ESDs consist in the automatic management of Emergency Shutdown Systems, usually installed on oil refinery primary plants or any other critical plant, which requires a reliable and safe system to avoid possible injuries to people and machinery.

Main features include :

• Management of automatic and manual commands for plant shutdown.
• Monitoring and display of all ESD parameters.
• Protection against plant faults and malfunctioning, alarm sequencing, motors and valves automatic shutdown, in case of safety condition alert.
• Interfacing with auxiliary control systems, plant and electrical system supervisors such as Distributed Control Systems by means of Serial Links, using the main industrial Protocols (MODBUS, PROFIBUS, etc.).

Panel features are fully custom-made according to customer requirements. Control logics are implemented by PLC and/or hardware. All PREIPOLAR products are CE marked. If required, GCPP may be fabricated in compliance with UL and CSA standards.