September 10, 2007—Emerson Process Management, an Emerson business, was recently selected to digitally automate the Fujian Refining and Ethylene Joint Venture Project in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China. The facility is reportedly the largest integrated refining and petrochemicals project ever undertaken in China, with project startup expected by 2009.
Emerson completed front-end engineering and design in September 2006, and is proceeding with project management, engineering, integration, testing, commissioning and other site services, with work being done out of its Pudong, Shanghai, facility.
In addition, Emerson will serve as the Main Instrument and Controls Contractor (MICC) on the project, and will install its PlantWeb digital plant architecture. The PlantWeb installation will include eight DeltaV digital automation systems, AMS Device Manager software, safety instrumented system (SIS), fire and gas systems, Rosemount pressure and temperature transmitters, plus Fisher digital valve controllers, all utilizing FOUNDATION fieldbus, HART, OPC and Modbus communication technologies, and delivering information to a real-time database.
Emerson’s PlantWeb digital automation solution will network intelligent field devices and sensors throughout the facilities, collecting and reporting real-time predictive data about the process and instruments and equipment. Operators and maintenance personnel will use this predictive data to optimize performance and to anticipate issues, and correct them before operations are interrupted or shut down.
According to Emerson, PlantWeb digital architecture is based on an open systems approach that keeps pace with new technologies, enabling customers to preserve the capital investment in their control system. PlantWeb also is designed to lower startup and commissioning costs by reducing wiring costs and streamlining device installation, communications verification, and troubleshooting.
