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  1. Vattenfall Hydro Discovers New Efficiencies In Condition-Based Maintenance 6/22/2020

    With about 520 employees Vattenfall Hydro Power is the third largest hydro power provider in Europe. Learn how the installation of a new system reduces total maintenance costs while improving the continuous monitoring capabilities of each hydro power plant and increasing the accuracy of the condition of equipment.

     

  2. Kansai Electric Reduced Costs By $3M Per Year In One Plant Alone 6/22/2020

    For numerous years, Kansai Electric Power Co., Japan’s second largest power company, operated as a regional monopoly, providing the majority of power to the Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe areas. Kansai needed to optimize its nine domestic power plants to be more competitive, but it also wanted to acquire new customers and create new value added services. Using a combination of the PI System, AI and IoT technologies, it all became possible.

  3. Scrubgrass: Data Saves Jobs In Coal Country 6/22/2020

    When your business model is exquisitely sensitive to a changing environment, an investment in real-time data can make the difference between survival and shutdown. That was the case for the Scrubgrass Generating Plant, a 35-employee, 85-megawatt waste-coal-fired power plant in Kennerdell, Pennsylvania. In the last few years, Scrubgrass has used OSIsoft data systems to overcome new market challenges that have already shuttered similar plants.

  4. Xcel Energy Uses The PI System To Improve Wind Forecasting And Save $46 Million In Operation Costs 6/22/2020

    Xcel Energy provides power for 3 million electric customers and 1.9 million natural gas customers across eight states. According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), it has been America’s leading provider of wind-generated power for the past 11 years, and the company holds a world record for electricity generated from wind power.

  5. Data To People: How AGL Energy Used The PI System To Empower Employees 6/22/2020

    In 1837, Australian Gas Light Energy (AGL) was founded in Sydney, Australia. At the time, Sydney was a small colonial outpost with less than 35,000 people, and “grid management” consisted of operating a few gas lamps. Today, AGL manages one third of the energy of Australia’s eastern seaboard, where most of the nation’s population lives.

  6. Mission Critical Data For Reliable Power In The Age Of Renewables 6/22/2020

    The rapid growth of renewable energy deployments on grids worldwide has profoundly changed the electric power value chain. Professionals at every link in that chain—from control room operators from generating fleet managers to regional transmission operators—face operational challenges that simply did not exist even a decade ago.

  7. PI System 4/2/2020

    The PI System unlocks operational insights and new possibilities. It enables digital transformation through trusted, high-quality operations data. Collect, enhance, and deliver data in real time in any location. Empower engineers and operators. Accelerate the work of analysts and data scientists. Support new business opportunities.

  8. Industrial Temperature Measurement: Basics And Practice 3/10/2020

    With this Handbook for industrial temperature measurements we are attempting to provide the technician with solutions to his wide variety of responsibilities. At the same time, it provides for those new to the field, insight into the basics of the most important measurement principles and their application limits in a clear and descriptive manner.

  9. Focusing On…Targeting Acid Gas Emissions Challenges In The Non-Ferrous Metallurgy Industry 1/3/2020

    Non-ferrous metallurgy applications including the production and recovery of aluminum, copper, tin zinc and lead involve a variety of processes which generate HCL and SOx emissions.  Find out how SOLVAir®’s sodium-based solutions can help drastically reduce these emissions by up to >99%!

  10. 266HSH Modbus® Pressure/Temperature Transmitter Datasheet 12/4/2019

    This intelligent 266 Modbus® transmitter provides the user with precise measurements of gauge pressure and optional process temperature (the latter by means of an externally connected Pt100 resistance temperature detector), in a single device. Information is available to any host device that can communicate using Modbus® protocol.