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Energy Sector
Division Fossil Power Generation
Alpharetta, GA, Thursday, August 20, 2009
Siemens SPPA-D3000 diagnostic suite revolutionizes customary maintenance strategies
Siemens Energy Instrumentation, Controls and Electrical’s revolutionary SPPA-D3000 suite is
capable of allowing users to better detect potential significant events in a power plant, sooner
than through using other diagnostic systems. The SPPA-D3000 suite continually analyzes,
evaluates and reports “machinery health,” as well as overall “plant health.” The highly
integrated diagnostic solutions offer accurate transient analysis, effective reporting and
controls systems independence, making it more advanced and more accurate than other
diagnostic products. Siemens offers a comprehensive solution, from the machinery to the
main I&C system, with advanced technology and benefits in the field of machinery protection.
The SPPA-D3000 diagnostic suite is comprised of three products: machinery protection, machinery
analysis and plant-wide condition monitoring. Whether used as a package or independently, these
products provide enhanced plant and machinery protection.
SPPA-D3000 Machinery Protection offers redundant, vibration-based machinery protection that is
capable of providing information to the user on possible mechanical causes of off-normal performance
such as bearing damage, incorrect alignment, cracks and loose parts. Such information is intended to
allow customers to better monitor and detect off-normal machinery problems to enhance the reliability
and availability for rotating and oscillating components and enable users to better plan cost-effective
solutions to problems. SPPA-D3000 Machinery Protection is also equipped with advanced
instrumentation and can be readily integrated into existing I&C systems.
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Press Contact
Michael P. Berger
Siemens Energy
Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical Media Relations
307 Fourth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: +1.412.471.0840
Fax: +1.412.471.0246
berger@krome.com
SPPA-D3000 Plant Monitor is intended to help plants prevent damage by reliably predicting the
availability of the power plant and its components and actively scheduling impending maintenance
activities. SPPA-D3000 Plant Monitor is currently the only system that monitors all pertinent
components and processes during load changes, start-ups and shutdowns. It is also capable of
allowing users to better recognize "creeping" faults long before they reach a critical point.
Above all, Plant Monitor is capable of allowing users to make changes "at the push of a button" and
provides valuable hints to the user for optimizing the operating mode and reducing emissions.
“In summary, Plant Monitor reports early warning of abnormal operating conditions and Machinery
Analysis digs deeper to find what has happened or what is about to happen. Machinery Protection
ensures safe operation to protect both equipment and personnel. The non-intrusive SPPA-D3000 suite
provides power plants the ability to continuously monitor machinery and plan operating conditions to
maintain plant efficiency while keeping operational costs low,” said Joerg Holzapfel, Vice President of
Siemens Energy Instrumentation, Controls and Electrical.
EDITOR’S NOTE – SPPA-D3000 CASE STUDY
The PPL Brunner Island coal-fired power plant in York Haven, Pennsylvania, USA used the SPPAD3000 Plant Monitor to detect impending faults early enough to allow damage to be averted and
rectified at the very onset. During a reference installation, the SPPA-D3000 Plant Monitor accurately
identified a transient problem prior to it happening during a blind study of pre- and post-event historical
data. Critical deviation was detected unambiguously in real time and the cause of the fault was
pinpointed immediately through correlation of all available reference data.
Because of the SPPA-D3000 suite, the PPL Brunner Island Plant was able to reduce costs through
optimized maintenance, increased availability through comprehensive monitoring of all plant data,
detected impending faults or deviations from normal conditions early and extended the life of its
machinery by detecting faults even under changing operating conditions. Other results may vary
depending on the particulars at hand.
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Press Contact
Michael P. Berger
Siemens Energy
Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical Media Relations
307 Fourth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: +1.412.471.0840
Fax: +1.412.471.0246
berger@krome.com
Monitoring devices supplied by Siemens are intended to enhance the availability and reliability.
These monitors normally represent state-of-the-art technology, which enables users to better diagnose
and control conditions within the turbine generator. While such monitors follow conditions and trends
within the equipment and thereby permit earlier detection of harmful conditions, use of such monitors
may not prevent all failures or detect all harmful conditions.
The Siemens Energy Sector is the world’s leading supplier of a complete spectrum of products, services and solutions for
the generation, transmission and distribution of power and for the extraction, conversion and transport of oil and gas. In fiscal
2008 (ended September 30), the Energy Sector had revenues of approximately EUR22.6 billion and received new orders
totaling approximately EUR33.4 billion and posted a profit of EUR1.4 billion. On September 30, 2008, the Energy Sector had
a work force of approximately 83,500. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/energy.
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Press Contact
Michael P. Berger
Siemens Energy
Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical Media Relations
307 Fourth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: +1.412.471.0840
Fax: +1.412.471.0246
berger@krome.com