Emerson to provide Plantweb with Ovation system

Emerson Process Management has been selected to install its Plantweb digital plant architecture with the Ovation expert control system at the Pakistan Engro Qadirpur energy power plant.

The plant is owned by Engro Energy and is one of the first few projects commissioned as part of an initiative by the Pakistan government to involve private companies in the country's power generation industry.

When it begins commercial operation later this year, the 240MW combined-cycle plant will provide electricity to the grid and steam for a nearby fertiliser plant owned by Engro Chemical Pakistan, a producer of urea fertiliser.

China Tiancheng Engineering Corp, the project's engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, selected Emerson's Plantweb architecture with the Ovation expert control system to monitor and control the heat recovery steam generator (supplied by Hangzhou Boiler Group), the Harbin steam turbine and balance-of-plant processes.

Emerson will also design the burner management system and modulating control system for the heat recovery steam generator.

In addition, the Ovation system will interface to the plant's GE-Mark VI gas turbine controls.

Emerson's automation solution also includes its AMS Suite predictive maintenance software, which will provide operators with data from Hart intelligent field devices installed throughout the plant.

For new plant construction, AMS Suite streamlines device configuration and commissioning, which contributes to a more efficient plant start-up.

AMS Suite also provides online access to instrument and valve process information, diagnostic status information and the automatic documentation of all field device maintenance information, all contributing to the continuing efficiency of plant operations and maintenance activities.

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