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is obsolete and still the major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
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