Heat from the earth.
Engineering at the surface.
Piping, pressure systems, and support engineering for geothermal steam, brine, and balance-of-plant infrastructure.
Geothermal power starts with heat underground. At the surface, that heat moves through piping, separation equipment, or heat exchangers before it becomes electricity. The plant configuration changes with the resource. The need for reliable pressure systems and controlled thermal movement stays the same.
Hot brine, steam, and changing operating temperatures put demanding service conditions on surface equipment. Fluid chemistry, corrosion and scaling potential, thermal expansion, and equipment nozzle loads all need to inform the design. PSEA brings piping, mechanical, materials, and structural engineering to those systems.
What we design and engineer for Geothermal.
- 01 Surface gathering and reinjection piping layout and specifications
- 02 Steam and brine piping stress analysis, thermal flexibility, and nozzle-load evaluation
- 03 Pressure vessel, separator, and heat exchanger mechanical design
- 04 Materials selection and piping specifications for geothermal fluid chemistry and service conditions
- 05 Engineered pipe supports, guides, anchors, and spring supports for thermal movement
- 06 Structural design for pipe racks, equipment supports, and foundations
- 07 Cooling water, condensate, and balance-of-plant piping systems
- 08 Detailed engineering packages and PE-sealed deliverables
Why our background maps to this.
Our engineers' experience in oil and gas, process plants, and power generation includes high-temperature piping, pressure equipment, thermal movement, and the structures that carry those loads. Geothermal surface facilities need those same disciplines, applied to the resource's fluid chemistry and operating conditions.
Our contribution is the surface infrastructure: translating process requirements into piping layouts, stress calculations, materials specifications, and engineered supports. It connects our established design and engineering practice to the systems that move geothermal heat from the wellhead through the plant.