Decription: The City of Cape Town, with study partners Floating Solar, the Water Research Commission and the University of Cape Town launched a floating solar photovoltaic (PV) pilot, which was established at the City’s Kraaifontein Wastewater Treatment Works. Cyntech were appointed by Floating Solar to design the system. The project includes a floating solar PV array as well as a ground-mounted PV system to determine evaporation savings and relative energy generation performance of floating solar PV technology. This is an innovative research study where data will be collected over a 12-month period to potentially inform the design of larger utility scale floating solar PV projects.

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-10-14-massive-floater-in-sewage-farm-to-provide-an-electricity-first-for-sa/

Key Activities: Design, Drawings, Bid Documents, Adjudication, Financial Control, Construction Management, Commissioning and Handover

Decription: The electrical works associated with a new 400kWp, grid-tied PV solar power plant. This included the installation of 1080x PV panels on the roof of the Spar shopping centre in Clanwilliam, 4x 82.8kVA grid-tied inverters generating a total of 330kVA, interfacing with the main incomer, networking and a secure VPN for remote management and maintenance.

Key Activities: Design, Drawings, Bid Documents, Adjudication, Financial Control, Construction Management, Commissioning and Handover

Decription: The electrical and mechanical works associated with a new pneumatically operated additive injection system.

This included the installation of a new pneumatic air line supplied from the on-site compressor, a pre-fabricated pump skid consisting of a pneumatic pump and pressurisation vessel, new additive injection blocks in the road loading gantry and associated pipework.

Key Activities: Mechanical Engineering, Design, Drawings, Bid Documents, Adjudication, Financial Control, Construction Management, Commissioning and Handover

Decription: The electrical and civil works associated with decommissioning the existing 6.6kV plant reticulation infrastructure and upgrading it to 11kV.

The project included comprehensive load studies, new 11/0.42kV and 11/0.52kV transformer designs , Ring Main Unit (RMU) designs, updated 11kV reticulation layout throughout the plant, safe decommissioning and removal of the old 6.6kV system, and the successful commissioning of new 11kV system, including correct MV protection coordination.

New 525V and 420V MCCs were also constructed to ensure that main LV distribution boards were in line with the latest technological trends.

Lastly, further financial savings were realised by the client as we were able to reduce the NMD significantly. A decision which was made possible by studying the power quality data log, initially conducted at the beginning of the project. A further saving was realised as the Voltage Surcharge costs were now reduced from 12.75% to 10.5%.

Key Activities: Conceptual Design, Detailed Design, Construction Drawings, Bid Documents, Calling for Bids, Adjudication, Procurement, Project management, Supervision, Financial Control, Commissioning and Handover

Decription:The electrical works associated with upgrading the lighting in the tank farm and surrounding areas, in accordance with SANS 10389-1: Exterior Lighting, Part1 - Artificial lighting for exterior areas for work and safety. The project successfully increased the lighting levels at all key areas in order to meet with the necessary requirements. The design was first modelled with 3D simulation lighting software before being implemented in phases. It incorporated LED lighting as far as practically possible and maximized the reflectance from the tanks to spread illumination evenly.

Key Activities: Conceptual Design, Detailed Design, Construction Drawings, Bid Documents, Calling for Bids, Adjudication, Procurement, Project Management, Supervision, Financial Control, Commissioning and Handover

Decription:The electrical, control and instrumentation works associated with the installation of 4x200cu.m above-ground horizontal tanks (Diesel & Paraffin), including tank inventory management, high accuracy intrinsically safe radar gauging, earthing, actuated shut-down valves, lighting, and overfill protection.

Key Activities: Conceptual Design, Detailed Design, Construction Drawings, Bid Documents, Calling for Bids, Adjudication, Procurement, Project Management, Supervision, Financial Control, Commissioning and Handover

Decription: The mechanical, electrical, control and instrumentation works associated with the automation of the existing firefighting system. This included the installation of new actuated valves, a Safety Instrumented Control System, a fully redundant network topology, HMI installation in multiple control rooms, alarm management, and secure VPN for remote management and maintenance.

Key Activities: Design, Hazardous Area Classification, Safety Instrumented System, PLC Programming, HMI Development & Programming, Drawings, Bid Documents, Calling for Bids, Adjudication, Procurement, Project Management, Supervision, Financial Control, Commissioning and Handover

Decription:The mechanical, electrical, control and instrumentation works associated with the safe shut down of the pipeline fed terminal in the event of a tank overfill via Siemens S7-1500 safety PLC’s Scope included Hazardous Area Classification, Safety Instrumented System, PLC Programming, HMI development & programming.

Key Activities: Conceptual Design, Detailed Design, Construction Drawings, Bid Documents, Calling for Bids, Adjudication, Procurement, Project management, Supervision, Financial Control, Commissioning and Handover

Decription:The electrical works associated with a new 233kWp, grid-tied PV solar power plant. This included the installation of 648x PV panels on an imported floating solar structure, 4x 50kW grid-tied inverters in a new dedicated electrical room, interfacing with the main Eskom incomer, networking and a secure VPN for remote management and maintenance.

Key Activities: Design, Drawings, Bid Documents, Adjudication, Financial Control, Construction Management, Commissioning and Handover