ABB Symphony Plus SD Series HPC800 controller

Symphony Plus

SD Series: HPC800 controller

Symphony® Plus is the new generation of ABB’s widely acclaimed

Symphony family of distributed control systems – the world’s most

widely used DCS in the power generation and water industries.

In all, there are more than 6,500 Symphony DCS installations

in operation all over the world, more than 4,500 of which are in

power and water applications.

No other automation platform has such a long field record

and large installed base in power and water applications

as Symphony. For more than 30 years, ABB has evolved

this family, ensuring that each new generation enhances its

predecessors and is backwardly compatible with them - all in

accordance with ABB’s long-held policy of ‘Evolution without

obsolescence.’

Included in Symphony Plus is a comprehensive suite of

standards-based control hardware and software that meets

the requirements of total plant automation. SD Series

HPC800 represents the newest addition to the S+ Control

family. HPC800 control-based system solutions feature

modular DIN-rail packaging; a flexible, high-performance Fast

Ethernet-based plant network; intelligent electrical and field

device integration; PROFIBUS and HART communication

protocols; integrated turbine control; an efficient, easy-to-use

engineering tool, and a state-of-the-art HMI workplace.

Together, HPC800’s technology enhancements meet the

present and future needs of the power generation and water

industries. HPC800 control-based solutions lower system

installation and maintenance costs through their smaller

footprint, reduced field wiring, simplified and repeatable

engineering, shorter project schedules, tighter and more

reliable process control, and greater visibility of plant

operations to all users of plant data.

Overview

The SD Series HPC800 controller is a high-performance,

high-capacity process controller that is used to support

the plant’s total control requirements, from discrete and

continuous, to batch and advanced control applications.

The HPC800’s controller environment executes demanding

process control applications that are both data and program

intensive. Redundancy options are available at all levels

of control, I/O and communication, resulting in maximum

flexibility and availability.

Along with a range of I/O options, the HPC800 delivers

powerful, versatile and scalable automation solutions for

plant applications of all sizes.

Simultaneously, the HPC800 connects to DIN style I/O

modules and traditional Rack I/O modules. Intelligent I/O

devices such as smart transmitters, actuators, intelligent

electronic devices (IEDs), and third-party PLCs are easily

integrated through industry-standard fieldbuses and

networks. Each device’s resident information can be used

in control strategies and higher-level applications in order to

produce tighter and more reliable process control solutions.

The HPC800 controller uses ABB’s extensive set of

field-proven standard function code algorithms and

S+ Engineering’s graphical design tools to develop its control

strategies. By using the same function code algorithms as

previous generation Harmony and INFI 90 rack controllers,

the HPC800 supports the easy and risk-free re-use of timetested,

field proven control application solutions.

All in all, the HPC800 provides users with the benefits of fast,

accurate and uninterrupted control of their process.

S+ Operations, S+ Engineering and other applications

communicate with HPC800 controllers over the system’s

high-speed, high-throughput and high-security 100 Mbps

Fast Ethernet-based redundant communication Plant

Network (PN800). The network-centric architecture allows

for integration of field devices, process and electrical system

areas, and business enterprise systems in a simple, scalable,

seamless and secure manner.

The HPC800’s functional capabilities are summarized in

figure 2.

Protecting the integrity and confi dentiality of system data

The process and power industries face intensifying cyber

security risks. In order to increase stability, security

and robustness in its solutions, ABB has established an

independent Device Security Assurance Center (DSAC)

where cyber security robustness is tested as part of the

product development process. The DSAC test facility uses

state-of-the-art open source, commercial and proprietary

robustness and vulnerability analysis tools in its certification

testing. All Symphony Plus Ethernet-based devices -

including SD Series products such as the HPC800, and

CI850 - are continually tested at the DSAC center in different

configurations and with an explicit focus on operational

performance. This ensures that all Symphony Plus products

are robust, secure and of the highest quality.

Powerful process controller

The HPC800 is the latest in a long line of field-proven

process controllers. Based on a 256 MHz, 32-bit Freescale

Coldfire processor, the HPC800 controller can be adapted to

a broad spectrum of applications and process requirements.

Configured by S+ Engineering tool, the HPC800 features

an extensive library of more than 150 pre-defined control

algorithms or function codes (figure 3). These functions

provide the ability to easily design complex control strategies

to fi t any control application, including continuous, sequential,