APCS of Bočac HPP

The "Bochac" hydroelectric power station is located on the Vrbas River, the source of which is at an altitude of 1530 m. Year of construction of the HPP in 1975. Commissioning on December 5, 1981. Since 2005 the enterprise has been working as part of the ZAO "Hidroelektrane na Vrbasu" ad. Mrokoњ Grad. The HPP capacity is 110 MW, the average annual output is 307 million kWh. Type of dam: arched, concrete. At the hydropower station, radial-axial turbines with a capacity of 2 x 57.6 MW are installed.

The management of Bochac plans an extensive program for the reconstruction of the main blocks of the enterprise, as well as the modernization of the automated control system.

Delivery of equipment for automated process control system (DCS) and the implementation of works for its modernization are entrusted to a group led by the Russian company Modular Systems Tornado (Novosibirsk), which also includes: Montprojekt (Republic of Serbia) and Energointeh (Republika Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina). The conclusion of the contract is a logical continuation of the joint activity of the company "Modular Systems Tornado" and its official representative "PREMAR Services AG" (Switzerland).

This decision was made following the results of the international competition, taking into account the results of the successful operation of the company from Novosibirsk. At a number of large enterprises: TPP Pljevlja, Montenegro, TPP Kostolac-B, Serbia, TPP Uglevik, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Siberians were able to prove themselves not only as a reliable supplier of ready-made solutions of their own design and production, but And as a team of highly qualified specialists, coping with non-standard tasks in the shortest possible time.

By the way, on terms, in the competitive task for this project, the customer put the condition for carrying out all the modernization in just 120 days, besides without a complete stop of the HPP. That is, the work must be done in turn on each individual block. The technical solution and unique architecture PTK "Tornado-N", developed in the company "Modular Tornado Systems", allowed to cope With this task. & Nbsp;