L.T.S.A.

Maintenance Strategies have moved from a concept of preservation and protection to that of asset management and optimisation. Due to the constant challenges of the Power Market, they are becoming even more a key factor of success for Power Producers. With this respect, Power Producers need to adopt carefully personalised Global Maintenance Strategies covering the entire lifecycle of the power plant. The objective of this approach is multiple:

- control operational costs
- guarantee reliability
- optimise profitability
- ensure continual technology updates
- secure environmental compatibility

Ansaldo Energia is an integral part of these changes, playing an active role by offering advanced service solutions. Thanks to its wide experience in tailoring Services to each individual customer, Ansaldo Energia is able to offer a large range of effective Long Term Agreements that can deeply satisfy the different needs of clients of all sizes, geographical presence and business requirements.

Long Term Service Agreements (L.T.S.A.) typically features:

Revenue/risk sharing
Power train availability guarantee
Power train performance restoration
Parts life & inventory management
Ansaldo Energia’s LTSAs are comprehensive service contracts under which output, efficiency, technology upgrades and availability are guaranteed throughout the duration of the agreement. These contracts allow the Power Generators to better manage and optimise their assets. The Ansaldo Energia long term agreements support the Industry to achieve these goals:

Maximise efficiency and quality
Increase reliability and availability
Optimise cost of operation
Reduce inventory level
Tailor maintenance policy
Stay tuned on technology updates
Meet the most demanding environmental regulations

Remote Monitoring & Diagnostics (RM&D)

RM&D is one of the most relevant additional services provided with the Long Term Service contracts.

Power plants are provided with Remote Monitoring & Diagnostic equipment which allows to monitor them by Ansaldo Energia Diagnostic Centre. The Ansaldo Energia Diagnostic Centre plays a key role in all advanced service activities.

This system is the base for predictive maintenance: the main goal of Remote Assistance being to detect and decode phenomena which can generate unplanned outage and severe impacts on the production process.

A swift problem solving and smart decision making are facilitated when expertise, pulled together from different Engineering & Field Service Dept’s, can check in real time the trends of the key operating parameters and consequently simulate different scenarios (e.g. design and off-design).

The Diagnostic Centre has been providing 24/7 service for many years now, guaranteeing ongoing direct support for the customers in the analysis and solution plant operation issues.

Key features

- Optimisation of the equipment usage
- Extension of components life cycle
- Maximisation of the availability and reliability of machinery
- Predictive Diagnostics
- Preventive Maintenance

Since 2000, Ansaldo Energia has signed more than 30 Long Term Agreements (among Frame Agreements, Full Agreements, O&M Agreements), covering more than 70 units with more than 20 customers, in 11 countries. To date, the lengthiest LTSA of Ansaldo Energia covers 18 years of power plant operation.