Emerson to engineer and install Ovation information & control system at the Riverside and Rocky Mountain Energy Centers
PITTSBURGH, PA (June 11, 2003) – Emerson Process Management announced today that its Power & Water Solutions industry center will apply Emerson’s PlantWeb® digital plant architecture at Calpine’s Riverside Energy Center in Beloit, Wis. and Rocky Mountain Energy Center in Weld County, Colo.Under the terms of two individual contracts, Emerson will control turbines, boilers, and balance of plant at both natural gas fired facilities using the Ovation® Information & Control System. The contract also includes interface to HART field devices and AMS predictive maintenance software. Initial startup at both Riverside and Rocky Mountain is scheduled for May 2004.
“We’re excited about the opportunity to apply our unmatched power expertise at Calpine’s newest facilities,” said Ron Oscher, marketing vice president for the Power & Water Solutions division of Emerson Process Management. “We hope this will be the first step towards a long term relationship and we’re looking forward to talking to Calpine soon about how our control solutions can further benefit the company’s bottom line.”The contracts also include maintenance agreements through which Emerson will provide support based on its SureServiceSM maintenance program.
Service agreements include ongoing software enhancements, customized training programs and a dedicated local California service support facility to provide the most rapid response possible.PlantWeb digital plant architecture is an automation solution that delivers asset management, process control and management execution through intelligent field devices, standards and scalable platforms, and integrated modular software. Ovation communicates with HART devices and acquires and analyzes the information each transmitter provides through AMS, an Emerson predictive maintenance software package.
AMS provides real-time equipment information to plant personnel allowing for more efficient and cost-effective maintenance operations, which can increase availability and decrease maintenance costs.The Ovation system uses an open architecture approach that helps to eliminate concerns about technological obsolescence and dependence on proprietary systems. Operating on a high-speed, high-capacity network, Ovation was the first system built completely to open industry standards.
It uses commercially available hardware and allows easy integration of a customer’s existing IT products and components, while maintaining process security.About CalpineBased in San Jose, Calif., Calpine Corporation is a leading North American power company dedicated to providing wholesale and industrial customers with clean, efficient, natural gas-fired and geothermal power generation. It generates and markets power through plants it owns, operates and leases in 22 states in the United States, three provinces in Canada and the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1984 and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CPN.
For more information about Calpine, visit its website at www.calpine.com .About Emerson Process ManagementEmerson Process Management ( www.emersonprocess.com ), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the power, water and wastewater treatment, chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and other industries.
Emerson's Power & Water Solutions division ( www.emersonprocess-powerwater.com ), formerly Westinghouse Process Control, is a global supplier of advanced distributed process control and information systems. The Pittsburgh-based company is a recognized leader in developing plant-wide process control solutions for the power generation, water treatment and wastewater treatment industries. Power & Water Solutions plays a key role in the Emerson mission of combining superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services.
Emerson brands include: PlantWebÒ; OvationÒ; SmartProcessÒ; FisherÒ; MicroMotionÒ; RosemountÒ; DeltaVÔ; and AMS.About EmersonSt. Louis-based Emerson ( www.gotoemerson.com ) is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers in process control; electronics and telecommunications; industrial automation; heating, ventilating and air conditioning; and appliance and tools.
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