426 South Main Street
Pittsburgh PA, 15220
Phone No.: (412) 921-3226
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INSTALLATION DESCRIPTION BRIEF

INDUSTRY: IPP (Independent Power Producer)

APPLICATION: 57 MW Combined Cycle Cogeneration Plant

COMMERCIAL OPERATION: June 1992

SITHE ENERGIES USA, INC.

SENECA POWER PARTNERS, L.P.

BATAVIA ENERGY FACILITY

Batavia, New York, USA

EPC CONTRACTOR: ZURN/NEPCO

 

DESCRIPTION:

57 MW Natural Gas Fired, Combined Cycle Cogeneration Plant consisting of a single gas turbine cogenerator exhausting into a dual pressure Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) supplying steam to a single condensing steam turbine generator.

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

Combustion Turbine/Generator (GE – Frame 6)

Steam Turbine/Generator (General Electric)

Heat Recovery Steam Generator (Zurn)

Denox Steam System

Export Steam System @ 60 KPPH, 400 PSIG

Auxiliary Boiler

Electrical System Monitoring with integral SOE

Power Factor Control

Diesel Generator

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

(4) Redundant Distributed Processing Unit (DPU) Pairs

919 Total I/O Supplied: 225 AI 64 AO 8 PI 288 DI 144 DO 45 TC 49 RTD 96 SOE

SPECIAL FEATURES:

GE Speedtronics Mark 4 Datalink

IBM PC Interface for Remote Monitoring, Plant Performance Calculations and Reports