US General Services Administration Cogen and Chiller Controls
Washington, DC
FeedForward has completed the chilled water plant portion of a control system project to provide Allen-Bradley ControlLogix Controls for a central heating and cooling plant for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. The follow on phase includes the controls for a cogeneration facility which provides power and steam for the chillers along with a tie to the PEPCO grid. The overall Scope of Supply includes:
- Supervisory controls for 8 new 2000 ton York chillers to provide chilled water to five Smithsonian Institute buildings and to monitor energy usage by the buildings.
- Remote energy metering with ControlLogix processors tied to the main processor via fiber optic to calculate the cost of chilled water for each building.
- Supervisory controls for a dual turbine10MW cogen facility which includes boiler controls for a new duct burner for the turbine exhaust gas.
- A Synchronization and Load Management panel to provide an interface to the PEPCO grid for power import and export.
FeedForward has installed and tested the new chiller controls and the cogen/boiler controls have been factory tested installed successfully.




