“Greening the Power Industry” is the theme for the ISA POWID Symposium in Chicago next week, and PAS will be there in full force to share recent projects and present the solutions that have helped our power industry clients achieve just that…
Our power industry clients improve their “green” objectives by:
• Minimizing disturbances and mitigating unexpected shutdowns
• Improving environmental performance
• Meeting regulatory compliance
PAS solutions that help our clients achieve these objectives include:
• Control loop performance optimization
• Alarm management
• High performance operator HMI (Human Machine Interface)
• Management of change
• Disaster recovery
Since the launch of our Power Industry Center of Excellence two years ago, we have significantly grown our client base in this industry. We have worked with several industry leaders, each with a focus on going green. Next week, we’ll present details of several of these projects, including:
Alarm Management Optimization at a Mid-Size Power Plant: PAS helped improve the performance of unit operators by significantly reducing the number of nuisance alarms. Now, with the improved alarm system, there are fewer excursions and a noticeable reduction in emissions.
HMI Best Practices: PAS has teamed up with EPRI to help a mid-size power company increase operator effectiveness and situational awareness by improving the quality of their process graphics. Results from this type of improvement project are the same with all our of clients; When operators have good situational awareness, plants run better and green objectives are achieved.
Loop Optimization: Recently, PAS assessed the control loops of a power plant in the Midwest and identified an opportunity to reduce utility usage by 4% by optimizing control strategies and retuning controllers. Going green while reducing operating costs makes justifying this kind of project a cool breeze. We’re happy to tell this story, as many clients eagerly embrace this type of efficiency improvement, especially in today’s economic climate.
So if you were wondering whether PAS is part of the “Go Green” campaign, the answer is, yes we are and we have been for years.
Come See Us
If you plan to attend next week’s POWID conference, come by our booth (#1821) to learn more, or come view our presentation on “Operator Process Graphics” scheduled for Tuesday, May 12th at 1:00 pm in the Operations & Maintenance Optimization track. Or just drop me an email (bmay@pas.com). I’d love to hear from you.
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