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News Release from: ABB Automation Tech (Instrumentation + Automation)
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 13 March 2007
Control system set for Chinese styrene
production
China Oil and Natural Gas orders an AC800F control system to operate an 80,000 tonne per year styrene production facility.
ABB has received an order from China Oil and Natural Gas for an AC800F control system to operate an 80,000 tonne per year styrene production facility The control system, which will be provided by ABB China, will consist of two pairs of AC800F redundant controllers, six operator workplaces and one engineer workplace
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The engineer workplace can also serve as an operator workplace.
The control systems will process approximately 3000 I/Os.
Twenty-two S800 remote I/O slave stations will be connected with AC800F controllers via redundant Profibus DP.
ABB China's systems integration partner will provide engineering, installation, commissioning, and technical services for the project.
Styrene is derived from petroleum and natural gas byproducts.
It is used in the manufacture of consumer goods such as food containers, scratch-resistant furniture, and plastic toys, and has a wide range of construction and transportation applications.
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