霍尼韦尔帮助满足对太阳能电池板技术越来越大的需求

Honeywell helps growing demand for solar panel technology 

霍尼韦尔帮助满足对太阳能电池板技术越来越大的需求

PHOENIX, Aug. 4, 2008 – Honeywell (NYSE:HON) announced it will design and install the core process and safety systems for a new plant under construction by Hoku Materials, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hoku Scientific, Inc. that is planned to produce polysilicon, a key material needed to produce solar panels. The solar power market is currently estimated to be a $10 billion business, with realistic potential to expand to $30 billion by 2010. Serving as the Integrated Main Automation Contractor (I-MAC) and sole automation equipment supplier, Honeywell will engineer a tightly integrated solution that will help the Pocatello, Idaho plant produce 3,500 tons of polysilicon per year. The system will include distributed control, batch management and safety technology.

菲尼克斯8月4日消息——霍尼韦尔宣布其将为Hoku科学有限公司全资拥有的一家子公司——Hoku材料有限公司正在建设的一家新工厂设计和安装核心过程和安全系统，该工厂计划生产多晶硅，一种生产太阳能电池板所需要的关键材料。目前太阳能市场预计为100亿美元，到2010年的真正潜力估计增加到300亿美元。作为集成主自动化承包商以及唯一的自动化设备供应商，霍尼韦尔将设计一套紧密集成的解决方案，帮助这家位于爱达荷州波卡提洛市的工厂每年生产3500吨的多晶硅。该系统将包括分布式控制、批量管理以及安全技术。

Hoku Materials is planning to initiate pilot production by the end of 2008 and expects to begin commercial shipments in the first half of 2009. The plant would then continue to ramp up to full capacity until the beginning of 2010.

Hoku材料公司计划在2008年底开始试生产，并预计在2009的上半年开始商用出货。该工厂其后将继续增加产量至最大，直至2010年初。

“We developed our construction schedule to enable us to begin shipments as soon as possible, which means on-time delivery of the process control system is important to business success,” said Dustin Shindo, Hoku Scientific chairman and chief executive officer. “Honeywell has a proven track record for completing automation projects on time. Its extensive technology portfolio allows us to tap a single source for critical plant systems, which will streamline both operations and costs.”

Hoku科学公司主席兼首席执行官Dustin Shindo表示：“我们制订了我们的建设计划以便使我们可以尽快出货，这就意味着过程控制系统的按时交付对业务的成功至关重要。霍尼韦尔在按时完成自动化项目方面具有良好的记录。其广泛的技术组合使得我们可以利用独一供应的关键工厂系统，简化运营和成本。”

As the I-MAC, Honeywell will take an integrated approach to designing all automation and control components that can help the plant operate safely, reliably and efficiently. The company will provide its Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) platform to serve as the backbone of this system, which will coordinate and control all polysilicon deposition vessels.  

作为集成主自动化承包商，霍尼韦尔将采用集成的方法设计所有的自动化和控制部件，帮助工厂实现安全、可靠和有效的运营。霍尼韦尔将提供其Experion过程知识系统(PKS)平台作为这个系统的支柱，而该系统将协调和控制所有的多晶硅沉积容器。

Experion will control all plant processes, as well as deliver information from critical plant subsystems directly to operators to aid decision making in the control room. Hoku Materials will also utilize Honeywell’s Safety Manager, which integrates safety systems such as fire and gas detection technology to help protect employees and carefully coordinate safety shutdown procedures. Additionally, Safety Manager will protect the plant’s gas recovery process to help prevent explosive situations and allow the recovered gas to be reused. Honeywell will provide the gas detection technology used in the solution.

Experion将控制所有的工厂流程，以及把来自工厂关键子系统的信息直接传送给操作人员，帮助他们在控制室制定决策。Hoku材料还将应用霍尼韦尔的安全管理器，其集成了例如火警和气体探测技术的安全系统，帮助保护员工以及小心地协调安全关闭程序。此外，安全管理器将保护工厂的气体回收流程，帮助避免爆炸的发生，以及使得回收的气体可以重新利用。霍尼韦尔将提供该解决方案应用的气体保护技术。

Hoku Materials will also simplify plant operations with Experion Batch Manager, an embedded function in Experion that allows operators to increase production by executing batches at the control level. This function makes the system more reliable and easier to maintain, and enable the plant to bypass separate servers traditionally needed to execute batch recipes.

Hoku材料公司还将利用Experion批量管理器——Experion自带的一项可以使操作人员在控制线上执行批量处理而增加生产的嵌入功能，简化工厂的运营。该功能使系统更可靠，维护更简单，而且使工厂可以绕过传统执行批量方法所需要的不同的服务器。

“Alternative energy has never been a more important issue than it is today, and new facilities such as Hoku Materials’ Pocatello plant will be key to meeting the growing global demand,” said Tracey Haslam, Regional General Manager for Honeywell Process Solutions. “There truly is no time to waste when it comes to bringing new facilities like this online. The goal of Honeywell’s I-MAC approach is to get a plant up and running as quickly and safely as possible while giving manufacturers the tools they need to keep it running smoothly and profitably.”

霍尼韦尔过程解决方案区域总经理Tracey Haslam表示：“替代能源的话题从来就没有比现今显得更为重要，而例如Hoku材料的波卡提洛工厂等新工厂将成为满足全球不断增长的需求的关键。当提到为这样的新工厂实现联机，真的没时间可浪费。霍尼韦尔的集成主自动化承包商方法的目标就是尽可能快速而且安全地实现工厂的启动和运行，同时为制造商提供他们所需要的工具保持其平稳而盈利的运营。”

Honeywell International is a $37 billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell’s shares are traded on the New York, London and Chicago Stock Exchanges. It is one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is also a component of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Honeywell Process Solutions is part of Honeywell’s Automation and Control Solutions group, a global leader in providing product and service solutions that improve efficiency and profitability, support regulatory compliance, and maintain safe, comfortable environments in homes, buildings and industry. 

霍尼韦尔国际是一家年销售额为370亿美元，在多元化技术和制造业方面占世界领导地位的跨国公司。在全球范围内为顾客提供航空产品及服务、楼宇及住宅控制和工业控制技术、自动化产品、涡轮增压器以及特种材料等。总部设在美国新泽西州莫里斯镇，其股票在纽约、伦敦、芝加哥太平洋证券市场进行交易。为道琼斯工业指数的30家构成公司之一，也是“标准普尔500指数”的组成部分。霍尼韦尔过程解决方案属于霍尼韦尔自动化和控制解决方案集团的一部分，在全球范围内，为家庭、楼宇和工业提供着提高效率和利润、支持法规顺从、维护安全舒服环境的领先的产品和服务解决方案。