Net Server E800 and TC 2120 Server

• NETAPP 2020 NAS STORAGE

• HP Storage Works Ultrium 960

• A0 Hewlett Packard 1050C Plotters

• A3 HP 5200 / 5025 Laser Printer

• HP Scanners

• IR 6000 Canon Printer / Copier

• Network Printers

Software Package

• In-house Developed Programs

• AutoCAD Version 2011

• Electrical System Analysis ETAP, Ver 7.5

• Cooling Tower Design Software

Induced Draft Counter flow(fresh Water)

• Tekla Structures – X –Steel Rel 16 (Detailing of Steel Structure)

• Software for Cable Schedule

Software Package

• CAEPIPE - Ver 6.10 - Pipe Stress Analysis

• CESAR II - VER 5.2 - Pipe Stress Analysis

• STARDYNE - Fin. Ele Analysis

• STADD PRO - 3 - Structural Analysis

• STEAMPRO - Power Cycle Analysis

• STEAM MASTER – Power Cycle Rating

• GT PRO – Power Cycle Analysis GT and ST

• Sugar for Windows Version 3.7.15

• Surge Analysis Program

Organization Chart

Total Available Manpower

Department Nos

Engineers 151

Drafting Personnel 79

Administration & Accounts 34

Software Development 2

Total 266

Engineering Man-Hours per Month

Additional Man-Hours from Job

Shopping

Memberships & Associations

• Affiliated to Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) & The State University

• Enlisted with Power Finance Corporation, Andhra Bank, IDBI, SBI, Bank of India etc.,

• Bureau of Indian Standards

• Engineering Export Promotion Council

• Institution of Engineers (India) - Fellow Membership And Chartered Engineers

• Member Consulting Engineers Association of India (International Federation of Consulting Engineers)

• Institute of Fire Engineers (India)

Memberships & Associations

• Member Chamber of Commerce such as ICCI, MCCI, Indo Australian Chamber of Commerce

• Indian Wind Power Association

• WISE (Winrock International India) and TERI

• Accredited by BEE as Energy Auditing agency

• Asian Development Bank (ADB)

• Business Development Associates of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA)

• Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)

• Members of other similar and related institutes like SISSTA, Indian Welding society

Total Number of Jobs & Clients

0

1000

2000

Total Number of Jobs Total No. of Clients

1637

396

Present Area of Business

I. Power Plants

II. Sugar Plants with distillery and SLOP fired cogeneration plants

III. Boiler Design

IV. Solar PV and Solar Thermal Power plants

V. Detailed Engineering Services

VI. Energy Audit

VII. Inspection Services & RLA

Power Plants

• Captive power plants (limited to 150 MW) & Independent Power Plants (limited to 150 MW)

• Mini & Macro Hydro power plants (only canal based)

• Biomass based power plants

• Bagasse based Cogeneration In Sugar Industry

• Coal based Cogeneration Plant in Process Industry

• Municipal solid waste based power plants

• Waste heat recovery based power plants

• Energy Audit & Performance Improvement of power plants

• Solar power plants

Captive Power Plants (CPP) & Independent Power Plants (IPP)

• Coal based CPP

• Low CV fuels

Tail gas fired

Blast furnace gas fired

CO fired plants

Biomass fired plants

• Waste Heat Recovery

Mini & Macro Hydro Power Plants

Canal based Mini Hydro Power plant*

*Presently not very Active

Biomass based Power Plants

• Rice husk

• Mustard stalk

• Other Agriculture products such as Groundnuts Shells,

Cotton stalk, Corn cobs, Cane trash, etc

Bagasse based Cogeneration in Sugar Industry

• Bagasse fired during Sugar season

• Coal firing for off season

• Other Biomass & Cane Trash firing

Coal based Cogeneration plant in Process Industry

• Paper plants

• Chemical / Petro Chemical

• Biomass / Coal / Oil / Gas based

Municipal Solid Waste based Power plant (MSW)

• MSW based IPP

Mass Burning

Fluff Firing

• Co Firing in Coal based CPP

Waste Heat Recovery based Power plants

• Sponge Iron kilns exhaust gases

• Non recovery type Coke oven batteries

• Carbon black plant

• Industrial waste gases

• Diesel engine & Gas Turbine exhaust gases

Energy Audits & Performance Improvement of Power plants

• Sugar & Distillery Performance Improvement,

Electrical & Steam Energy audits

• Captive & Co-gen plant technical Audit & Performance

monitoring

• Boiler performance Improvement & capacity

upgradation and combustion improvement including

conversion to alternate fuels

Process Plant

• Chemical projects detailed engineering except process

design

• Electrical

• Piping

• Instrumentation / Plant Automation

• Sugar plants

• Multi product Distillery / Fuel Ethanol

Boiler Design

• Bagasse, Biomass & Coal based Travelling Grate Boilers up to 300 T/HR. 125 ata, 545ºC

• AFBC Industrial Boilers

• Waste heat recovery Boilers

• Equipment design such as Deaerators, Economiser, Steam coil air Preheater, Tabular air heater etc.,

• Biomass & Bagasse feeding systems like Bunker, Single drum & three drum feeders, Isolation gates, Rod gates, Screw feeders, Pneumatic distributors, Rotating dampers, Multi-louver Dampers, Expansion bellows, Oil Gun Atomizing tips, Dumping grate, Fixed grates, OFA nozzles, Boiler castings etc.,

Detailed Engineering Services

• Piping Engineering

• Plant Automation & Instrumentation

• Civil & Structural engineering

• Electrical Power distribution and Switchyard designs (upto 400 kV DC)

Inspection Services & RLA

• Pre-Delivery Inspection

• Field Inspection

• Third Party Inspection - from raw material to finished product

• Inspection of Spares

• Inspection of Sample / Developmental Order

• Expediting and Contract status report

• Failure analysis of Components & Equipments

Inspection Services & RLA

• Indigenization of Imported Components

• Spotting of New vendors in case of Monopoly

• Preparation of Quality plan, Quality manual, Quality control procedures, Welding procedure specification & approval

• Quality Audit - Internal & External

• Residual life assessment for power plant equipment - report

Piping Engineering

• Preparation of P & I Diagrams• Pipe Sizing and Pressure drop

calculations• Preparation of schedules for

Piping valves, Instruments and Insulation

• Sizing and Selection of Pumps, Control Valves, Safety Valves, Steam traps, Expansion Bellows, etc

• Preparation of Plot plan• Preparation of Equipment

layout plan and Elevation

Piping Engineering

• Preparation of Piping layout

• Preparation of Bill of quantities

• Pipe stress Analysis & Code calculations

• Pipe support Engineering

• Preparation of specification for Piping system, Procurement, Erection & Commissioning

• Supervision of Installation

• Troubleshooting of Piping system

Electrical Engineering

Basic Design:

• Study of Interface Options

• System study viz., Fault level analysis, Load flow studies, stability analysis, voltage and power drop calculations

• Single line diagram

• Design of Generation, Transmission and Plant Distribution schemes

• Basic design features of LV/HV/EHV systems

• Layout of Electrical equipment

Electrical Engineering for Power & Process plants

Detailed Engineering:

• Detailed Electrical Schematic Diagrams for LV/HV/EHV systems

• Substation / Switchyard Design and Engineering

• Earthing system Design and Layout drawing

• Lightning Protection design

• Design of Power Factor Improvement systems and Harmonic studies

• Area Classification

Electrical Engineering for Power & Process plants

• Cable selection, Design and Routing in Trays / Trenches

• Protection system Analysis & Design

• Control Philosophy and Interface with DCS / PLC system

• Specifications for Procurement Items

• Cable schedule and inter-connection charts

• Relay Coordination Calculations and Report

• Lighting system Design & Layouts

• Emergency/standby supply system System

Civil / Structural Engineering

• Static load, wind load and Seismic load analysis

• Dynamic analysis of Structure & FEM analysis

• Preparation of Load data

• Design of Supporting Structures

• Plant and Process buildings

• Switchyard support Structures & Gantries

• Engg for Piping, Ducting conveyors & Pipe rack supports

• Storage silos with supports

• Detailed Fabrication drawings

• Design of Steel Chimneys and Wind turbine towers

• Dynamic analysis of Structure & FEM analysis

Civil / Structural Engineering

• Design of foundations for Static and Rotating equipment

• High rise RCC Framed structures

• Canal, Dykes, Stilling Basins, Spillway Chutes, Anchor blocks, Culverts etc

• Construction Drawings with Bill of Materials, Bar Bending schedule

Engineering Services for Power plants

• Conceptualization & DPR preparation, Prebid Engineering

• Interaction with Financial Institutions & Statutory Authorities

• Electrical system Design, Power Evacuation

• Procurement services

• Inter Package Engineering (Piping, Power Distribution, utilities, Civil Foundation Design)

• Project Engineering & Management

• Inspection & Expediting Services

• Supervision of Erection & Commissioning

Engineering Services for Sugar and Distillery plants

• Feasibility Report for Sugar and Multi Product Distillery plants

• Basic Design • Plant layout, Project Design and Equipment layout• Distillery Plant Automation• Detailed Engineering of Electrical, Mechanical,

Instrumentation, Civil & Structures for Distillery plant & ETP of Distillery plant

• Piping for Process Area, Steam Distribution• Instrumentation - DCS, PLC, Micro-processor

• Plant Building Design

• Civil works, Foundation Design for plant, equipment, TG, Chimney etc

• Structural Design and Engineering

• SLOP fired Steam Generator Design and Engineering

• Third Party Inspection Services

• Procurement Engineering for Distillery plant & Machinery

• Distillery Turnkey Consultancy Services

• Site Supervision Services

• Engineering Software Development

Engineering Services for Sugar and Distillery plants

Instrumentation Services - DCS

• Finalization of Control System Philosophy

• Design of System Architecture

• Preparation of Input Output List

• Preparation of Engineering Specification for procurement of DCS & Field Instruments

• Technical Evaluation of Offers

• Preparation of Control System Drawings for Closed Loop Controls

• Preparation of Interlock Scheme Drawings for Digital Controls

• Plant Starting / Shut Down Procedure Finalization

• Set points and range finalization for Analog Inputs / Outputs

• Preparation of Junction Box Grouping, Schedules & Cable Schedules

• Preparation of Specification for Erection and Commissioning

• DCS vendor drawing review

• Witnessing factory acceptance test under simulated conditions

• Site supervision services for Erection and Commissioning

Instrumentation Services - DCS

Clean Development Mechanism Certified Emission Reduction

Venture into CDM / CER for AVANT-GARDE’s Projects

• Presently we are providing the Introducers role with M/s. Standard Bank, Singapore

• Submission of Proposal to Project Promoter

• Presentation and Discussion with Project Promoter

• Finalization of the Project and Execution of Agreement between Project Promoter and CDM Developer

Thank you