Honeywell set to rebuild power plant operating system

Helsinki - Honeywell has been selected to rebuild the operating system of a 1,000MW power plant. The plant is operated by Fortum, an energy provider in the Nordic region and the Baltic Rim, and the project is intended to deliver safety, reliability, efficiency and environmental compliance to the plant.

Honeywell’s Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) will be used to operate the power station, where it will help to streamline production by allowing plants to unify process, production and business management. The system integrates data from critical subsystems across the facility, such as process units and safety systems, and delivers relevant information directly to operators for improved decision making in the control room.

Experion should also help to reduce maintenance costs, improve productivity and produce energy more economically by enabling plant operators to better monitor and manage capacity utilisation, and other aspects of the production process.
Additionally, Honeywell’s Safety Manager will be used tointegrate safety systems such as fire and gas detectors into overall control and automation strategies.

Honeywell’s UniSim operator training system will be used to train the plant operators, further enabling the staff to facilitate safe and efficient plant start-up. The vendor will also provide a wide range of services, including pre-engineering, application engineering, installation, commissioning and fine tuning of the system.