
Custom Control Mfr. has been involved with the power industry for over 30 years. During this period, we have provided equipment and services (see listing below) for many subsystems within coal, natural gas combustion turbine, nuclear, and cogeneration plants. These range from complete systems to individual panels and devices all to include detailed control system design, assembly, testing and commissioning as specified by each project. We are continually expanding our services to allow us to provide a more complete offering for our clients.
- Balance of Plant Control Systems for Combustion Turbine Plants
- Control Room Consoles
- Automation Control Platform Control Panels
- RTU's
- HMI Computers
- Network Communication Systems
- Coal Handling Systems
- Ash Handling Systems
- Dust Collection/Suppression Systems
- Hopper Heater Control Systems
- Lube Oil Systems
- Cooling Tower Control Systems
- RO Water Treatment Systems
- Multi Motor Starter Panels and Motor Control Centers
- Pump Control Panels
- Control System detailed panel design
- System Control Platform programming using Function Block, Structure text, Ladder formats (manufacturer specific)
- HMI software development
- Panel/Cabinet Assembly
- Hardware and Software Factory Acceptance Testing
- Network and Control System consulting and troubleshooting
- Site commissioning

Many corporate and public entities are building their own small power plants to save costs. These plants aren't simple scaled-down versions of the utility size. In some ways, they're more complex.
Leaders at the University of California-Irvine, Irvine, Calif., wanted their own power plant to save money and to produce greener power. Of course, they didn't need a utility-scale plant of 800 MW or so. What they wanted was something an order of magnitude and then some smaller - 20 MW or a bit less.
Specifically, UC-Irvine leaders wanted a cogeneration plant that produced steam as well as electricity - steam it could use to run its campus-wide heating and cooling systems. The campus already had boilers and chillers; the power plant had to connect to them and control some aspects of their functioning.
Building such a small power plant is an interesting project. The natural-gas-fueled 20-MW plant has all the same pieces as an 800MW plant - fitted into a much smaller space. A part that might be several feet in diameter in the big plant is one-quarter the size in this one.
The flow of the plant is this: A gas-fired turbine, basically a large jet engine, drives a generator that produces electricity. Then the cogeneration part begins. Waste heat exhausted from the turbine goes into a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG) containing boilers that heat water to make steam.
The steam is routed to an existing facility that contains boilers and chillers. Upon entering, the steam can be divided, depending on the need, to heat water to circulate through the two-mile loop of heating pipes, and/or to drive a centrifugal chiller to chill water that circulates through the parallel loop of cooling pipes.
The HRSG also is connected to a steam turbine generator, which can produce up to 5 MW of electricity as part of the plant's total, add to the heating capacity or drive a steam driven chiller to chill water to cool the campus.
The above are excerpts taken from an article named "Big Power On a Small Scale" by Janet Kreiling, Contributing Writer to The Journal (June 2010 by Rockwell Automation).
- Single Point of Order
- Reduced engineering costs
- Eliminates client time and effort to coordinate multiple orders for internal components from multiple vendors
- Allows for accurate scheduling
- Reduced footprint vs. discrete components
- Reduced installation costs
- Reduced site installation time
- Complete organized final documentation package
- Fully tested Integrated assembly and wiring
- Power Distribution Panel Boards
- Lighting - Receptacle Panel Boards
- Transformers
- Lighting Contactors
- Motor Starters
- Control Stations
- Uninterruptible Power Supplies
- Building Automation Packages
- Communication Equipment (Radios, Antennas, Network Switches, etc.)
- Power Inverters
- Automation Control Panels (PLC, other)
- Free Standing - front and or rear accessible
- Conforms to current National Electrical Code Standards
- Indoor and Outdoor rated assemblies to meet NEMA environmental standards - Types 1, 3R, 4 and 12
- Framing - Mild Steel, Galvanized Steel and Stainless Steel
- Coatings - Custom interior or exterior paint colors
- E-Houses
- Schools
- Hospitals
- Municipal Utilities Facilities
- Power Stations
- Commercial Facilities
- Industrial Facilities
- Any location where consolidated power is required

- Single point of order
- Reduced engineering costs
- Eliminates client time and effort to coordinate multiple orders for internal components from multiple vendors
- Reduced overall cost
- Allows for accurate scheduling
- Reduced site installation costs
- Reduced site installation time
- Complete organized final documentation package
- Fully tested Integrated assembly and wiring
- Power Panels
- Uninterruptible Power Supplies
- Power Inverters
- Transformers
- Motor Starters
- Automation Control Panels (PLC, other)
- Communications Equipment (Radios, Antennas, Network components, etc.)
- Lighting Contactors
- Control Stations
- Assembly Lighting
- Assembly Convenience Receptacles (Standard, GFCI)
- Pneumatic Components (Regulators, Valves, Gauges, Process Transmitters, etc.)
- Conforms to current National Electrical Code Standards
- Indoor and Outdoor rated assemblies to meet NEMA environmental standards - Types 1, 3, 3R, 4, 4X, 7 (Class I, Div 1 & 2, Groups B,C,D), 9 (Class II, Division 1, Groups F,G), and 12
- Frame Materials - Mild Steel, Galvanized Steel (Hot Dipped or Coating), Stainless Steel and Aluminum
- Frame Assembly - Bolted or Welded
- Coatings - Custom interior or exterior paint colors
- Interconnecting cabling installed in EMT, Rigid (explosion and non-explosion proof) conduit, cable trays and wire ways
- Pneumatic Tubing
- Power Stations - Coal, Natural Gas, Solar
- Refineries
- Oil/Gas Gathering Sites
- Oil/Gas Midstream Compressor Stations
- Off Shore Oil Platforms
- Water and Waste Water Treatment Facilities
- Grain Storage Facilities
- Manufacturing Facilities
- Any location that requires consolidated power and controls equipment