Contact Energy Wairakei Binary Plant Safety Case Project
Contact Energy Wairakei Binary Plant Safety Case Project
The Contact Energy Wairakei Binary Plant Safety Case Project involved the migration of existing Allen Bradley PLCs and logic to ABB 800xA control system and the installation of an ABB 800xA high integrity safety system controller for all plant safety systems monitoring and shutdowns of the Ormat plant. The new SIL rated safety system included plant flame and gas monitoring, plant safety instrumentation, shutdown systems and the like.
McMahon Involvement
- Electrical and controls preliminary design including SIL rated safety systems
- Owners Engineer for design and construction contracts
- Control & safety System hardware and software Factory Acceptance Testing
- Site Acceptance Test Procedures
- Installation supervision, QA and commissioning
Client
Contact Energy
Date
2019
Category
Geothermal