Optimum Power Technology
Company OverviewRevolutionary products and services for natural
gas compression and transportation:
Design software and services for natural gas compressors and
pumping stationsDesign software and services for natural gas engine
developmentPerformance Augmentation Networks - PANs
(patents-pending) Are high performance piping systems for pulsation
attenuation and performance improvement
Improve pumping and pipeline reliability by reducing
vibrationsIncrease gas flow volume up to 30%Increase compressor
efficiency up to 20%Decrease compressor operating costs up to
20%Decrease compressor station Carbon footprints up to 20%
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Offers pipeline Engineering Design Services using an exclusive
3rd party Virtual Pumping Station software license
1Team and Strategic PartnersGlen ChatfieldFounder of OPTIMUM
Pumping and c0-inventor of PAN technology1970 Founded Duquesne
Systems PAs 1st software IPO in 1984. Duquesne became Legent Corp
and was sold to Computer Associates, 1995 for $1.78 billionFounder
and Vice Chairman of the Pittsburgh Technology CouncilAlumni Fellow
of the Penn State College of EngineeringNorm ShadeChairman of ACI
SystemsWorld Leader in the Natural Gas Compression industry for
more than 30 yearsRichard JamesEngineer and IP attorney Former VP
of Operations for VoltecInnovation WorksGas Machinery Research
Council
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Current : Pulsation Control Technology
3$800,000 for 8 ANTIQUATED, VIBRATING Bottles with CHOKE-TUBES
Bottles DISSIPATE 95% of Pulsation EnergyAnd AMPLIFY Pulsation
Caused VIBRATIONS
Orifice Plates at most flanges
Bottle InternalsNewest: Manifold PAN Technology PANs Recover 95%
of pulsation energyAnd Minimize VibrationsImproving Efficiency up
to 20%Increasing Gas Flow up to 30%Improving Reliability
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2014 Industry Sponsored Full-Scale Field Test5
Total Capital Required $1,650,000Funds Raise to Date
$1,650,000Well knownIndustry Sponsors
Will Prove the Benefits of Manifold PANs
Hardware - Pipes, TST Junctions and supports - $460,000PAN
Design Services - $150,000PAN Royalty 8,000 hp compressor @ $20/hp
- $160,000
Total 1st System PAN Cost - $770,000
Conventional 8 Bottle cost - $800,000
Additional Identical PANs $620,000 -23%
6PRICE Comparison: New PAN 6-Throw Pipeline Compressor
Marcellus Shale Midstream Compressor7
Caterpillar G3516 & Ariel JGT/4Most popular engine &
compressorBefore PANWith Bottles
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Marcellus Shale Midstream CompressorAfterWith
Skid PAN
Shop FabricatedSkid MountedTrucked Without EscortMinimum Field
Installation workIts SOTA Using Industry Best Practices
PAN ROI: Midstream Compressor9
Hardware - Pipes, TST Junctions and supports - $200,000PAN
Design Services - $150,000PAN Royalty 1,300 hp compressor @ $20/hp
- $26,000
Total 1st System PAN Cost - $376,00010% more flow = approx
$2,000/day MORE Profit6 month ROIAdditional Identical PANs $226,000
-40%4 month ROI
El Paso Field TrialEllisburg, PA StationJuly 2009New Proven
Technology: Tuned Loop PANsPipeline Comb Filters
Loop PAN Lab Demonstration
Tuned Loops Applications
Gas Flow MetersPulsation Protection to Reduce FailuresImprove
Accuracy of Flow Measurement Proposal moving forward in 2014
Centrifugal CompressorsPulsation Protection to Reduce
FailuresAllow Concurrent Operation with Nearby Recips
Other Pipeline Vibration Problems
Loop PANs Fix Very Expensive Problems!
2013-14 MilestonesOctober, 2013GMRC approved a $400,000
investment in PAN Field Test ProjectWilliams agreed to provide a
midstream PAN Project test site in PANovemberOPTIMUM Won the TTE
Conference CompetitionOPTIMUM and ACI design the midstream PAN for
Zick station in NE PADecember Completed Project fundingGMRC
approval to proceed with ProjectJanuary, 2014GMRC Project
Supervisory Committee approves 1st Project milestonesApril - GMRC
Project Supervisory Committee approves 2nd Project milestonesMay
Exhibit products at the Eastern Regional Gas Compression
RoundtableJune - AugustInstall the Williams PAN and measure its
performanceUse Shale Gas Innovation Contest winnings to improve and
promote PANsOctober - Present GMC Paper on the Results of the GMRC
PAN Field Test
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