Virtual Network Monitoring: Powered by PI System
This presentation will describe how TasNetworks uses the PI system to support the efficient management of the Tasmanian electricity distribution network through deployment of the Virtual Network Monitoring (VNM) Algorithm. VNM turns raw data into useful business intelligence that can be used to make proactive and effective asset management decisions. The PI System’s ability to integrate traditionally siloed data sources as well as its powerful calculation engines makes it the ideal environment to implement this novel algorithm.
Thanh Nguyen is an Electrical Engineer currently working for TasNetworks. He has demonstrated expertise in Smart Grid technologies and Demand Management. Thanh worked across academic, industry R&D, and utility sectors. He has been lecturing at the University of Tasmania (in a fractional capacity). To date, he has published 13 research papers in scholarly journals and conferences.
Chris Reid is a specialist in enterprise data management and has provided consultancy services to Energy Utilities since 2003. His expertise includes OSIsoft PI System development and integration, Smart Grid algorithm and data architecture as well as advanced mathematical modelling and analysis. In 2007 he cofounded eTree LTD and works with clients in both Australia and New Zealand.
Shaping Your Journey to Operational Excellence
The adoption of the PI System within the Mining, Metals and Materials industry has seen steady growth over the past decade as companies try to leverage data as an asset for targeted performance improvements or the mitigation of specific risks. In more recent years, however, some of these same companies have also started to expand their PI System footprint in an effort to establish a comprehensive site or enterprise-wide data strategy that can support all of their established operational targets and related initiatives. This new vision of 'information as an infrastructure' is becoming recognized as a competitive differentiator within the industry. During this introductory session, OSIsoft will outline the 'infrastructure' vision, exemplify how the PI System can be adopted as a supporting strategy, and discuss the different customer approaches for success.
Lance Fountaine joined OSIsoft in October 2013 as an Industry Principal for the Metals and Mining industry following a 20 year career in the aluminum business with Alcoa Global Primary Metals.
OSIsoft PI System Product Update & Roadmap
Join Sam as he reviews the recent big releases in the PI System and a look at the exciting things to come!
Sam Pride is a member of OSIsoft's Centre of Excellence where he focuses on assisting Enterprise customers achieve the most from the PI System. With nearly 10 years of PI experience, Sam brings a wealth of knowledge from multiple industries; with a recent focus on Utilities, Metals & Mining and Oil & Gas. Sam loves a challenge and is always happy discussing any interesting or challenging applications of the PI system!
APA Group’s PI System
APA Group’s Gas Transmission PI System has evolved over the years and is now introducing the Networks Gas business. The National Interval Metering Data System (NIMDS) is a new application built on the existing PI HA infrastructure due for completion in 2016. Modelled in part on an existing legacy system, NIMDS will standardise gas interval metering data capture, processing, validation, reporting and delivery across the enterprise providing substantial automation, reducing human effort and enabling multiple legacy systems to be retired.
Theo Giannacopoulos is the senior systems analyst APA Group. Working with PI systems for 10 years, Origin and now APA Group.
Andrew Todd has a background in software development and project management spanning 20 years across various industries and technologies including desktop and web application development, Lotus Notes/Domino and SCADA. Over the past 10 years Andrew has specialised in delivering PI solutions and is a Director and co-founder of Green Technology Services.
OSIsoft PI System Business Integration: SAP, Microsoft and ESRI
Big Data, Hyper-Connectivity and Internet of Things are the megatrends of tomorrow, but what does this all mean and how is this going to help companies to turn their data into profits? In this session we will explore the landscape of big data tools and how the PI System fits into this rapidly evolving ecosystem. We will also highlight the upcoming PI integration technologies that will help customers to realise more value from their data through situational awareness, process optimisation and predictive analysis.
Michael Luo has been with OSIsoft for 7 years and currently working as a systems engineer in Sydney. He specialises in demonstrating the capability of the PI System, and often worked with customers & partners in the mining & water sectors to develop solutions that deliver business values. He previously worked in technical support, field service and training for various customers in Asia Pacific include Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and China.
Distance to Fault – The PI System and ESRI Geospatial system supporting real time operational decision making
This presentation will explain how Transpower leveraged the PI System and the ESRI Geospatial platform to get real time fault information on their 11,803 KM of high voltage lines. Having this information available and displayed against real time weather and lightning data provides Transpower with the capability to make quick operational decisions. Dimension Software designed and implemented a fully automated PI System based solution to calculate complex fault locations based on live SCADA feeds. The calculated fault locations are displayed geographically and in real time on the ESRI platform. Grid control staff are then able to use this real time information to support their decisions when faults occur on the Grid. The presentation will cover the move from a manual process to a fully automated process, the operational decisions that the solutions supports and the architecture of the solution.
Hasthrika Jayasuriya is an applications analyst, and has been working at Transpower New Zealand for the past two years. He provides support and administration of Transpower’s asset management systems which includes PI System, CRM, and various other custom solutions.
Neil Goundar is a Software Engineer and has been building software solutions for over a decade. He has developed software solutions across various industries and has extensive knowledge in building desktop applications, web applications, server side engines/calculations and Sharepoint solutions. Neil joined Dimension Software almost 5 years ago and has been working with all aspects of the PI System. His expertise of Software Engineering and the PI System has seen him develop software solutions across the Electricity, Oil & Gas, Water, Mining and Pulp and Paper industries in his time with Dimension Software.
Managing Metered Data from Multiple Data Sources
This presentation will introduce how ElectraNet are migrating to a common information model (CIM) for their electricity transmission business and in managing increasing amounts of data from multiple sources. It will discuss the rationale and use cases behind the move to the CIM and the importance of a real time operational data infrastructure in adopting this model.
Frank Maio is the Principal Operations Technology Engineer for ElectraNet , South Australia’s Electrical Transmission Organisation. Frank has been with ElectraNet for over 10 years and prior to that with The Defence Science and Technology organization (DSTO) where we worked as a Computer Systems Engineer.
AGL’s Journey to Operational Excellence with OSIsoft’s Enterprise Agreement
This presentation will explain AGL's journey to be a data-driven organization across all operations. The challenges initially facing AGL included disparate SCADA systems and WANs, distributed data management systems with no central access, multiple solutions for performance and loss analysis, lack of data quality and precision … all leading to inefficient use of human resources. To address these issues, AGL realized they needed an enterprise-wide data infrastructure that would provide a single data source for all applications. To ensure rapid, uniform roll-out and ongoing monitoring and to maintain the infrastructure at peak performance, they chose to go with OSIsoft's Enterprise Agreement. The presentation will cover reasons for choosing the Enterprise Agreement, the planning process, architecture design, roll-out, 3rd party applications used on top of PI, training and achieving rapid time to value.
Mark Faith is the Engineer for Reliability and Performance Systems for AGL and has worked in the power generation industry for the last 26 years. He is also the technical owner of the PI System. When not on the back of a motorbike or trying to plumb his homebrew setup into PI, Mark's focus is in realising operational excellence at AGL through the use of the PI System and its partners. AGL's power generation fleet spans the eastern seaboard of Australia and is quite diverse with coal, gas, wind, solar and hydroelectric generation. As AGL's Engineer for Reliability and Performance systems, Mark is responsible for implementing consistent tools and reporting to improve asset reliability, availability and increase overall Operational Excellence at Australia's largest and leading power company. AGL has invested in an Enterprise Agreement with OSIsoft and heavily utilizes the PI System and its partners to achieve these key initiatives.
OSIsoft PI Visualization / Analytics
The role of a PI System in Production and Operations is well understood. And, PI System use cases in reporting, environmental compliance, energy monitoring, operational KPIs (key performance indicators), and others, are also well documented. In Maintenance, the PI System is often mentioned in a condition-based maintenance (CBM) context. During this session, a 2015 PI System with future data forecasting capabilities will be worked with, to better monitor and predict site operations. Dynamically created dashboards and reports with live OLEDB connections will be used to make more educated business decisions for the process maintained.
Archie Gale started with OSIsoft in January 2013 within the Customer Support department. Since then he has worked extensively with the PI System in both support and training. He also manages the Analyzing PI System Data course, for more advanced analysis of PI data using OLEDB and Analysis construction.
Effectively Engaging Operational Business Areas to Maximise the Benefits of PI System
Synergy have lead the charge in developing and growing their support infrastructure to empower the organization using PI data across their business. This presentation demonstrates how building a strong relationship with operational areas of the business, and understanding their requirements has elevated the PI support team from not just being a technical center of excellence but a valued business partner to the whole organization. This culminated with how PI data and calculations have been used to enhance plant performance across their entire fleet of power stations.
Alan Lark is an Electrical Engineer with over 5 years industry experience in the power generation and transmission and distribution markets in WA. Alan has been with Synergy for over 3 years as the PI System Matter Expert (SME) and has been an integral member of the success of the PI implementation and growth within the Synergy organization.
Leveraging the PI System at Origin's Generation Monitoing and Support Center
Being integrated, Origin has diverse operations spanning across the
energy supply chain, from gas exploration and production, to power generation
and energy retailing. Origin’s generation portfolio is one of the largest and
most diverse in Australia, with approximately 6,000MW installed capacity.
Origin’s strategic initiative was to centralise the monitoring and support of
their generation assets into a single location. Initial challenges included
multiple sites with multiple control systems, different standards and models
for each site, data quality and application integration. To address these
challenges, Origin chose OSIsoft to provide an enterprise-wide data
infrastructure that would provide a single source of truth for their
applications. This presentation will outline Origin Energy Generation’s journey
in implementing OSIsoft PI System at their Monitoring and Support Centre and discuss
some of the integration challenges.
Steve Miller has held management roles in delivering a portfolio of concurrent projects in industrial control and production information systems for over 30 years. Steven’s broad technical skill base, relationship skills and analytical skills combine well to bridge the gaps between departments within an organisation, between the technologies used in the business and between the processes used to execute the business from input to output.
