Nov 15 2006
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, said today it has been awarded a $39 million contract by Dubai Aluminium Company (Dubal) to upgrade rectifier, transformer and automation systems at its 480-hectare smelter complex in Dubai.
The project includes replacing five high-voltage regulating rectifier transformers (rectiformers) with larger units rated at 86 megavolt amperes (MVA), to increase capacity and allow Dubal to combine two smelting potlines. Rectifiers are devices that convert alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC).
ABB is also supplying control and protection systems as well as 250 kiloampere (kA) field-oriented measuring equipment. ABB will upgrade existing systems including high-voltage cables, low-voltage and control cables, fire-detection and fire-fighting equipment.
“Our decades of metals-industry expertise are helping customers like Dubai Aluminium achieve more efficient production systems,” said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB’s Process Automation division. “The combination of standard ABB products and application-specific knowledge means we can install advanced solutions quickly.”