ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth Rs 455-crore from Vedanta Aluminum Ltd to provide automation and power products, systems and solutions for expansion of their aluminum smelter plant at Jharsuguda, in Orissa.
ABB will design, supply, build and commission 24 sets of high power diode rectifier systems for four aluminum potlines. "ABB automation and electrical systems will become the manufacturing backbone of this smelter plant," said Biplab Majumder, Managing Director, ABB India. "The combination of standard ABB products and systems and our primary metals and minerals expertise creates an unbeatable offering for customers in terms of productivity reliability and energy efficiency".
The expansion will double the smelter's production capacity of aluminum ingots, rods and rolled products. ABB's scope of supply also includes a new 400 / 220-kilovolt (kV) switchyard to supply the new smelter plant with reliable power, as well as a high-performance process control system with fiber optic current sensors and an ABB MicroSCADA control system for the power distribution network, substation switching bays, power and station transformers.
ABB has already supplied rectifier systems for phase one of the Jharsuguda plant expansion in 2007-08. When phase two is complete in 2010, Vedanta's total aluminum smelting capacity at Jharsuguda will be approximately 1,700,000 tons per annum (tpa), making it one of the largest aluminum plants in the world.
ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of Companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 115,000 people.
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