For the comprehensive retrofit requirements of the gas-fired plant section of the Klingenberg power plant in Berlin, modern AUMA actuators were installed to replace the existing actuation technology. Actuators with uniform interfaces were specified by the plant operator, Vattenfall. This prerequisite was met by the latest generation of modular SA multi-turn actuators; any size or variant of these actuators can be combined with standard advanced AC actuators controls, thus ensuring that processes for commissioning, operation and integration into the DCS are virtually identical for all actuators within the plant.
As one of Berlin’s first power plants, Klingenberg has supplied power to the capital since 1927 and heat since 1970. During the last few decades, several modernisation schemes have been undertaken and Klingenberg was converted into a combined heat and power generation plant. Today, the plant’s electrical power output equates to 188 MW and thermal power supply to 590 MW. As a result, the plant is one of the major contributors to district heating in the Eastern part of Berlin.