OREANDA-NEWS. Under contract with RusHydro to manufacture integrated Process Automation System for the needs of Zelenchukskaya HPP, VNIIR Hydroelectric Automation fulfilled shipment of electric protection systems, main control panels, power quality equipment, upper-level accessories, as well as tools and materials to build up structural cable networks.

End of 2014 will be marked with termination of installation and start of commissioning.

Zelenchukskaya HPP located on Bolshoy Zelenchuk, Marukha and Aksaut rivers in the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic has capacity of 160 megawatts and average annual output of 501 million kilowatts-hour.

VNIIR Hydroelectric Automation started implementing the project on integrated Process Automation System in 2012 and plans to terminate it by the end of 2015. Active power group regulators and Process Control Systems for hydroelectric equipment have already been launched. The station will be equipped with integrated Process Automation System based on available upper-level equipment. In the course of time the Process Automation system will enlarge due to integration of new automated substations, including Zelenchukskaya HPP-PSH which is currently under construction.

Advanced integrated Process Automation System, comprising latest technical and software tools along with unified process control systems, enhances productivity and facilitates control over hydroelectric substation.