Emerson to Digitally Automate Vital Power Plant
in Central China
Emerson Process Management’s Innovative Technologies Now Used in More Than Half of China’s 1,000-Megawatt Power Plants
PITTSBURGH, January 27, 2010 – Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), has been awarded a contract from the China Power Investment Corp. (CPI) to digitally automate a new, ultra-supercritical power plant in central China. Ultra-supercritical plants require less coal per megawatt-hour, leading to lower emissions, higher efficiency, and lower overall fuel costs.
The Pingdingshan Luyang power plant in the Henan Province, jointly owned by CPI and Pingdingshan Coal Co. Ltd., will use Emerson technologies to manage critical processes, increase plant efficiencies, and boost megawatt production to support the region’s economic development and population growth. Under the contract, Emerson will provide automation and control technologies for the first two 1,000-megawatt units expected to go into commercial operation in 2010. The plant will ultimately feature six 1,000-megawatt units.
The win is yet another example of Emerson’s global leadership in the power generation industry. To date, Emerson’s plant automation and control technologies support 600 gigawatts of the world’s power generation capacity.
“The Pingdingshan Luyang power plant is critical to central China,” said Hongzhan Wang, instrumentation and control director at CPI. “Emerson’s industry-leading automation technology is the logical choice for supporting the region’s growing need for more power.”
This project marks the first time Emerson’s technology will directly control a new 1,000-megawatt turbine in China. Additionally, Emerson’s system will monitor and control the boiler and all major plant components. Unifying boiler and turbine operations provides improved unit stability, responsiveness, and thermal efficiencies, as well as tighter overall control of plant operations.
Further, this is the first large-scale implementation of Emerson’s digital automation technologies in a Chinese power plant that incorporates high-speed communications networks, intelligent field devices, detailed diagnostics, and predictive maintenance. This approach offers a number of operational and economic advantages, including reduced wiring costs, streamlined device configuration, more efficient plant start-up, and long-term operations and maintenance savings.
“Emerson’s extensive experience in the supercritical power market makes us ideally suited for this project,” added Bob Yeager, president of the Power & Water Solutions division of Emerson Process Management. “We are extremely proud and pleased to be working with the China Power Investment Corp. on an innovative solution that’s now serving nearly 65 percent of the approximately forty 1,000-megawatt units that are built or being built in China.”
About Emerson Process Management
Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, water and wastewater treatment, mining and metals, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and other industries. The company combines superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services. Its brands include PlantWeb®, Rosemount®, Syncade™, Fisher®, Micro Motion®, Daniel®, DeltaV™, Ovation®, and AMS™ Suite.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE:EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2009 were US$20.9 billion and Emerson is ranked 94th on the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest companies. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.
