Description
Originally introduced to the power generation market in 1982, ABB’s Procontrol P13 platform is now in its fourth decade of providing safe and reliable power plant operation worldwide in more than 500 units. Not many control systems can make the same claim, especially with the same quality and reliability proven by Procontrol P13. It is installed in fossil fuel power plants, gas turbine and combined cycle power plants, hydropower plants, nuclear power plants, waste-to-energy plants, industrial plants, and AC/DC high voltage distribution.
Its application field covers all necessary automation applications for turbine control and DCS, open loop and closed loop control, protection, and substation control. With its modern HMI solutions it provides an integrated solution for an entire power plant.
The Procontrol P13 system is compatible with all other systems in the Procontrol family. This ensures optimum solution of a wide variety of problems by appropriate application of all systems.
Control, I/Os and communications
Processor modules:
Procontrol P13 has two basic types of processing modules, the individual control module, and the universal processing module, both connected to the local bus.
In case the control strategy does not require extensive partitioning, universal processing modules can be implemented to simultaneously perform individual control functions (related to a final control element) as well as automation functions. Interface with the process can be done with conventional input/output modules. To ensure control function integrity and maximum plant availability, redundant processing modules can be provided.
Input/output modules:
Procontrol P13 has various modules for input/output capability. Connected to any local bus, these modules can handle any type of signal, such as single- and double-throw contacts, thermocouples, RTDs, milliamp signals, etc., or provide milliamp, voltage, electronic or contact output signals.
Couplers and bus modules:
Data transmission in the Procontrol P13 system is performed with simple, two-level serial bus systems, local bus and intra-plant bus. The local bus interconnects all input, output and processing electronic modules which are part of a station. They are self-contained, working independently from any other local or intra-plant bus.
The intra-plant bus interconnects its related local buses via coaxial cables, which provides galvanic separation and dynamic data transfer. The local buses can be grouped together at the same location or geographically distributed over a larger area.
To interconnect Procontrol P13 local bus stations and connect to other systems, a variety of serial and Ethernet interfaces are available.
Stock part list:
ABB 70AA02B-E HESG 447388 R1
ABB 70AB01C-ES HESG 447224 R2
ABB 70BA01C-S HESG447260R2
ABB 70BK03B-ES HESG447271R0002
ABB 70BT01C HESG447024R1、HESG447024R0001
70BV01C-ES
ABB 70BV05A-ES HESG447433R0001
ABB 70VV01A HESG447043R1
70EA02a-ES HESG447308R1
70PR05b-ES HESG332204R1
70EB01b-E HESG447005R2
70EI05a-E HESG447427R1
70EA01b-ES HESG447307R1
70SG01R1
70BK03B-E HESG447270R0001
70BV05A-E HESG447245R1
07BV60
Post time: Jan-16-2026