Newsdesk - March 2001

ABB gets contract for largest ever control system

Malaysia’s newest coal-fired power station, at Manjung, 200 kilometres north of Kuala Lumpur, will be fully controlled by one of ABB’s largest ever control systems. The station, to be fuelled by mainly sub-bituminous and other low-sulphur grade coal, is being built in a three-year project valued at around £640 million. Control of the plant will involve altogether some 25,000 I/O, plus 24 serial links for soft I/O. The plant, due to start operation in 2003, is being constructed by a consortium comprising Alstom Power and local company Peremba Construction.

The ABB automation system was specified by the end user, already a user of ABB control systems at many other power stations. It will provide total control of all areas of the power plant, including the boilers and burners on the three 700 MW gensets, coal mills, flue gas desulphurisation and common services, such as feed water pumps. As a potential starting point for future Asset Optimisation strategies, much of the field instrumentation for the project will be delivered with HART capability – ABB’s Contrans-I interface system allowing digital information to be accessed and utilised for non-control purposes. ABB Automation has also secured an order for the boiler protection system for the same project based on the ABB Triguard Triple Modular Redundant architecture.

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