INSTALLATION DESCRIPTION BRIEF

INDUSTRY:  Miscellaneous

APPLICATION:  Fire Safety Test Facility

COMMERCIAL OPERATION: April 2000

U. S. ARMY

FIRE SAFETY TEST ENCLOSURE

Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, USA

EPC CONTRACTOR: FACILITIES SYSTEM ENGINEERING CORP.

DESCRIPTION:      

A Fire Safety Test Facility wherein the primary system function is emissions control.  Exhaust gases/fumes from tests are processed through the Emissions Control System (ECS) where the gases are superheated, then quenched, passed through a lime bed, run through a baghouse, quenched and scrubbed again before being released to the atmosphere.  The Distributed Control System (DCS) is the primary method of control for the facility with multiple hard-wired interfaces with various Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s).

CONTROL EQUIPMENT:       

Honeywell Micromax 2 system with the following components:

• (1) Management (Engineering) WorkStation
• (1) Supervisory WorkStation
• (2) Remote Terminal Units (RTU’s)
• 302 Total I/O Supplied:  90 AI  12 AO  120 DI  80 DO