ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has informed that it has secured an order worth Rs 455 crore from Vedanta Aluminum Ltd. to provide automation and power products, systems and solutions for expansion of their aluminum smelter plant at Jharsuguda in Orissa.

Under the agreement, ABB will design, supply, build and commission 24 sets of high power diode rectifier systems for four aluminum potlines.

ABB's scope of supply also includes a new 400 / 220-kilovolt (kV) switchyard to supply the new smelter plant with reliable power, as well as a high-performance process control system with fiber optic current sensors and an ABB MicroSCADA control system for the power distribution network, substation switching bays, power and station transformers.

According to market analysts, the latest expansion at Vedanta Aluminum’s Jharsuguda plant would double the smelters' production capacity of aluminum ingots, rods and rolled products.