The
recent announcement by Department of Energy that they intend to issue a new
funding opportunity in the neighborhood of $12 million to develop next-gen
electric machines (NGEM), which fuse together a combination of integrated power
electronics with high RPM motors and power density, is right up ENGlobal’s
alley. ENGlobal possesses a tremendous amount of expertise developing and
manufacturing complex integrated systems like power islands for remote oil and
gas fields, as well as pipelines, rigs and offshore platforms, in addition to a
variety of industrial applications. From fuel processing hardware and
micro-turbine generator units, to electrical distribution equipment and SCADA
(supervisory control and data acquisition) systems, all with onboard automation
capabilities, ENGlobal’s custom built power island know-how, and the company’s
experience developing process control systems, lends itself quite readily to
the DOE’s new NGEM objectives.
The
DOE’s NGEM funding opportunity will be doled out in the form of two to three
year cooperative agreements organized to provide the kind of integrated medium
voltage motors and wide bandgap-based variable speed drives needed to transform
the chemical, oil and gas industries via enhanced energy savings and improved
environmental sustainability. The extensive track record ENGlobal has
established engineering and constructing diverse hydrocarbon transport and
distribution systems for the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors, which
includes everything from pipeline and pump stations, to compressor and metering
stations, and even high-pressure gas and water injection systems, puts the
company in the pole position to aggress such opportunities.
DOE
has said that there is a chance here for the U.S. to emerge as a leader in
integrated NGEM design and manufacturing, and the agency is keen on funding
projects that can established functional proofs of concept, particularly if
they are also extremely reliable, which would help to accelerate widespread
adoption of such systems. ENGlobal’s established ability to handle a wide range
of highly specialized automation and engineering, spanning custom design,
fabrication and implementation of distributed control, instrumentation and
process analysis systems, further enables the company to help satisfy the
recently released DOE guidance on cybersecurity risk management.
Developmental
work on ENG’s Universal Master Control Station (UMCS) and Master Control
Station (MCS) platforms for standardizing and streamlining secure
communications and control between topside and subsea hardware in offshore
drilling operations, is a huge advantage for the company when it comes to
assuaging concerns over cybersecurity risks. ENGlobal’s development of
standardized and secure communication interfaces that function seamlessly yet
securely, irrespective of individual components having come from different
subsea or topside equipment vendors, speaks directly to the requirement for
robust integrated systems that live up to NIST Cybersecurity Framework
protocols.
ENGlobal’s
successful integration of critical control execution and data monitoring in
their patented UMCS technology, which is not based on proprietary communication
interfaces or custom hardware, is a prime example of the kind of
cost-effective, interoperable, yet highly secure architecture the company is
capable of engineering. Because such a pre-engineered and standardized system
also eliminates a great deal of the potential for human error and operational
costs, its design is a hallmark of the kinds of solutions energy sector clients
will need in order to stay on par with evolving DOE specs.
For
more information, visit www.englobal.com
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