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I&C modernization in Merwedekanaal 11 combined cycle power plant in the Netherlands

23/06/2010 16:16:00 pangea

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I&C modernization in Merwedekanaal 11 combined cycle power plant in the Netherlands

The cogeneration plant was put on line for the first time in 1983/84 and has an installed electrical capacity of 100 megawatts (MW).

Under contract to the plant operator Vattenfall Europe, Siemens modernized the entire electrical and I&C equipment at the Merwedekanaal 11 power plant in the Netherlands. The cogeneration plant was put on line for the first time in 1983/84 and has an installed electrical capacity of 100 megawatts (MW). It feeds power into the interconnected grid and supplies approximately 80 MW (thermal) of district heat to the city of Utrecht.

As part of the modernization, which was performed at the same time to a major gas turbine inspection and overhaul, the outdated electrical and I&C equipment was replaced by Siemens advanced SPPA-T3000 including the SPPA-R3000 power plant and turbine I&C-equipment as well as components from the SPPA-E3000 electrical solutions range.

The scope of supply included replacement of the unit I&C and the I&C for the BBC gas and steam turbine-generators, conversion of the mechanical control equipment to advanced hydraulic systems for the gas and steam turbines, replacement of the startup frequency converter and synchronization equipment, fail-safe protection system for the steam generators and gas turbines, integration of a new operation and monitoring system in the central control room, partial replacement of field devices and the provision of remote control by the load dispatcher in Amsterdam.

Source: Siemens