Power Plant Automation Retrofit

Company profile

Darkhan Thermal Power Plant is a state owned 48MW coal power plant in Mongolia. It provides electricity to the 100,000 residence of Darkhan city and Selenge province. The plant was built in 1963 and consists of four 12 MW turbines

Before implementation:

  • Since 2012 modernization process is ongoing on TPP to improve its control as well as to increase the total power capacity to 83 MW
  • The existing fault recording and automation system is based on Russian equipment that was commissioned in 2002

Project results:

  • There are 88 additional calculated parameters and 420 various warning events which was set up for immediate user notification about changes in technological process
  • Tens of mnemonic diagrams were developed for full detailed control of the processes at TPP
  • Union of disturbance records from 39 devices into single file
  • Monitoring and control of the plant with 1-second data update time. This includes measurements through 380 analogue signals, 624 status signals, normal mode currents and fault currents
  • Display reliable information on the operation of the main TPP scheme