Emerson Process Management has been selected by Nalco Industrial Services (Nanjing) Co. Ltd, as the Main Instrument Vendor for a new water treatment chemicals plant in the Nanjing Chemical & Industrial Park in China. The plant, scheduled for completion early 2009, is being constructed by the Nalco Co. of USA. Nalco is investing USD 25 million in the new plant in Nanjing City. It will have a total annual capacity of 37,000tns. Plant designers chose to implement Emerson’s PlantWeb® digital plant architecture with batch processes controlled by the DeltaV™ digital automation system and using FOUNDATION fieldbus technology. Emerson is also providing on-site engineering assistance during the implementation and startup phases. Instrumentation in the new plant includes Rosemount® temperature and pressure transmitters, Micro Motion® mass flowmeters, and FIELDVUE® digital valve controllers mounted on Fisher® control valves. AMS® Suite: Intelligent Device Manager software will be employed for instrument commissioning, predictive maintenance, and asset optimization.
