Life extensions and replacements can boost operational efficiency and reliability as part of a power plant plant lifecycle strategy.
Generator excitation, HMI and turbine control upgrades can help extend your equipment life, improve overall plant performance, and reduce operational expenditures.
Modernization and compliance
Our upgrade solutions for excitation systems, HMIs, and turbine controls:
- Improve power plant reliability
- Reduce downtime
- Comply with latest codes and regulations
Human machine interface
Upgrading the human-machine interface improves uptime and allows connection to the industrial internet, using data and analytics. Our HMI power plant service is available on all ALSPA-installed systems. Get enhanced cybersecurity, new reliability and Windows compatibility.
- Facilitated obsolescence management
- Ergonomic improvements for quick analysis on alarms and faults
- Improved availability and performance through alarm management
- Easy access to remote support for accelerated troubleshooting
- Protection from external and internal risk with patch management and back-up and restore, and cybersecurity-risk assessment solutions
Excitation system solutions
From full control-system replacements to low-cost automatic voltage regulator (AVR) migration packs, we’ll develop an economic upgrade for your excitation system.
Our control section retrofit provides the latest control for your nuclear power plant but maintains the existing power conversion sections — lowering costs, downtime, and potential need for upgrade.
Upgrade benefits
- Costly power-converter replacement avoided
- Limited outage duration
- Reduced maintenance costs and risks
- Enhanced reliability and system diagnostics
- Improved system reliability
