Services We Provide


We provide physical (primary) engineering design services for Transmission & Distribution Substations. Our engineers specialize in Air Insulated Substations (AIS) as well as Gas Insulated Substations (GIS). We do 2D and 3D designs with the latest Bentley MicroStation 2D/3D, AutoCAD 2D and Inventor 3D with Substation Design Suite (SDS) Design Tools.  

  • Preliminary/Conceptual Engineering  
    • General Arrangements & Layouts  
    • Long Lead Materials & Preliminary Bill of Materials  
    • Budgetary Estimates & Schedules 
  • Detail Engineering  
    • General Arrangements & Layout 
    • Grounding & Lightning Design  
    • Raceway System Design (Conduit, Trench, Duct Bank, etc.) 
    • AC Aux. Power – Station Service Design 
    • DC Power System Design – Cable & Conduit Design 
    • Site Layout, Grading & Drainage Plans 
    • Oil Spill Containment SPCC Design 
    • Structure & Foundation Design  
    • Control Enclosure Integration & Design  
    • Bill of Materials & Schedules 
    • Equipment & Material Specifications  
  • MV & HV Cable Engineering & Design  
    • Above Ground and Under Ground Cable Systems  
    • Design for MV & HV (5 kV – 230 kV) Cable Systems  
    • Raceway – Duct Bank, Trench and Pull Box Design  
    • Specialty Bus Systems Design (Solid Insulation Bus Systems, SF6/Gas/GIL Bus, Cable Bus) 
    • Cable Pulling Calculations 
    • Cable Derating & Ampacity Calculations 
  • Design Studies & Calculations 
    • Ground Grid Analysis (IEEE 80) 
    • Lightning & Shielding Protection (IEEE 998)  
    • Rigid Bus & Strain Bus Design (IEEE 605) 
    • Illumination – Lighting Study  
    • Cable Ampacity & Voltage Drop  

We provide protection & control engineering for Transmission, Distribution & Generation and Industrial power systems. Our engineers use AutoCAD Electrical along with intelligence from Substation Design Suite (SDS) Design Tools.  

  • P&C Detail Engineering & Design  
    • Single Line & Three Line Diagrams  
    • System Protection & Metering Diagrams 
    • Functional Logic Diagram   
    • AC & DC Schematics/Elementary  
    • DC Aux. Power Design 
    • Panel Layout & Wiring Diagrams  
    • Bill of Materials & Cable Schedules 
    • Control Enclosure Integration & Design  
    • Relay Settings, Settings Basis & Co-ordination Studies 
    • Experienced w/Relay Manufacturers: SEL, GE, ABB, Siemens, Beckwith & Basler.  
  • Substation Automation   
    • SCADA, RTU & Communication 
    • Programming – Relays, RTU, HMI, IEDs, SERs, etc.  
    • Network & Communication Systems 
  • Owner’s Engineering Services   
  • Equipment Specifications  
  • Major Equipment (Transformers, Capacitors, Breakers, etc.) 
    • FACTS (SVC, STATCOM, Synchronous Condensers, etc.) 
    • MV Gas Insulated Switchgear (MV GIS) 
    • HV Gas Insulated Substations (HV GIS) 
    • Root Cause Analysis (RCA) 
  • Engineering Consulting & Advisory Services  
  • Independent – Third Party Reviews & QA Support 
  • Standards Development 
  • Technical Training  
  • Testing & Commissioning Services  
  • Site Acceptance Testing (SAT’s) & Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT’s) 
  • Proposal-RFP Support  

Our engineers are highly experienced in Power System Analysis, using different software packages.  

  • Load Flow & Reactive Power Compensation  
  • Short Circuit Analysis  
  • Protective Relay Coordination & Relay Settings 
  • Arc Flash Hazard Analysis – AC & DC Systems 
  • Harmonic Analysis  
  • Motor Starting – Static & Dynamic  
  • Transient Stability & Switching Studies (Cap Bank, Reactor, Motor Starting, Breaker)  
  • Arrester Duties & Insulation Coordination Study 
  • Reliability Analysis 
  • Cable Pulling Calculations 
  • Cable Ampacity & Derating Studies  
  • HV Cable Systems Design  
  • Grounding Analysis   
  • Lightning Shielding Analysis 

We do front-end and detail engineering and design for Heavy Industrial, Manufacturing Plants, Data Centers, Oil & Gas – Downstream, Power Plants, etc. We support major equipment OEMs for their project needs.  

  • Single Line & Three Line Diagrams  
  • System Protection & Metering Diagrams 
  • Equipment Selection, Design & Integration  
  • LV Switchgear & Motor Control Centers (MCCs) 
  • MV (up to 38 kV) Switchgear – Metal Clad, Metal Enclosed & Gas Insulated Switchgea 
  • VFD, LCI, Soft Starters  
  • AC & DC Schematics/Elementary  
  • Raceway Design – Cable Systems 
  • Aux. Power System Design 
  • Back-up & Stand-By Systems Design 
  • Bill of Materials & Cable Schedules 
  • SCADA, Communication & Networking  
  • Equipment Enclosure (PDC, PCR, e-house) Integration & Design  
  • Power System Analysis  
  • Relay Settings, Relay Programming & Co-ordination Studies 
  • Experienced w/Relay Manufacturers: SEL, GE, ABB, Siemens, Beckwith & Basler.  
  • Solar Plants – Distribution & Transmission Connected 
  • Solar Plants – Transmission Connected 
  • Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)  
  • Capacitor Banks & Reactive Power Compensation  
  • FACTS – STATCOM & SVC Integration  
  • DER Compliance (NERC) 
  • Power System Studies  
    • PV & BESS – Load Flow, Short Circuit & Reactive Power Study 
    • Cable Ampacity & Sizing Calculations  
    • Protective Coordination  
    • Arc Flash Studies – AC & DC 
    • Grounding & Lightning Protection  
    • Interconnection Requirements & Support 
  • DC Plant Design 
  • HV Substation Design  
    • Substation Physical/Primary Design 
    • Substation Protection & Control Engineering & Design 
  • Physical Security  
  • Fire Protection Systems  

We support companies with their drafting and BIM needs. 

  • Raster to Vector Drawing Conversion 
  • IEC to ANSI Drawing Conversion  
  • Creating Interface Drawings & Schedules  
  • AutoCAD  
  • AutoCAD Electrical  
  • Autodesk Inventor 3D 
  • Autodesk Revit   
  • Bentley MicroStation V8i  
  • Bentley Open Utilities Substation  

Phone:

Office: (984) 356-3020

Email Address:

info@pallantus.com

Pallantus Corporation:

4917 Waters Edge Dr.

Suite 269

Raleigh, NC 27606