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: 160 MW Combined Cycle Cogeneration Plant

COMMERCIAL OPERATION: September 1996

SITHE ENERGIES, INC.

SMITHFIELD ENERGY FACILITY

Smithfield, NSW, Australia

EPC CONTRACTOR: NEPCO/TRANSFIELD JOINT VENTURES

DESCRIPTION:

160 MW Natural Gas Fired, Combined Cycle Cogeneration Plant consisting of three gas turbine generators exhausting into three, three pressure Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG’S) supplying steam to a single condensing steam turbine generator.

Plant consists of the following systems that are controlled via the Distributed Control System.
  • (3) Gas Turbine/Generators (GE-Frame 6) – Limited Control
  • Steam Turbine/Generator (General Electric) – Limited Control
  • (3) Heat Recovery Steam Generators (Zurn)
  • (3) Duct Burners (Coen)
  • Export Steam Systems, HP & IP
  • Electrical power export and power factor control
  • All Balance of Plant Systems – Condensate, Feedwater, Circ. Water, Mechanical Auxiliaries, etc.

CONTROL EQUIPMENT:

MAX Control Systems MAX 1000 DCS with the following components:
  • (3) WorkStations including:
  • (3) Real-Time Processors
  • (1) Applications Processors (EWS)
  • (3) Graphics Processors (OPS)
  • (7) Redundant Distributed Processing Units (DPU) Pairs
  • (5) Non-redundant Distributed Processing Units (DPU) for datalinks
  • 1700 Total I/O Supplied: 240 AI 102 AO 576 DI 320 DO 186 TC 28 RTD 24 PI 224 SOE

SPECIAL FEATURES:
  • Total Plant Load Control
  • (4) GE Speedtronics Mark 5 Turbine DataLinks
  • (1) Indeck Water Treatment (Allen-Bradley) DataLink
  • Hot Spares Cabinet