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: 49.9 MW Fluidized Bed Boiler Cogeneration Plant

COMMERCIAL OPERATION: May 1989

MT. POSO GENERATION COMPANY

MT. POSO GENERATION PLANT

Bakersfield, California, USA

OPERATOR: PYRO-PACIFIC OPERATING COMPANY

EPC CONTRACTOR: BECHTEL POWER CORPORATION.

 

 

DESCRIPTION:

49.9 MW Waste Coal Fired Cogeneration Plant.

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

Circulating fluidized bed boiler (PyroPower) including BMS and P.A. Duct Burners

Steam Turbine/Generator (GEC Alsthom) All Controls

Electrical System Monitoring

All Balance of Plant systems; Condensate, Feedwater, Fuels, Mechanical Auxiliaries, etc.

CONTROL EQUIPMENT:

Leeds & Northrup MAX 1 DCS with the following components:

(2) Operator Stations

(1) Operator Station Second Screen

(5) Auto Backup Controller File Pairs

(1) Single Controller File

1542 Total I/O Supplied: 330 AI 88 AO 592 DI 336 DO 140 TC 40 RTD 16 PI

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Boiler Monitoring Console supplied by ACS which included drum level, soot blower, programmable recorders, drum safety relief valves and annunciator.

Turbine/Generator Console supplied by ACS which included safety trip switching, generator breaker switching, generator synchronization control, turbine governor control, vibration indication and programmable recorders.

128 Point – SOE Recorder

IBM PC Interface for Plant Performance Calculations

Balance of plant instrumentation supplied by ACS.