Powering Asia’s Power

Since starting operations in Asia Pacificin the early ‘90s, Emerson ProcessManagement Power and WaterSolutions has become the technologicaldriver behind the region’s power industry.

As part of the Emerson Process Managementfamily, the firm’s power and water solutionsdivision merges technology and engineeringto bring innovative automation, processmanagement and enterprise integrationsolutions to the world’s top power utilities. It’sexpert control system, Ovation, has emerged asa brand that defines power plant automationand control efficiency and reliability.

At the heart of Emerson’s Plant Webdigital plant architecture, Ovation expertcontrol system energizes more than 750power generation units in some 14 AsiaPacific countries, wielding control over some220,000MW of generation covering bothfossil power and renewable energy plants.It’s“power resume” boasts of a variety of boilertypes, steam and gas turbine control systems,and combined cycle, cogeneration and districtheating plants.

Andy Wang, Emerson Vice President ,AsiaPacific, talks about Emerson’s role in theregion’s power and water industries.

Please tell us more about your products/services currently in the market.

Ovation expert control system is our currentDCS product for the power plant automationand controls.

Designed specifically to meet the challengesof the power generation industry, Emerson’sOvation expert control system offers uniquefeatures and functions that a multi-purposecontrol system just won’t have. Emersonhas energized the power industry withrevolutionary control solutions for more than40 years.

Our products and services are backed byour unequaled expertise, and our customsolutions that meet our customer’s uniquerequirements.

From expert consultant services to worldclasstechnologies, we provide a total I&Csolutions for a single unit or entire generatingfleet.

Do you also have presence in WaterIndustry? What are your activities there?

For a quarter of a century Emerson Power& Water Solutions has energized the water nd wastewater treatment industries withinnovative control solutions built aroundour Ovation SCADA technology. Whenmunicipalities require efficient, constantmonitoring and control, they turn to theexperts, Emerson.

The very large scale facilities at cities ofChicago, Detroit, San Diego, Sacramento,Washington D.C. and Harbin (China), to namea few, have invested millions in our technology, realizing significant operational cost savings.

How has Emerson’s technology solutionsevolved through time? How has thisshaped Emerson’s track of growth overthe years particularly in Asia?

Emerson is technological leader in the controland automation industry with an accent ondelivering top quality solutions that help ourcustomer secure their technology investments.We had been in the centre of some of keytechnological developments such as PlantWeb,Smart Wireless etc.

These technologies have always helpedus keep an edge over our competition atall times. This technological superiority hasprovided us a leadership position in the powerindustry all over the world but specially in Asia.In Asia, we have grown tremendously in thelast decade. We have major share in newlybuiltpower plants in Asia.

China has built many 1000MW Ultrasupercritical(USC) plants which are today’smost advanced coal fired plants in terms ofthe process and technology.

Significantly, of the 52 units of 1000MWUSC plants ordered so far, 32 are using ourOvation expert control technology to controltheir plants. This clearly shows that whenit comes to adopting high end technology,Ovation comes as the first choice.

Do you have any special offerings to helpplant owners improve the efficiency ofpower plant operations?

We have a comprehensive suite of plantoptimization software called SmartProcess®which offers adaptive improvement solutionsto help utilities achieve optimized equipmentperformance for emissions compliance,temperature control, efficiency, and overallcontinuous operational improvement.

SmartProcess incorporates fuzzy logic,neural networks, predictive control, and othertools developed specifically for the needs ofour customers to offer the most advancedsuite of optimization solutions available. Plantspecificmodels simulate process variation andchanging load levels, so SmartProcess identifiesthe precise control settings for continuous bestperformance. The plant model incorporatesself-learning features that allow adaptation tolong-term changes in the plant.

Emerson’s cutting edge technology solutionshas kept clients happy over the years.

Andy notes that around two- hirds ofEmerson’s business are repeat customersproofof the high satisfaction rating thatEmerson has been receiving over the years.

Emerson Process Management
Asia Pacific Private Limited
1 Pandan Crescent Singapore 128461
Tel: +65 6770 8456
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