AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER'S

BYLLESBY HYDROELECTRIC PLANT
4 UNITS - 21MW 

COMPLETE RETROFIT OF CONTROLS USING PLCs, LOOKOUT HMI AND REMOTE DISPATCH CONTROL VIA MODBUS COMMUNICATIONS. FULLY AUTOMATIC POND LEVEL CONTROL INCLUDING 6 TAINTER GATES

ADDITIONALLY NFEI INSTALLED 4 - 36 FOOT DRAGRAKES       

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SEE BUCK RAKES

 SEE BYLLESBY  RAKES

IN JANUARY 2004 AN ELECTRICAL FIRE DESTROYED THE CONTROLS AT BYLLESBY.

AEP CONTRACTED NORTH FORK ELECTRIC INC. TO DESIGN, BUILD AND INSTALL NEW CONTROLS ON A FAST TRACK. THE WORK WAS COMPLETED IN LESS THAN 5 MONTHS WITH THE FIRST UNIT BACK ONLINE IN 3 MONTHS.

THE SYSTEM PROVIDES FULLY AUTOMATIC STARTING, SYNCHRONIZATION, LOAD CONTROL, PROTECTION AND SHUTDOWN. ALL CONTROL AND METERED PARAMETERS ARE FULLY NETWORKED TO A LOCAL PROCESS LAN AND EXTENDED TO THE SYSTEM WIDE AEP SCADA SYSTEM.

 

 

RESULTS OF THE FIRE

 

    

 

 

 

MAIN CONTROL SCREEN

 

 

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