Latest Projects

Rapid Response Emergency Support during Texas Storm

Midwest Coal Power Plant Integrates Generation Control and Switchyard Data with DCS controls Using Experion SCADA DNP Serial Interface A Midwest Generating company selected control systems integrator Industrial Design Solutions to upgrade the plant’s existing Automatic Dispatch System and Data
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Integrates Generation Control & Switchyard Data

Midwest Coal Power Plant Integrates Generation Control and Switchyard Data with DCS controls Using Experion SCADA DNP Serial Interface A Midwest Generating company selected control systems integrator Industrial Design Solutions to upgrade the plant’s existing Automatic Dispatch System and Data
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Study for Power Generating Station

IDS Conducts Control System Engineering Study for Power Generating Station Legacy control system components can lead to failures, unplanned outages, and even long-term shutdowns due to ineffective or inoperable equipment. A large power company contracted IDS to provide a detailed
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Custom Engineering & Training

Utility Contracts IDS for Custom Engineering & Instrumentation Technician Training Program Many utilities are experiencing employee turnover as aging technicians begins to retire, replaced with new and inexperienced recruits. These electricians need to become familiar with the inner workings of
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Improvements To Texas Power Plant

IDS Contracted to Improve Frequency Response for Texas Power Plant With the increase of renewable energy and decrease of large steam turbine power, frequency response has become a priority. Traditional droop response has become largely insufficient to meet modern response
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High-Fidelity Operator Training

IDS Implements High-Fidelity Operator Training Simulator for Once Through Boiler Using Honeywell UniSim System A large power generating station was looking for a training simulator to provide a realistic training experience for the plant’s operations staff. They needed a high-fidelity
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Chemical Manufacturer Modernization

Chemical Manufacturer Modernizes HPM Equipment using Honeywell Experion PKS with Plant-Wide I/O Replacement Project Facing the challenges of an aging Honeywell TDC 3000 control system, a large chemical manufacturing plant decided it was time to upgrade their DCS to Honeywell
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Enhancing Aux Boiler Efficiency

Chemical Company Enhances Aux Boiler Efficiency with Improved Combustion Controls and Tuning A chemical plant that runs several large auxiliary boilers needed to improve the efficiency of their forced-draft (FD) fans and reduce energy use. To do this, they needed
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Modernizing a Honeywell TDC 3000

Modernizing a Honeywell TDC 3000 Infrastructure with Honeywell's World-Class Experion PKS Control System A large power generating utility came to IDS for assistance migrating their obsolete TDC 3000 control system to a new Honeywell Experion system. Plant personnel wanted to
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