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Control Room
The control room is the heart of a power station. It is here that the full operation of the station is monitored and controlled. It is manned 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Control and monitoring systems have improved over time as technology advances and improves. The current control system, which was installed in 1993, alarms and monitors the power station’s operations, and also stores operational history. More than ten years of one minute history is immediately available to the operators if needed.
The system provides controls for the boiler, turbine, coal conveyor, and various other associated equipment and incorporates a backup control to allow for maximum continuous operation in the rare event of a problem.
The whole system monitors and controls over 3600 individual points throughout the station, including tank levels, temperatures, flows, motor stop/starts, pressures, emissions, valve control and operator actions.
Anglesea was the first Australian power station to be fully computer controlled in this way.
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