426 South Main Street
Pittsburgh PA, 15220
Phone No.: (412) 921-3226
Fax No.: (412) 921-9660


INSTALLATION DESCRIPTION BRIEF

INDUSTRY: IPP (Independent Power Producer)

APPLICATION: 65.0 MW Combined Cycle Cogeneration Plant

COMMERCIAL OPERATION: April 1992

LONE STAR ENERGY CO.

AMERICAN BRASS COGENERATION FACILITY

Buffalo, New York, USA

EPC CONTRACTOR: EBASCO SERVICES INC

DESCRIPTION:

65.0 MW Natural Gas Fired, Combined Cycle Cogeneration plant consisting of a single gas turbine generator exhausting into a three pressure Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) supplying steam to a single condensing steam turbine generator with double extraction.

Plant consists of the following systems that are controlled via the Distributed Control System.

  • Gas Turbine Generator (GE – Frame 6) - Limited Control
  • Steam Turbine Generator (GE) - Limited Control
  • Heat Recovery Steam Generator (Deltak)
  • Duct Burners (Coen)
  • Electrical System Monitoring with integral SOE
  • Export Steam System
  • Denox Steam System
  • Auxiliary Boilers
  • Glycol System
  • Fuel Gas Compressors
  • All Balance of Plant Systems – Condensate, Feedwater, Fuel, Mechanical Auxiliaries, etc.

CONTROL EQUIPMENT:

  • Leeds+Northrup MAX 1 DCS with the following components:
  • (2) Operator Stations
  • (2) Operator Station Second Screens
  • (3) Redundant Distributed Processing Units (DPU’s) Pairs
  • (3) Remote cabinets to handle specific areas of the plant
  • 704 Total I/O Supplied: 135 AI 40 AO 272 DI 128 DO 60 TC 21 RTD 16 PI 32 SOE

SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • GE Speedtronics Mark 4 Datalink
  • Woodward Governor Interface
  • 2 – IBM PC Interfaces for Remote Monitoring, Plant Performance Calculations and Reports