ABB 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.