Carneys Point Case Study: Converting a DCS in 60 Hours

By Jason Noble, Project Manager, Siemens Energy Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical,
and Tim Clark, Maintenance Manager, Carneys Point Generating Plant

The Carneys Point Generating Plant, owned by Chamber’s Cogeneration LLC, is a coal-fired cogeneration plant that supplies both steam and electricity to the DuPont Chambers Works, which is the company’s largest chemical plant on the U.S. East Coast. The plant has a 266 MW non-reheat steam turbine with a single extraction point for cogeneration steam. Reliable operation of this plant is critical as it is the sole source for steam to the Chambers Works, which has many sensitive chemical processes… READ MORE