Application: Emergency Shutdown Panels (ESD)

Installation Area: Holford, Cheshire, UK

Client: Jacobs Engineering

Contract Value: £78k


Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd, awarded Hima-Sella Ltd the contract for the supply of eight Emergency Shutdown Panels (ESD), for installation in the Drakelow Borehole areas of the Brine & Water Infrastructure aspect of the Holford Gas Storage Project.

Designed to communicate with a Delta V control system, the shutdown systems incorporate the HIMA F35 HIMatrix PES for use in upto and including SIL 3 applications. Due to the temperature specifications, thermostats and anti-condensation heaters were also included. The systems (Input Terminal to Output Terminal) supplied comply with the requirements of IEC61508 - SIL2.

The underground caverns and gas plant infrastructure should take 4 years to complete, from start to finish, with the first phase expected to be operational from 2008. The remaining capacity is expected to come online during 2009 and 2010.

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