ABB distributed control system applied to Taiwan's power companies

On July 9, 2012, ABB's advanced decentralized control system, Symphony Plus, was applied to the largest independent power generation company in Taiwan and the 600 megawatt coal-fired unit of the power station under MPC's power plant to ensure stable and reliable power plants. Operation. According to the contract, ABB upgraded the distributed control system applied before the plant to Symphony Plus within 60 days.

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MPC owns and operates the Maiji Supercritical Coal Fired Power Plant on the west coast of Taiwan. The seven 600 MW coal-fired units of the power plant were put into operation in 1999 and 2000 respectively. The power generated by the power plant is used to support the production and operation of its parent company, Formosa Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

The stable and reliable operation of power plants is very important for MPC. It not only needs to meet the demand for power grid access, but also provides reliable power protection for the parent company's production facilities and refining equipment operations. In order to improve the operational reliability of the two 600 MW units in the power plant, ABB upgraded the power plant's 12-year-old Advant MOD300 decentralized control system to Symphony Plus. The entire upgrade process was completed within 60 days and fully satisfied the customer's need for reliability.

ABB's Symphony Plus solution can control 16,000 I/O (input and output) ports in the power plant and includes boiler control and boiler management. According to the contract, ABB is responsible for engineering, procurement, simulation, factory testing, on-site construction and commissioning of the entire project. In addition, ABB also provides the latest UvisorTM flame detection system to improve the unit's combustion efficiency and thermal efficiency.

ABB successfully completed the entire project within 60 days while satisfying customers' needs for reliability and performance improvement. With ABB's advanced operator interface and power information management software (PGIM), operators can access relevant information faster and better.

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