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I&C modernization in Merwedekanaal 11 combined cycle power plant in the
Netherlands
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pangea on 23/06/2010 16:16:00
 
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gas turbine inspection and overhaul, the outdated electrical and I&C  equipment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