Hawthorn Station Fuel Yard Controls Upgrade

Summary

This client wished to replace its existing fuel yard PLC control system with a distributed control system (DCS) to reduce operating costs and improve capabilities and functionality. Burns & McDonnell specified Ovation DCS components, designed the control system network and electrical system, and provided construction specifications and field checkout and commissioning services. Burns & McDonnell also provided on-site engineering support and management during factory acceptance testing, pre-outage construction, outage construction, I/O checkout, startup and tuning phases of the project.

Services:

• Project management
• DCS and controls network design
• Electrical construction design and specifications
• Factory Acceptance Testing support
• Construction support
• Startup and commissioning

Features:

• Design DCS and network design
• VFD upgrades
• Aggressive schedule