SPPA-T3000 Control System

The Benchmark in Controls

Description
Easy Handling
High Performance
Low Cost
Embedded Component Services

Innovations are essential for continually keeping ahead of the competition. This is true of power plant technology, as well as for power plant instrumentation & controls. Only the players at the leading edge of technology can maintain a primary role in the markets they serve.

Given this, we are particularly proud of our development, Siemens Power and Process Automation T3000 (SPPA-T3000). The System has been designed to perform all power plant automation tasks: turbine control, boiler control including boiler protection, balance of plant (BOP) and integration of third party systems, such as gasification islands in IGCC applications.

Major benefis of SPPA-T3000, the new benchmark in controls:

Easy handling to support operators at mastering controls
High performance data distribution – the right information anytime, anywhere
Low cost during life cycle for long-term business success

To Support Operators at Mastering Controls

System features designed to make the activities of operators, maintenance personnel and engineers intuitive. This results in an efficient operation and engineering mode to help with sound decision making and flawless change implementation. Non-restricted concurrent workflow down to each single object offers flexibility for any task.

Operation

Simple arrangement for all work view displays
Easy access to all information via Point View
Easily created user-specific alarm displays and reports
1:1 simulation of your SPPA-T3000 Control System for perfectly trained plant operators

Engineering

Simple on-line change configuration right from the Workbench
Simple, straight forward automation and display design
Fast on-line undo of last configuration changes with quick roll-back

Diagnostics

No special computer equipment or location for troubleshooting
Context-sensitive on-line diagnostic informationat a glance
Comprehensive status of all components from any view

High Performance Data Distribution - The Right Information Anytime, Anywhere

Information is the key to success. SPPA-T3000 solves the problem of distributing data within an enterprise while minimizing information overload. Each person with authorized access within the enterprise receives only the data that he or she needs in order to work effectively.

The plant manager, the service or maintenance engineer, the production planner, the performance engineer, the plant operator, the power broker – they all can rapidly access their respective data. The faster the relevant information can be filtered from the information overload, the faster and more reliable decisions can be taken.

SPPA-T3000 is giving the right Information, at the right time and for the right people.

Low Cost During Life Cycle - For Long-Term Business Success

The traditional distributed control system (DCS) uses subsystems for various applications. There is a plethora of software in various versions that require handling, updating and maintenance. Due to the software involved, different experts often perform these tasks for systems with different hardware and software.

New technologies allow for the most powerful and simple approach, the Embedded Component ServicesTM. The traditional separation between the automation system, HMI, engineering system and diagnostic system is a thing of the past. The HMI, engineering, diagnostics, etc. are just different views on the same object.

The result: a simplified system architecture that eliminates the need for the subsystems required in traditional control systems.

Embedded Component Services™

The heart of the system is the software, called Embedded Component Services. Embedded Component Services is not just the key behind dispensing with subsystems, but is also the reason for the simple operation and excellent reliability of the system.

The heart of the system is the software, called Embedded Component Services. Embedded Component Services is not just the key behind dispensing with subsystems, but is also the reason for the simple operation and excellent reliability of the system.

Embedded Component Services is based on object-oriented data storage. All aspects of a power plant component, such as a pump, are gathered 1:1 into a single software module here. This applies to all data. As a result, all the data for the pump only need to be processed once and data synchronisation is unnecessary. Whether in operation, engineering, diagnostics, archive or alarm mode – the intent is that the user can always count on consistent data. All "views" on data are fed from a single source.