Every unplanned outage costs millions.
We help you prevent them.
Fossil fuel generation plants — coal, natural gas, combined-cycle — operate in demanding environments where every asset failure has a direct financial consequence. Aging infrastructure, extended run hours between maintenance windows, and tightening grid reliability requirements make persistent condition monitoring more critical than ever.
What's at stake in this environment
Generator & Exciter Monitoring
Persistent thermal imaging of generator stator, rotor connections, slip rings, and exciter components — catching developing insulation failures and connection degradation before they force an outage.
Switchgear & Bus Duct
Plant high-voltage switchgear, isolated phase bus duct, and unit auxiliary transformers continuously monitored via far-field thermography. Critical connections profiled and trended over the full operating cycle.
Motor Control Centers
Hundreds of motor control centers throughout the plant — cooling water pumps, fuel handling, ash removal — monitored for overloaded breakers, failing contactors, and degrading insulation before they cause process upsets.
Outage Scope Optimization
Trending thermal data helps maintenance planners optimize outage scope — identifying which components genuinely need attention and which can safely run to the next window, reducing outage costs and duration.
Balance of Plant
Thermal monitoring of heat exchangers, condensate systems, and auxiliary boilers identifies fouling, blockage, and insulation failures that reduce efficiency and increase fuel consumption.
Life Extension Support
For plants approaching end-of-licensed life or seeking to extend operating periods, Power Intelligence's continuous thermal data provides the evidence base for reliability assessments and regulatory filings.
Purpose-built monitoring for your environment
Power Intelligence's 30 years of expertise in utilities and U.S. Department of Defense environments means our solutions are engineered to meet the most demanding reliability requirements — including yours.
- Persistent thermal imaging of every critical electrical asset — 24/7, no manual walkdowns required
- Neuron Field Data Collector aggregates thermal, process, and environmental data into one unified platform
- Sigma Delta Tau analytics detect developing faults 10–14 weeks before threshold-based systems
- Outage planning reports automatically generated from trending thermal data
- Integration with existing DCS, SCADA, and CMMS platforms
- Fast, non-invasive installation during normal operation — no outage required
Stop managing failures. Start preventing them.
Contact Power Intelligence to discuss how persistent thermal monitoring can reduce your forced outage rate and optimize maintenance costs.