Emerson’s Ovation used in Chinese nuclear reactors
I read this article which is publishe on April 11, 2011 on the page of http://www.processingtalk.com/news/eme/eme692.html, and would like to take following extracts from the article:
Westinghouse Electric has awarded Emerson Process Management contracts totalling approximately USD17m to supply its Ovation expert control technology at four AP1000 nuclear reactors in China.
Emerson’s Ovation system will be installed at the Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant in Zhejiang Province and at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Shandong Province.
Emerson will supply a total of 380 cabinets and controllers, 220 workstations and 2,245 I/O modules.
In 2007, the two companies signed a 10-year extension of an existing agreement for Emerson to provide key technology for automation of nuclear power plants that utilise the AP1000 and other plant designs.
Under separate contracts awarded previously, Emerson is also providing Fisher control valves, Topworx position sensors and Bettis valve actuators for the Sanmen and Haiyang units.
Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately one-half of the world’s operating nuclear plants, including 60 per cent of those in the US.
Emerson and Westinghouse have worked together in addressing the needs of the nuclear market since Emerson’s acquisition of Westinghouse’s non-nuclear IandC business in 1998.
