ABOUT OUR GEOTHERMAL ENGINEERING SERVICES

Veizades provides an array of services, including geothermal engineering, mechanical engineering, and geothermal well testing. Our engineers and skilled CAD designers work closely with our clients to ensure efficient and effective delivery of results.

See our list of services below

Civil and Geothermal Engineering

  • Evaluation of modifications and expansions to existing facilities
  • Design of Power Plant sites
  • Design of access roads, drill sites, sumps, and drill cuttings storage facilities
  • Design of storm drainage facilities for roads and site improvements
  • Design of impoundment structures
  • Design of soil disposal sites
  • Preparation of right-of-way maps for construction easements and permitting documents
  • Remediation or avoidance of geologic hazards (e.g., settlement, land sliding, subsidence)
  • Evaluation of modifications and expansions to existing facilities
  • Design of Power Plant sites
  • Design of access roads, drill sites, sumps, and drill cuttings storage facilities
  • Design of storm drainage facilities for roads and site improvements
  • Design of impoundment structures
  • Design of soil disposal sites
  • Preparation of right-of-way maps for construction easements and permitting documents
  • Remediation or avoidance of geologic hazards (e.g., settlement, land sliding, subsidence)

Mechanical Engineering

  • Design of geothermal steam and two-phase gathering systems
    • This includes pipelines, vent valve systems, metering, condensate collection, two-phase separation, pressure relief, and steam vent facilities.
  • Design of pumped brine (production) gathering system for binary plants
  • Development of piping and instrumentation diagrams and process flow diagrams
  • Design of brine and condensate injection systems
    • This includes piping, pumps, metering, control valves, and wellhead facilities.
  • Design of non-condensable gas handling facilities (vacuum pumps) for plant performance optimization
  • Computer analysis of hydraulic piping networks
  • Single or two-phase pipeline pressure drop modeling
  • Evaluation of steam scrubbing and polishing systems
    • This includes the design and installation of new systems and the optimization of existing ones.
  • Computer pipeline stress analysis in conformance with ASME B31.1 Power Piping Code
  • Design of geothermal steam and two-phase gathering systems
  • This includes pipelines, vent valve systems, metering, condensate collection, two-phase separation, pressure relief, and steam vent facilities
  • Design of pumped brine (production) gathering system for binary plants
  • Development of piping and instrumentation diagrams and process flow diagrams
  • Design of brine and condensate injection systems
  • This includes piping, pumps, metering, control valves, and wellhead facilities.
  • Design of non-condensable gas handling facilities (vacuum pumps) for plant performance optimization
  • Computer analysis of hydraulic piping networks
  • Single or two-phase pipeline pressure drop modeling
  • Evaluation of steam scrubbing and polishing systems
  • This includes the design and installation of new systems and the optimization of existing ones.
  • Computer pipeline stress analysis in conformance with ASME B31.1 Power Piping Code

Geothermal Well Testing Services

In conjunction with a team of reservoir sub-consultants, Veizades develops flow test procedures and fluid sampling protocol, training, and on-site supervision. We also provide the following services:

  • Equipment design and procurement support services
  • Detailed design of portable flow lines and testing equipment
  • Design of portable well test silencer and weir box
  • Design of flow test sampling equipment and sampling separator
  • Steam condensers and brine cooler design and supply
  • Flow test supervision
  • Wireline support services

Geothermal Project Feasibility Studies

Veizades works with a team of reservoir sub-consultants to prepare numerical and conceptual models, reservoir evaluations, drilling cost estimates, and power plant cycle evaluation and cost estimates. Additionally, we are active in the following:

  • Preparation of feasibility studies
  • Development of project pro forma

Engineering Economics

  • Project economic evaluation
  • Produce material take-off lists
  • Preparation of construction bid documents
  • Project acquisition evaluation
  • Project economic evaluation
  • Produce material take-off lists
  • Preparation of construction bid documents
  • Project acquisition evaluation

Detailed Vessel Design and Fabrication/
Procurement Support

  • Design of geothermal pressure and atmospheric vessels including separators, scrubbers, demisters, atmospheric flash tanks and silencers (both well testing and permanent installation)
  • ASME Section VIII calculations
  • Fabrication drawings

Construction and Commissioning Support

Our services do not end with system design.

Veizades’ team of engineers delivers comprehensive field support services throughout our projects. Each field engineer is backed by a group of skilled professional engineers who are readily available to offer continuous support and on-site solutions to construction challenges in a timely manner.

Veizades specializes in providing start-up and commissioning services for facilities, as well as in project construction management and field supervision.

Manufacturer’s Representative for Gardner Denver Nash’s Equipment

Veizades is also the Geothermal Industry Manufacturer’s Representative for the West Coast of the USA for all Gardner Denver Nash’s vacuum pumps, compressors and ejector equipment sales.

Manufacturer’s Representative for Gardner Denver Nash’s Equipment

Veizades & Associates, Inc. is also the Geothermal Industry Manufacturer’s Representative for the West Coast of the USA for all Gardner Denver Nash’s vacuum pumps, compressors and ejector equipment sales.