Electrical, control and instrumentation aspects of the Drax flue gas desulphurisation plant

Author

Knight, R.P. ; Marchant, C.J. ; Rogers, J.G.

Author_Institution

Eng. & Project Services Div., Drax FGD Project, Swindon, UK

Volume

Issue

fYear

1993

fDate

12/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

247

Lastpage

256

Abstract

There has been increasing awareness of the problems of acid rain and the need to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions from power stations. The retrofitting of flue gas desulphurisation equipment to Drax power station is a major part of the emission reduction programme in the UK, and at £700 million is National Power´s largest capital project. This article concentrates on three aspects of the project: electrical supplies, the FGD plant distributed control system and railway signalling

Keywords

air pollution detection and control; distributed control; distribution networks; flue gas desulphurisation; power station computer control; railways; signalling; sulphur compounds; thermal power stations; Drax flue gas desulphurisation plant; National Power; SO₂; SO₂ emissions reduction; acid rain; distributed control system; electrical supplies; railway signalling; sulphur dioxide emissions reduction;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Engineering Journal

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0950-3366

Type

jour

Filename

260117

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1019855