control room brief
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Case Study: Control Rooms & Visitor Center
Central Control Room, CSPC Petrochemical Complex Nanhai, China
Central Control Room , SECCO Petrochemical Plant, Shanghai China.
Shanghai Power Company , HQ, Command Center and Visitor Center.
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CSPC Nanhai Control Room
Blast Proof, single story Building.Four Clusters of Consoles each with 12 nos of 1200mm consoles.
About 48 Control Positions.Approx 12000 SFT area.
Clusters are near four edges of control room.There is common console area for supervisors in center.
F&G screens are hanging from ceiling near each cluster.
Consoles are in open configuration with LCD stacked in two levels.
Communication is through Walky talky and Telephone.No PA system was seen.
Control room has ornamental false ceiling and vibrant color composition on walls.Floor is carpeted
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BP-SECCO Control Room
Blast Proof two story Building.Limited office in the building.Houses DCS engg, APC , Configuration area.
Control Room.Approx 15000 SFT (48Meterx30 Meter).Four groups.Two rows of consoles for each group and two bays
in third row for common.Layout incorporates four video walls and consoles for these walls.Video wall has not been
installed may be due to shortage of funding.
Each operator has about 4 meters of console area.Consoles are in open execution with two tier monitors.
57 Control positions + 5 Supervisor positions
Sound absorbent paneling on free walls.Carpeted floor.
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Shanghai Power Company, Shanghai
Brief on Head quarters of EPC Shanghai housing Main Control Room andVisitor Center.
Facility is a high profile building with more than 1,60,000 SFT built up in a
unique Architectural design created by Perkins and Will.The entire building
is very impressive and stands out as landmark in elite Pudong area of
Shanghai.
It has eight story high glass atrium using space structure and tapering glass
pyramid for fire stair case.
Owners brief to designers was to create the facility which will not be
outdated for next fifty years and can not be duplicated easily to ensure
uniqueness.Designer has used contemporary design and materials to ensure timeless
aspect of the facility.
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Building Elevation .
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Glass Atrium with space structure.
Tapering glass pyramid encasing fire stair case..
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Command Center Shanghai Power Company
Shanghai Power Command Center.16 Control Positions.Separate console bay for emergency operations
Video Wall :9x3 ,67 DLP.
Seven Graphics.Main Distribution Diagram, Six Performance Indicators.
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Three bays of Evans full depth enclosed consoles with task light in single row ,Task chairs.
One Bay for Emergency handling with motorized adjustable work surface to lift for standing position along with
monitors
to facilitate standing operation.
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Enclosed consoles with veneer finish and valence with task light.
Work surfaces are not joint less aligned in a bay like IDC or PHQ.
Carpeted floor with patterns
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5 Deg curved wall well integrated into interiors.Cove lighting similar to PHQ control room RCP.Speaker system near
wall and ceiling.
Sound absorbent panels on the walls
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War Room adjacent to Control Center.Partitioned in to sections with glass wall.
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War Room :One section has 2x2 ,67Video wall with set of consoles for emergency operation staff.Entry into other
section from first section.
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Second section with curved console for Senior staff/specialists equipped with communication equipment ,hanging 1x3
video wall for deliberating the situation .
Extensive use of indoor plants through out the facility to create the lively environment.
Most of light fittings are ceiling illuminating, hanging, glare free configuration.
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Senior executive area has view of hanging wall as well as video wall in emergency staff area through glass window.
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Large Board room in proximity of control Room.Slightly curved table to match the radius of Room perimeter with
external view..120 rear projection system with speakers and VC facility.Cotemporary interiors with rich veneer finish.
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Brief on Visitor Center
Theme:
As you enter the Visitor center, Hospitality staff greets you in briefing area which has two
back projection screens on which a video film is projected giving the brief of Shanghai Power
Company, corporate philosophy, history, time line and road map.It relates it self with the
history of Shanghai and China.Since the audio is in Chinese the hospitality staff translates in
English during the deliberate pauses in Chinese commentary.
Experience starts with the history of Electricity at Shanghai back in 19 th century,
Generators, lamp posts, lamps, in the form of real models, miniature exhibits, black and white
restored photographs.Some models are dynamic showing the arcing principle of light or
Edisons filament lamp working in live.
The first substation, Generator, transmission line, meters are exhibited either by models or
photographs.All aspects of Power company from generation , distribution , metering , public
lighting is covered in a educative way.
Subsequently the focus is on how latest developments in technology have taken place and
how company has absorbed the technology for the benefit of its customers including nonconventional energy sources.
Visitor center employs AV, Electronic displays, backlit panels, plasma screens , graphic
panels, front projection , Real time working models to convey its message successfully.It is
fully engrossing.At the end of visit one is convinced about the credentials of Company and educated on the
business handle by the company & its contribution to national pride.
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On the ground floor of the Circular Head Quarter Tower is very informative Visitor center ,with tour time of about 30-
45 min.Center has trained hospitality staff like NNOC Visitor center who conducts the tour in a defined manner.
Visitor center is more interesting than AT & T Bedminster addressing all sections of visitors.
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Backlit wall with static and dynamic displays .Lit floor tiles, excellent color and lighting combination with related
models near by like transmission tower at the end of photo
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Some of displays and models
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Model of entire distribution network with dynamic LED flow diagrams and various elements like substations
,Generation stations etc with dynamic LED flow paths in various colors for different voltage levels understable by
common man .
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Multimedia center with sit in arrangement for immersive experience.
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Picture shows a six meter long glass cave with 360 deg backlit static display panels, used as transition area to Present
and future technology section of the Visitor Center
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Shows modern lighting configuration
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Non Conventional Energy Sources.Wind mill starts when one is close by on motion detection principle.