Upgrade of the telemechanic system in the Surgutskaya SDPS-2, a branch of OGK-4 OJSC

By Yulia Voloshko, Aleksandr Danilov, Yurii Dmitriev and Aleksandr Perfiliev

p.66

The article describes the structure and function of the telemechanic system introduced in the Surgutskaya State District Power Station2, a branch of OGK4 JSC. Also included is illustrative material that gives the full picture of the system. The similar Siemens hardwarebased complexes are widely used in Russia.

Automation and the alternative energetics: a promising alliance

By Dmitriy Shvetsov

p.48

The article shows world experience in using renewable energy sources. Also included is a comparative analysis between traditional and alternative methods of energy generation and a review of modern analytical systems and portals in energetics as well as methods of integration with SCADA and GIS.

Automated control system of the power complex comprising the PS-110/10/6kV substation and Series Enegromash GT TETs-009 gas-turbine heat and power plant

By Vladimir Matveev, Natalya Matsavey, Grigoriy Plesser, Evgeniy Salin and Sergey Shakhov

p.34

The article describes software and hardware tools, architecture features, algorithms, application software, visualization and control features of the automated control system of the power complex comprising the PS-110/10/6kV electric substation and Series Energomash GT TETs-009 gas turbine heat and power plant located in Krymsk. The power complex has an electrical capacity of 18 MW and heat capacity of 40 Gcal/hr. Some practical issues related to the operating experience are covered in the article. Also discussed are the prospects for the development of the automated control systems of the power complexes.

Projects of mechanical-draft cooling tower automation

Nikolay Kiyanov,  Oleg Kryukov,  Sergey Lopatnikov,  Andrey Smirnov,  Dmitriy Pribytkov

p.64

Modern water-rotation equipment-cooling systems based on mechanical-draft cooling towers are considered. Factors crucial for the service life, reliability, and efficiency of the cooling towers are analyzed. Appropriate circuit-design and algorithmic approaches to automation are suggested. The results of modeling and operation of automated ventilator cooling towers are presented.

Generator temperature measuring system

Vladimir Garkusha ,  Vladimir Gololobov

p.70

A multichannel system from the NIPS Co. measures the temperature at points of reference along the turbogenerator of a 100- to 300-MW power-generating unit.

Automated control system for makeup unit of VAZ heating and power plant

Vladimir Ivanov,  Victor Serenkov,  Ivan Danilushkin ,  Sergey Kolpaschikov

p.6

This article describes the development of the chemical water treatment process automated control system at VAZ heat and power plant in Togliatti City. The objectives of the control process are formulated on the basis of the detailed description of the workflow and are targeted on improvement of its reliability, effectiveness and quality of water purification. The structure, characteristics and main features of hardware and software of the system are presented.

Implementation of a water-chemical conditions monitoring system

Yelena Lezhnina,  Dmitriy Vorobyev ,  Yelena Berdnikova

p.14

The article presents the description of the automation object, defines project requirements taking into account the features of the information systems in use at JSC "Permskaya GRES" (Permskaya thermal power plant).The structure diagram of the water-chemical conditions chemical-engineering monitoring system as well as the utilized equipment are presented in the article. The project special features are described, which the specialists faced during implementation. The article includes the description of the project results and their analysis along with the chemical site specialists' reports and opinions on the implemented system.

Automated heat-transfer materials accounting system for Naberezhnochelninskaya heat and power plant

Dmitriy Antropov ,  Timofey Petrov

p.20

The article describes the automated heat-transfer materials accounting system, introduced at Naberezhnochelninskaya heat and power plant (Tatarstan Republic, RF). In the system development process the designers not only aimed at affordable and reliable solution, but at the same time tried to create a universal, user-friendly and scalable system.

Small-scale automation of electric power units based on “NIPS” software-and-hardware complex

Vladimir Gololobov,  Aleksandr Evseyev ,  Anton Zakharov

p.26

The article describes application of "NIPS" complex in development of small-scale automation systems using the process control system for 200 MW electric power units of Surgutskaya thermal power plant (GRES-1) as an example.

The application of various power resources metering equipment in the integrated system of data acquisition

Andrey Perminov

p.48

The first step towards energy saving is its consumption records organization. The solution of this task at different times formed a nonhomogeneous variety of measuring devices. The article reports on experience of different thermo-meters integration into modern data acquisition system. The process of their connection to the system's structure, which allows to minimize additional equipment costs and use the existing possibilities of an enterprise at most are described.

Drive modernization at row coal feeding device

Aleksei Petrov,  Nikolay Tatarintsev

p.40

The choice and application of frequency-regulated drives at row feeding devices of steam generating units are described in this article. The economic indicators analysis of DC drives substitution by modern asynchronous regulated drive with variable-frequency control is made. Reliability of the conclusions and recommendations described in the article is proved by successful experience of similar solutions.

Control system for a steam heat-recovery boiler

Aleksei Pshenitsyn

p.16

The author discusses an automated process control system for a steam heat-recovery boiler. The system was built using an IBM PC-compatible industrial controller, and it was implemented at the Krasnokamsk Pulp and Paper Mill.

Automated control system for KVGM-100 hot-water boilers in a thermal power plant

Mikhail Sokolov ,  Leonid Tsvetkov

p.16

This article explains and demonstrates the benefits of combining upgrades for obsolete equipment at thermal power plants with the implementation of a multi-level integrated automated process control system based on contemporary microprocessor equipment to achieve a qualitatively new level of technology.

A Process Control System based on “Om-Mega” Program-Technical Complex

Vladimir Odobryaev,  Valery Yurasov

p.20

The process control system for technological equipment of the heat power plant’s boiler unit has been implemented at Arkhangelsk pulp-and-paper plant, on the base of OMRON controllers.

Fully Automated Calculation of Power Consumption at Enterprises and Works

Arkady Gurtovtsev

p.34

A problem of integrated calculation of power consumption, which begins with the primary instrumental calculation of different energy resources, and ends with the data processing on the level of senior engineering specialist, its basic ideas and existing approach are considered.

Nizhnevartovsk Power Station's Process Control System

Alexander Pobozhey,  Alexander Parfenov,  Oleg Zherdev

p.48

A process control system for the Block 1 of Nizhnevartovsk Power Station: its development experience, system structure, and specific software for the automated process control are described.

Modernization of the Hot-Water Boiler's Control System

Gennady Varlamov,  Sergey Serdiuk,  Oleg Gorbunov,  Konstantin Gushcha

p.74

A state-of-the-art microprocessor system is used for control of the hot-water boiler of TETS-5 heat power plant in Kiev.

Universal Automated Control System for Heat-Engines and Units on their Basis

Nikolay Korobkin,  Boris Lopatkin,  Vladimir Lipchuk

p.58

The experience of development and operation of the control system for 1000 kW diesel- generator set based on Advantech equipment is analyzed.

Automated control system for upper water level and water discharge through a hydraulic turbogenerator unit

Vladimir Braitsev,  Villoriy Klabukov,  Andrey Krasilnikov,  Tibor Nemeni,  Dmitriy Radkevich,  Arcadiy Severov,  Yuriy Filippov

p.54

The control system for upper water level and water discharge through a hydraulic turbogenerator unit described in this article allows for more effective use of water resources, increases the generator's efficiency and automates the metering of the daily, monthly and annual flow of water through a hydroelectric station.

Commercial metering of energy resources

Anatoliy Kozhevnikov,  Valeryi Safronov,  Lev Prokopenko,  Ivan Yerokhin

p.62

This article examines the hardware and software used in building the Delta solution, a system for the commercial metering of energy resources and dispatcher control of energy consumption at industrial facilities.