Integrated Control System
GE can provide you with an Integrated Control System (ICS) for your power plant by implementing your turbine generator
and plant control on a common hardware and software platform. A single-level architecture provided by
the turbine OEM eliminates the traditional turbine to DCS interface and reduces installation and maintenance costs.
The GE ICS improves plant integration, reduces supplier interfaces, improves the quality of plant data, and
increases your profitability. If you’re looking for an integrated power plant system, GE has a plant-level solution.
What is the ICS?
The GE Integrated Control System provides total plant control at a single level, uniting the gas turbine, steam turbine,
generator, boiler, or HRSG, and balance-of-plant equipment control in a single integrated architecture. The ICS also
integrates sub-system PLC controllers and communicates to other systems utilizing a number of protocols.
The ICS uses the SPEEDTRONIC™ Mark VI triple modular redundant (TMR) control platform to implement plant
control functions. Monitoring and control of the power plant are accomplished through common operator stations
called Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) which use a Æ
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 operating system and CIMPLICITY®
graphic software. HMI screens and navigation are common
among all components of the power plant, with each HMI having
access to all plant equipment. Communication between control
equipment is implemented on redundant Ethernet networks
An OSI Pi-based Historian provides plant-wide, time-coherent
data collection, fully integrating the turbine, and BOP equipment
The GE Control System Toolbox serves as a single configuration
and diagnostic tool for all MK VI controlled equipment.
Customers can create or change logic and graphics. Unauthorized
changes are prevented by the layered privilege system.
Benefits of a True Plant Solution
Compared to the traditional DCS approach to plant control, the
GE ICS offers several benefits to the controls engineer and power
plant operator. Benefits are realized from plant integration,
improved plant operation, and reduced costs.
Integrating Plant Control (single system plant control)
• Unified plant control, monitoring, and data collection
• Full control from each operator station for all equipment
through the HMI; one interface to monitor and control
plant equipment
• Same screens and navigation for turbines and BOP
• Single vendor responsibility for gas turbine, steam turbine,
HRSG, and BOP controls
• Eliminates engineered interfaces between turbine control and
DCS and the need to copy turbine screens onto the DCS
Improving Plant Operation (improve the quality of your plant data)
• Single configuration and diagnostic tool improves programming
and troubleshooting and decreases operator and maintenance
training expenses
• Common alarm system with SOE capability for all digital inputs
• One time-coherent database for all plant equipment
• Plant-wide Historian: OSI Pi, Pi-to-Pi system interface
Reducing Costs (increase your profitability)
• Increased availability and reduced downtime from TMR control
systems
• Eliminates engineered gateways, hard-wired interfaces, and
duplication which lowers engineering and installation costs
• Common hardware minimizes spare parts
• Performance optimization software products
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