HMI migration at Amer 9: Providing modern technology while preserving the initial investment Reference – Control System Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical HMI migration to SPPA-T3000 Control System provides Amer 9 with a state-of-the-art HMI, while at the same time many proven components of the existing DCS are preserved. The Plant The Result ■ Smooth migration to state-of-the-art HMI technology ■ Investment protection for key system components The Amer Power Plant in Geertruidenberg, Netherlands, is operated by Essent NV. It consists of two production units that can supply enough electricity for the power consumption of 3 million households. A power generating capacity of 600 MW and a heat production capacity of 350 MW make unit Amer 9 the largest biomass co-fired gas- and hardcoal power plant and one of the largest CHP units in central Europe (2013). cabling, key parts of the legacy engineering and archive data system were preserved, thus the initial investment was not lost. Besides that the smooth transition of the proven HMI engineering was possible due to the usage of the HMI Migration-Tool. SPPA-T3000’s HMI comes with a user-friendly navigation between views and customized layouts of e. g. displays, trends or bar charts. Its online configuration makes it possible to change settings not only from the control room, which leads to a flexible working environment. With this new HMI, the Amer Power Plant is ready to run smoothly for the coming years. The Task Unit 9 and its auxiliary systems were either running on TELEPERM ME or SPPA-T2000. As the power plants life cycle promised another ten years, the possible lifetime extension for the current DCSs was not long enough. Concurrently with the necessary renewal, Essent NV wanted to protect as much as possible of its investments and keep the existing optimized configurations and settings for the new HMI. Our Solution The TELEPERM ME HMI of unit 9 of the Amer Power Plant and the SPPA-T2000 HMI of the wood gasification, flue gas densification and the dry bottom ash handling were migrated to the modern HMI that SPPA-T3000 offers. For this migration, new high-performance HMI components were used. At the same time, the entire automation level including field “When part of the installation is obsolete and still the major part of the investment can be preserved, that’s saving money. For us, this HMI migration was the best choice.” Ron van de Korput, Lead Engineer E&I RWE Generation Hardcoal and Gas Netherlands Amer Power Station siemens.com/sppa Published by and copyright © 2015: Siemens AG Power and Gas Division Freyeslebenstrasse 1 91058 Erlangen, Germany For more information contact sppa-t3000.energy@siemens.com www.siemens.com/energy/sppa-t3000 T3_FR_HMI Migration_Amer9-NL_e_V1-0 Order no. E50001-G230-A416-X-4A00 Printed in Germany Dispo 05401 Printed on elementary chlorine-free bleached paper. All rights reserved. Trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of Siemens AG, its affiliates, or their respective owners. Subject to change without prior notice. The information in this document contains general descriptions of the technical options available, which may not apply in all cases. The required technical options should therefore be specified in the contract.