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News Release from: ABB Power Technologies | Subject: System 800xA Process Portal
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 23 January 2008
Contract boosts power station efficiency
ABB's upgrade of EPRL's power station involves upgrading the existing Harmony system to ABB's System 800xA Process Portal.
ABB is carrying out a major contract for EPRL (Energy Power Resources Limited) to upgrade the plant control systems at its 38.5MW poultry litter fuelled power station in Thetford, Norfolk to provide improved control and greater energy efficiency In addition to upgrading the existing Harmony system to ABB's System 800xA Process Portal, the project also includes the supply of a new control desk and the integration of other systems display data into 800xA, as well as the supply of a new control desk and a single large-screen TFT display
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 14 Sep 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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ABB is supplying its Power Generation Information Management system, which is intended to form part of a company-wide system for production information and reporting.
This can easily be expanded in the future to provide additional optimisation facilities for all EPRL's power plants.
ABB's Evolution lifecycle support strategy is designed to meet the needs of owners and operators of ABB automation systems who operate on tight margins but still rely on continuous, efficient operation of their process plant to remain viable.
It provides a clearly defined path to enable their existing automation systems to evolve, through a series of small, cost-effective steps, to meet their changing business environments, both commercial and technical.
The cornerstone of Evolution is ABB's Extended Automated System 800xA Process Portal that extends the reach of traditional DCS (distributed control systems) beyond control of the process, to provide total plant management and control including: production management, safety, discrete and advanced control, information management, smart instrumentation, smart drives and motor control centres, asset management and documentation management capabilities.
Thetford power station is ABB's second Evolution project for EPR and follows the successful installation of System 800xA at the 13.5MW biomass fuelled power station in Glanford, Lincolnshire.
In addition to the Evolution project, the contract also includes the transfer of hardwired data from existing panels into the new control system, the provision of new operator work places and a main control desk and integration of a number of separate displays onto one large TFT display to provide an immediate over view of the entire power plant operation.
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