Emerson Awarded Contract to Automate Power Plant in Central China
Monday, October 4, 2010
Emerson Process Management has been selected to install its
Ovation expert control system at two new 1,000-MW, ultra-supercritical,
coal-fired power generating units now under construction at the Anhui Tongling
power plant in China’s Anhui province. The contract for automating the new
units – which are the first 1,000-MW units in this province – was awarded by
China Northwest Electric Design Institute, general contractor for the project.
The control system installation is part of Anhui Tongling's
Phase VI expansion project, in which older and less-efficient power generating
units are being replaced by ultra-supercritical units 5 and 6. Bringing the new
units online, expected to occur in February 2011 and May 2011, respectively,
will help meet the growing needs of industry in the area and support local
economic development. More…
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