FossilThe power industry is in the midst of major change today. The convergence of deregulation, privatization, environmental pressures, customer demand, and technological changes is rapidly reshaping the global electric power industry. In sum, these changes are resulting in a power industry that is increasingly competitive and receptive to technological innovation and investment. A fossil power generation plant is a facility designed to produce electric energy from the fossil form of energy that includes coal, petroleum, and nature gas. GE Intelligent Platforms Intelligent Platform has a long history in fossil power generation sector and has a strong installed base worldwide. As an industrial leader, GE Intelligent Platforms Intelligent Platform’s mission is to provide a comprehensive set of automation solutions for manufacturing operations in this sector.
GE Intelligent Platforms equipment is perfectly suitable for both new installations and retrofits of power plants. We offer single integrated control architecture of turbine control and balance of plant applications, for steam, gas or combined cycle applications.
Automation Infrastructure
Whether building a new plant or upgrading existing assets, companies demand the latest technology in order to operate more competitively, cost effectively and reliably. GE Intelligent Platforms offers a wide range of Individual off-the-shelf products and tailored applications for Energy facility infrastructures. Our portfolio consists of HMI/SCADA, Controllers/IO, Historian, and Web Portal, representing the essential building blocks for power plant projects.
The revolutionary GE Intelligent Platforms PAC solutions, Programmable Automation Controller, offer unprecedented flexibility, openness and performance to manufacturers in Power Industry to produce and deliver reliable power in the most cost-effective way. PACs allow power generators to make a leap in capabilities without re-engineering and give them the ability to maximize the benefits of their application first and optimize the automation platform second.
Complete Process Automation Solutions
The ability to react to market opportunities has become depended upon having a flexibly and broad based automated process. GE Intelligent Platforms product technologies have been combined with industry specific control engineering tools to provide open process control solutions. Our power generation related process automation applications have been successfully applied in Simple Cycle and Co-generation Power Generation for both green field and retrofit projects.
The majority of the power plants use DCS systems to control the main units. With the release of Proficy Process System, GE Intelligent Platforms has the capability to offer a very cost-effective process control system. The availability of commercial, off-the-shelf technologies makes Proficy Process Systems a more affordable solution for new installations and in the long run. By basing our control system on non-proprietary hardware and software platforms we help customers improve total cost of ownership from initial sale through replacement parts, etc.
Performance Management
A real time, plant wide management system should offer operational awareness to enable a quick reaction time as well as provide a history and a “single truth” for compliance reporting. GE Intelligent Platforms’s Performance Management software products gather, store, distribute and structure data so users can analyze, identify and react to performance opportunities. Plus, our technology allows integration with third party systems for optimal cost benefit.
In the power generation industry, GE Intelligent Platforms is one of the first companies to actively promote Plant Intelligence software to improve quality and reliability. Proficy Production Management, a flexible, cost-effective control system with open device connectivity and real-time intelligence, can help power generation manufacturers become more profitable. By providing up-to-the minute reports and metrics on key operating parameters, such as output, downtime, energy usage, chemical consumption, waste and quality, Proficy can provide millions of dollars in savings to a power generation company. In addition, its modular, scalable architecture lets users build new plants quickly and upgrade existing facilities easily.
Environmental Compliance
Environmental compliance is either the responsibility of engineering or safety.
Typically environmental engineers are responsible for managing the facilities utilities and natural resources. The engineers are focused on utility cost savings and compliance. Typically they are looking for systems that can provide real-time high-speed data collection and alarming, along with historical reporting. A total solution including controls, SCADA, and Historian is usually necessary to give the engineers the data collection and reporting they need. Plant Applications can also provide the historical reporting and trends the engineer is looking for. |
