Penoplex International Polystyrene Production Plant

End client: Penoplex International (Kirishi, Leningrad region)
General designer & project designer: Toyo Engineering Corporation (Japan)
Control system supplier: Siemens AG (Germany)
Partner: SPIK SZMA

Scope of work:

• Control & Information System design
• Panel design
• PLC & HMI programming
• FAT at Siemens facility
• Start-up & commissioning
• Operator & maintenance training
• After-sales support services

Process objects:

     - 6 main sections:

• source material storage and preparation section;
• polymerization section;
• degassing section;
• granulation section;
• granule packing and storage section;
• non-reacted monomer extraction section;
  
  - 7 supporting systems:
  
  
• freon refrigerating system for brine cooling;
• high- and low-temperature heat-carrier warming and circulation system;
• reverse watering system;
• steam supply system;
• supply of process air, instrumentation air and nitrogen;
• hot water-supply;
• power supply.

Polystyrene production plant

Control & Information System: SIEMENS AG DCS - SIMATIC PCS7

• AS 417-H;
• AS 417-H(F);
• distributed I/O SIMATIC–DP consisting of 18 ET200M with I/O modules and interface modules IM153 for connection to two PROFIBUS-DP redundant networks;
• AS 417-H(F) F-modules connected to the system via ET200M;
• AS 417-H AddFEM modules directly connected to the system;
• Redundant ESM Ring Bus - 2 ESM ITP80 electrical communication modules for Industrial Ethernet;
• 2 operator stations;
• 1 engineering station;
• PCS7 v.5.2. (64K variables).

The control system includes:

• DCS
• ESD

Control loops – 35 (including complex cascade loops)
I/O signals - 900

H-F automation system SIMATIC PCS7 was implemented in Russia for the first time. More detail...

The plant was put into operation in 2003.


Control & Information System Architecture

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