The digital automation of the US$2.7 billion SECCO petrochemical complex in China has been completed by Emerson's Process Management unit, three months ahead of schedule. Emerson has completed installing the PlantWeb digital architecture in the complex, which contains about 47,000 control loops, 40,000 instruments and 13,000 intelligent devices. It is considered to be the largest FOUNDATION fieldbus installation.
Emerson had been selected by SECCO Petrochemical Company in 2003 as its digital automation partner for the 10-plant ethylene cracker complex situated in the Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park. The SECCO complex is to produce 900,000 tpa of ethylene and over 2 million tpa of other related petrochemical products. The ethylene cracker, SECCO's core plant in the complex, is the largest in China, as well as one of the largest in the world.
Benefitting from Emerson's expertise in engineering and project management, SECCO has been able to integrate and coordinate a multitude of suppliers, enabling completion of the complex in just 27 months, three months ahead of schedule. Startup of the ethylene cracker plant in March 2005 took just 10 hours, 45 minutes, probably a world record, for a project of this scale.
10-Aug-05 
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