Archive for August 6th, 2008

Emerson to Automate PLTU 2 Banten-Labuan Plant in Indonesia

Emerson Process Management announced yesterday that it has received a contract to apply its Plantweb® digital plant architecture with the Ovation® expert control system at the PLTU 2 Banten-Labuan power plant. This new two-unit, 600-MW coal-fired plant is being built in Indonesia’s Banten Longwan Province. The contract was awarded by Chengda Engineering Corporation of China. Emerson is engineering and installing the project.

Emerson’s comprehensive PlantWeb solution includes deployment of the Ovation control system for monitoring and control of the boiler, turbine, burner management system, auxiliary system, which includes water treatment and coal handling, and balance of plant processes. Emerson will supply a total of 33 Ovation redundant controllers (15 per unit, as well as three that will be common to both units) and 23 workstations (seven per unit, plus six common to both units and three for the auxiliary system). The Ovation system, built specifically to meet the unique needs of the power generation industry, will monitor and control a total of 17,000 hard I/O points.

“Initially we selected Emerson because of their proven automation and control technologies,” said Dai Wu, senior engineer, Chengda Engineering Corporation of China. “Since we’ve been working with them, we have become just as impressed with the caliber of their personnel and their in-depth knowledge of power generating equipment and processes.”

 ”We’re gratified by Chengda’s confidence in Emerson’s state-of-the-art control solutions,” said Bob Yeager, president of the Power & Water Solutions division of Emerson. “We’re proud to count them among an ever-growing number of organizations around the world that have chosen PlantWeb and Ovation technology to enhance plant reliability and performance.”   

Company: Emerson Process Management ALGOR, Inc.
Web Site: www.emersonprocess.com
Location: Pittsburgh, PA 15238
Description: Power & Water Solutions, based in Pittsburgh, engineers and supports process control technology to improve the performance and efficiency of power plants, wastewater treatment facilities and water treatment facilities. Read more.

Phase I SBIR Awarded for Safe Routes

RE2, Inc., a leading developer of intelligent modular manipulation systems and Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS) software solutions, announced that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a System for Dynamic Modeling and Planning of Safe Routes for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), a U.S. Navy funded program. 

“This project represents a new direction of technology development for RE2 and will build upon RE2’s strong background in robotics research and robust software engineering capabilities to provide a solution that meets the needs of today’s military,” stated Dr. Patrick Rowe, vice president of research and development for RE2, Inc.
 
During the six-month Phase I program, RE2 will research and develop enhancements for existing route planning technology that calculates the safest path through a post-combat or urban area, taking into account information about various threats. Threats include the chance of sniper attack, risk of encountering improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and hostile local reaction to military presence. The RE2 team will also implement an intuitive graphical user interface software tool to display map and route information in an easy-to-understand format, and allow the user to quickly update the threat information as new intelligence is obtained in order to plan a new, safer route.
 
“In addition to improving our military’s ability to safely navigate through hostile environments, we envision that this technology will also be applicable to commercial markets in the future, thus expanding our product offerings outside of the Department of Defense,” said Jorgen Pedersen, president and CEO of RE2, Inc.