FeedForward has completed installation and startup for a complete Yokogawa CS3000 Control System for a 30MGY plant expansion at Portales, NM. The project scope included two CS3000 Field Control Stations connected to three computer workstations each with dual CRT's. The I/O included 500 analog points and 650 digital points to control all processes.
The controls for the process included standard regulatory and discrete control and numerous interlocking and sequence controls for the various areas of the plant. The scope included supply of all Yokogawa equipment, eight new enclosures, a rigorous factory test and on-site support for installation and startup support.
Commercial Reference: Mr. Danny Allison -- (636) 728-0508
Technical Reference: Mr. Erick Flottman -- (505) 356-3555
Colwich, KS -- Upgrade and Molecular Sieve
FeedForward has completed several projects for Colwich to migrate the existing Yokogawa MicroXL DCS to new CS1000 workstations via the Yokogawa Bus Converter. Thirty new graphic displays were configured on the new workstations. Regulatory and advanced sequence controls were implemented, new reports were configured on the Yokogawa DCS and an interface to the Yokogawa YS-170 controllers was configured for the boilers. The scope included on-site installation of hardware, factory acceptance test, and startup.
FeedForward has now been awarded a contract to upgrade the entire Yokogawa DCS at Colwich to a new CS3000 system. FeedForward will provide the design engineering, hardware, software and programming for the new DCS, scheduled for installation in Summer 2006.
Commercial Reference: Mr. Danny Allison -- (636) 728-0508
Technical Reference: Mr. Mike Tveit -- (316) 796-1234
York, NE -- Yokogawa DCS Upgrades
During the past 4 years, FeedForward has completed several projects for Abengoa at their Katzen-designed ethanol plant in York, NE. The DCS is a Yokogawa Centum CS3000. Regulatory and advanced sequence control was implemented on a 4-bottle molecular sieve, boilers, fermenters and beer feed heat exchanges. FeedForward was responsible for the hardware, regulatory control, and sequence configuration, including graphic displays, group displays and overlays for the operator interface.
The boiler upgrades included a new control strategy to implement parallel-metered, cross-limited with oxygen trim control. A plant header master control provided demand signals to the two individual boiler master controllers.
Like Colwich, FeedForward has now been awarded a contract to upgrade the entire Yokogawa DCS at York to a new CS3000 system. FeedForward will provide the design engineering, hardware, software and programming for the new DCS, scheduled for installation in Summer 2006
Commercial Reference: Mr. Danny Allison -- (636) 728-0508
Technical Reference: Mr. Mike Kriewald -- (505) 356-3555
Ravenna, NE -- New 84 MGY Ethanol Plant
FeedForward has been awarded a contract and has now completed the design work on the control system for a new 84MGY Ethanol Plant for Abengoa BioEnergy. The plant, to be located in Ravenna, Nebraska, is being designed and built by Fru-Con.
The plant will use the Yokogawa CS3000 DCS installed at three other Abengoa Facilities. A Foundation Fieldbus Network will be used for the analog devices and a Profibus Network will be used for Motor Control Centers. FeedForward has now completed initial design work on these networks and has procured the Yokogawa equipment and will begin the software programming to meet a Fall commitment for delivery of the factory tested control system.
Commercial Reference: Mr. Gene Heist -- (636) 391-4520
Technical Reference: Mr. Walter Maag -- (636) 391-4682
York, NE -- New BioMass Based Ethanol Plant
FeedForward was awarded a contract in 2005 to provide a Yokogawa CS3000 DCS for a R&D Facility to produce ethanol using various types of BioMass as feed stock. The project included fault tolerant controllers and equipment to connect several hundred field devices. FeedForward worked hand-in-hand with other companies to mount the process equipment, instrumentation and junction boxes on individual skids prior to shipment.
The Yokogawa DCS included two operator workstation and two I/O enclosures which were wired to the I/O junction boxes on the skids. FeedForward configured the controls and graphics to accommodate new unit operations associated with washing, slurrying and separating the BioMass.
Abengoa has now been awarded a contract to expand the BioMass Facility into a production facility. The total I/O has increased to 600 points and the hardware and software is being upgraded to the latest Ethernet based network configuration. The project includes an interface to several Control-Logix PLC's to control filtration and the boilers. The second phase of the project will be completed in late 2006.
Commercial Reference: Mr. Danny Allison -- (636) 728-0508
Technical Reference: Mr. Leroy Holmes -- (636) 728-0508