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AriaHangard Consulting Engineers

Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering

HV lines and substations, distribution networks, automation, PLC/DCS and ETAP power-system studies for industrial plants.

Services provided by this group include:

  • Complete quantity take-off and estimation of electrical, control and instrumentation equipment for industrial plants
  • Equipment layout drawings for buildings, considering process needs and auxiliary requirements such as water, power, fuel and communications
  • Engineering documents for tenders and for design, procurement and construction contracts
  • Basic design, detailed design and design review for electrical and instrumentation, including:
    • Overhead HV lines at 20, 63, 132, 230 and 400 kV, including foundations, steel structures, conductors and tower hardware
    • HV/LV design and calculations for substations at 400, 230, 132, 63, 20 and 6.6 kV
    • Distribution network design: network type, cable sizing, cable routing (conduit bank, cable trench, cable ladder, cable tray) and selection of distribution and lighting panels
    • Design and consultancy for industrial automation and instrumentation systems:
      • Sensors and instruments for pressure, temperature, flow, level and density, analyzers and transmitters
      • Industrial PLCs of various sizes and types
      • Industrial controllers for control loops
      • DCS design and selection
      • HMI software design and selection based on process needs
    • Plant power-system studies with ETAP:
      • Short-circuit studies (maximum and minimum fault levels)
      • Load flow, motor starting and harmonic studies
      • Protection relay settings
      • Relay coordination
    • Lighting design for buildings, walkways and roads using DIALux
    • Single-line diagrams for switchboards at various voltage levels
    • Configuration and testing of protection relays (ABB, Siemens, AREVA, GE, …)
    • Installation, commissioning and consultancy for LV drives and motors
    • Spare parts supply for drives and motors
    • Design, calculation, installation and testing of earthing and lightning protection systems to recognized standards
    • Design and installation of capacitor banks, batteries and battery chargers
    • Hazardous-area studies and design, with Hazard Study documentation
    • Sizing, installation and commissioning of low- and high-speed diesel generators
    • CCTV system design and installation
    • Telecommunication and paging system design and installation
  • Cathodic protection design and calculation

Electrical & I&C

Representative plants related to this group's services

Flash furnace · Converters · Anode casting · Electrorefining

Copper smelting, refining & casting

Engineering, senior and site supervision for the construction and expansion of refinery and casting operations — from furnaces and converters to the anode casting wheel, electrorefinery and rod line.

Capacity
200,000 t/y cathode (expandable to 400,000)
Copper rod
130,000 t/y
Engineering progress
95% (Sarcheshmeh complex)

Project lifecycle

Consultancy across all project phases, from studies to operation

AriaHangard supports clients through every phase of an industrial or mining project.

  1. 01

    Concept study

    Ideation and option assessment

  2. 02

    Feasibility

    Techno-economic and bankable studies

  3. 03

    Basic engineering

    Flowsheets, layouts and design criteria

  4. 04

    Detailed engineering

    Construction documents for all disciplines

  5. 05

    Procurement

    MRs, TBEs, inspection and expediting

  6. 06

    Construction supervision

    Senior & site supervision and project control

  7. 07

    Commissioning

    Cold & hot commissioning and handover

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