Emerson Solutions for
Your Hydroelectric Power Plant
Emerson Brand
Function
Alber & Chloride Battery
Monitoring
Storage battery monitoring and test equipment
Control room
Balance of Plant (Powerhouse)
AMS Suite
Predictive maintenance software
Control room
Plant engineering & maintenance office
ASCO Power Switching and
Controls
Automatic transfer switches, paralleling switchgear, and controls for
emergency power
Balance of Plant (Powerhouse)
Avocent Infrastructure
Management
Management of physical and IT infrastructure, equipment planning
and management
Control room
Chloride Industrial Power
AC & DC UPS
Balance of Plant (Powerhouse)
Control Techniques, Leroy-Somer,
Safetronics, FIncor
Asynchronous and synchronous motors, drivers, starters,
controllers, and inverters
Balance-of-plant (Powerhouse)
Penstock control gate, water intake, screen
Reservoir/Dam/River – pond control & water management
Turbine and turbine generator
ControlWave®
Remote terminal units for SCADA applications or distributed control
Fisher®
Control valves and severe service valves
Plant Location
Penstock control gate, water intake, screen
Turbine and turbine generator
Switchyard/Transformer
Unmanned remote hydro generation sites
Balance-of-plant (Powerhouse)
Penstock control gate, water intake, screen
Reservoir/Dam/River – pond control & water management
Turbine and turbine generator
Knurr Racks and Integrated
Cabinets
Equipment storage with provisions for UPS, thermal management,
and wiring/cable management
Control room
Leroy-Somer
Horizontal and vertical asynchronous and synchronous motors,
frequency converters, permanent magent generators
Turbine and turbine generator (black start generators)
Liebert
AC UPS and thermal management, surge suppression, precision
cooling
Control room
Dispatch Center
Plant engineering & maintenance office
Machinery Health™ Management
- CSI Technologies
Predictive and protective technology and services for mechanical
equipment
Turbine and turbine generator
Ovation™ Control System and
Simulation
Distributed monitoring and control system, SCADA
Plant simulation
Balance-of-plant (Powerhouse)
Control room
Corporate offices
Dispatch Center
Plant engineering & maintenance office
Penstock control gate, water intake, screen
Reservoir/Dam/River – pond control & water management
Turbine and turbine generator
Switchyard/Transformer
PlantWeb™
Digital plant architecture
Control room
Rosemount®
Pressure, temperature, level, and flow
measurement
Balance-of-plant (Powerhouse)
Penstock control gate, water intake, screen
Reservoir/Dam/River – pond control & water management
Turbine and turbine generator
SmartProcess™
Plant optimization and performance
monitoring
Control room
Dispatch Center
Plant engineering & maintenance office
Smart Wireless
Wireless field and plant networks
Balance-of-plant (Powerhouse)
Penstock control gate, water intake, screen
Reservoir/Dam/River – pond control & water management
Turbine and turbine generator
Switchyard/Transformer
Valve Automation – Bettis and
EIM
Actuators
Turbine and turbine generator
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Emerson Total Solution for
Hydroelectric Power Plants
Challenges Renewable energy is one of the fastest growing sources of electricity. Hydroelectricity, one of the oldest
methods for generating power, will play a significant role in the projected growth of worldwide generation.
Hydroelectric plants have long lifecycles, with some facilities still operating after more than 100 years. Periodic
upgrades to equipment, as well as relicensing, allows utilities to extend the life of a hydro facility so it can
continue to produce electricity well into the future. Additionally, effective management of hydroelectric or
pump storage plant operations ensures the ongoing commercial viability of these assets.
Modernizing hydroelectric or pump storage plants, constructing new sites, and retrofitting flood control
facilities for efficient power production affords many benefits, but each has their own challenges with cost,
performance, and risk. Consider it Solved.
For over a century, power producers have turned to Emerson to control critical power generation processes,
increase plant efficiencies and megawatt production, and realize long-term O&M savings at both locallyor remotely-controlled facilities. Emerson solutions are trusted world-wide to provide reliable and secure
automation for the power generating processes.
An Emerson total solution for your hydroelectric power plant can help you achieve business objectives —
from a single turbine generator, to a powerhouse, cascaded hydro plants, or your entire generating fleet.
Our ability to architect, implement, and manage a hydroelectric automation project will generate increased
returns while mitigating risk and staff impacts.
As a leader in power generation automation, Emerson solutions can help
reduce outages, promote consistent and safe equipment operation, improve plant
performance, and support realization of financial objectives.
We recognize that power producers with diverse assets that include hydroelectric
generation require broad-scope solutions that encompass innovative technology
and lifecycle services. Emerson’s vast experience with both traditional and renewable
generating assets enables us to provide integrated solutions that encompass the entire
hydroelectric plant and associated body of water. Our automation strategies promote
commercial success by increasing operational efficiency and improving reliability and
availability while mitigating risk.
Emerson Offerings for
Hydroelectric Power Plants
Reservoir/Dam/River
Hydro Plant Control & Monitoring
•Digital turbine governor control
• Digital generator excitation system
•Vibration monitoring and machinery health
management
• Coordinated megawatt & megavar control
•Automated start/synch/stop & generate/
condense sequencing
• Mechanical protection for vibration, overspeed,
and temperature
•Gate and waterway monitoring and control
• Auxiliaries and balance-of-plant control
•Switchyard control and monitoring
•Integration with protective relays, IEDs, dispatch
centers, and other systems
Ovation Distributed Control & Monitoring
•Automatic documentation and system
management
•Enterprise data server and wireless device
monitoring
•High system availability- no single point of failure
•NERC CIP compliant security solutions
•Digital bus solutions (HART, DNP3.0, ICCP,
Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus, DeviceNet,
ASIbus, etc.)
•Alarm management
•Operator tracking through events, trends, logs,
diagnostics
•Historian and report generator
Francis
Fleet/Enterprise Management and
Optimization
•Enterprise-wide system integration, visualization, and dispatch
•Automatic generation and frequency control
•Fleet (including hydro, renewables, fossil)
financial and emission optimization
•Fleet-wide asset management and reliability
program
Gate
Screen
Pelton
Switchyard
Penstock
Services
Transformer
Kaplan
Powerhouse
Water Intake
Control Room
Plant Engineering & Maintenance Office
Generator Unit
Turbine
Analog and Field Devices Intelligent
•Transmitters: pressure, temperature, flow, and
level
•Valves: general, severe-duty, specialty, and
motor operated
•Actuators: electric, hydraulic, pneumatic,
variable frequency drives (VFDs)
Equipment and Condition Monitoring
SCADA & RTU System
•Remote flow, level, and precipitation monitoring
network
•Remote control of gates, circuit breakers, rakes,
valves, and generator sets
•Remote terminal units with integral solar/wind
power and radio systems
•Dispatch system and interface gateway
Dispatch Center
•Online vibration monitoring with smart alarms
•Temperature monitoring with online statistical
analysis
•Online partial discharge monitoring
•Laser alignment and balancing
•Motor and pump diagnostics
•Oil analysis
Corporate Offices
Intelligent Device Management
Plant Optimization
•Blade pitch - gate position control
• Unit response management and optimization
• Multiple unit water/load allocation and efficiency
optimization
•Pond/lake level and multiple plant cascade flow
control
Simulation
•Virtual environment for operator training, control
validation, and process analysis
•Plant automation, monitoring, and control
assessments
•Operation & maintenance studies
•Telecommunication system assessments
•Cybersecurity assessments
•Preliminary engineering, project planning,
and specification preparation
•Final engineering and procurement
•Installation, commissioning, and startup
support
Combined Cycle
Turbine & Turbine Generator Applications
•Horizontal and vertical synchronous and asynchronous
applications
• Main Francis, Kaplan, and Pelton turbines
• Pumped storage turbines
•Fishwater, permanent magnet, and induction turbine generators
•Frequency converters
Wind Farm
•Asset management
•Multiple-network system for calibration,
diagnostics, configuration, and audits
Coal Plant
Legend
Balance-of-plant (Powerhouse)
Control Room
Corporate Offices
Turbine and Turbine Generator Unit
Switchyard/Transformer
Penstock Control Gate, Water Intake, and Screen
Plant Engineering & Maintenance Office
Dispatch Center
Reservoir/Dam/Run-of-the-River
Electrical Auxiliaries
•UPS, power conditioning, and distribution
•Air conditioning and precision cooling
•Motors, gear reduction drives, couplings
•Backup power generators