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The PI System for Wind Farm Operational Intelligence & Management

Alan McCarthy

Generation Systems Manager


About Mainstream RP

• Company founded in 2008

• Development pipeline

– Onshore wind: 5,811 MW

– Offshore wind: 1650 MW

– Solar : 2,518MW

• In Operation

– Onshore wind: 236 MW

– Solar: 100 MW

• In Construction

– Onshore wind: 360 MW

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About Alan McCarthy

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• Joined Mainstream RP in 2012

• Generation Systems Manager Q2 2012-present

• Asset Operations Manager, Ireland Q4 2012- Q3 2014

• Asset Operations Manager, Canada Q1 2015 to Q4 2015


Introduction - Content

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• Business Challenges faced

• Our integrated solution

– PI Server & Complementary Systems

– PI System Tools & Business Intelligence

• Benefits accrued


Business Challenge

• Multiple OEMs • Multiple Substation SCADAs • External data sources

• Offices & Sites in 4 continents • Reduce time spent

– Reporting – Finding problems – Performing Analysis

• Usability and Scalability • Integrate with

– MS Office, MS Sharepoint, – Maintenance Management System – Energy Analysis Systems

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Multiple Data Sources

Dispersed Sites & Staff

Integration, Long-term Architecture


Business Challenge – Multiple Data Sources

• OPC XML DA Siemens, Enercon

• OPC DA Goldwind, Siemens Solar

• Modbus EMSNI, ION meters

• DNP3 SEL RTAC, ZIV

• SQL Post date prices, OEM data tables

• HTML Forecast wind and pricing

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Business Challenge – Dispersed Sites & Staff

• Offices in 4 continents

– Potential for fragmented approach to systems and reports

– Potential for duplication of analysis work (lack of sharing)

• Wind Farms in 4 continents

– Remote locations, poor broadband/comms, unmanned sites

– Data storage at site not a practical option

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Business Challenge – Integration

• Potential for fragmented approach to data storage in different markets

– Risks of “Single Living Expert” for each site

• Risk of incompatible systems

– No link between O&M carried out and data

– Confusion and time losses switching between systems

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The solution – OSIsoft PI System & Complementary Systems

• OSIsoft PI System as central data server – Integrates with all of data sources/protocols – Integrates with external systems

• Energy Analysis (EAG) • Maintenance Management System (RGC) • MS Sharepoint

– Excellent online resources and training – “Off the shelf” software systems – Asset Framework acts as Asset Register and “link point” for

data & documents.

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PI System Components Used

• Asset Framework (AF) – Asset register, PI System data, MS Sharepoint document hyperlinks, Asset Work Order history on RGC web portal hyperlinks – Element Structure replicated in RGC – Data queried by EAG

• Visuals – PI Coresight and PI WebParts • Reporting – PI DataLink • Analysis – Event Frames, ACE, PI DataLink • Alerts – Notifications

– Trigger Work Orders in RGC – Reference PI Coresight and PI WebParts links

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Integration

Integration

Standardisation


Asset Framework – The central link

• “Single Version of the Truth” for asset register

– All Assets are accounted for here

– Unique Identifier codes (built with RDSPP Standard & MRP Project Codes)

– Replicated in Maintenance Management System (RGC) and Energy Analysis (EAG)

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AF – B.I. – Making data available everywhere

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• “Master” database in Asset Framework

• RGC Replicate AF structure using PI OLEDB Enterprise

• EAG query data based on AF attributes

• MS Sharepoint links to documents, photos,

• PI Coresight & PI WebParts links


AF – B.I. – Making data available everywhere

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• “Master” database in Asset Framework

• RGC Replicate AF Structure using PI OLEDB Enterprise

• AF Attributes provide Metadata – Code – Drawings – Photos – Manufacturer – Serial Number – Lat/Longitude


Reporting – PI DataLink

• Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Annual reports generated automatically in excel and exported to pdf

• Additional data required (costs, budget) stored in Asset Framework tables

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PI DataLink – B.I. – Energy & Revenue Availability

• Not enough to monitor time based availability – energy and revenue availability must be monitored to maximise returns

– Energy Production varies hour by hour

– Variable prices in certain markets

• Calculate Energy lost during turbine downtime

– Use to calculate Energy Availability

• (Actual Energy/Energy which could have been produced)

– Use hourly prices to calculate Revenue Availability

• (Actual Revenue/Revenue which could have been earned)

– Use these facts when dealing with OEMs to better plan maintenance

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PI DataLink – B.I. – Analysis Tools

• Dedicated Excel Tools for performance analysis

• Flexible, “pick your site, pick your turbine”

• Filtering of data

– High/low winds

– Seasonal

– Directional

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PI Clients – PI WebParts

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• Visualisations in PI WebParts, leveraging MS Sharepoint Platform

Treeview for navigation

Custom designed visuals

Timerange for historical data

Table for data viewing


PI Clients – PI Coresight

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• Visualisations in PI Coresight, published externally through pi.mainstreamrp.com

• Mobile devices and tablets to view data on the move


PI Clients – B.I. - PI Coresight

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• Forecast Prices and Wind Speeds imported

• “Revenue Forecast” for day

– Better plan maintenance and outages


Notifications

• Periodic (6 hourly) updates from all sites to relevant staff.

• Triggered alerts for turbine faults/warnings

• Triggered alerts for Asset Analytics

• Maintenance Management System (RGC) Integration – email sent to system inbox, auto generates Work Order

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Notifications – B.I. – Work Order Integration

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• PI WebParts links included in Notifications

– Ad hoc trend containing triggered data tags

– Link to PI WebParts S.P. site for Wind Farm

– Link to PI Coresight S.P. site for Wind Farm


Notifications – B.I. – Work Order Attachments

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• Web portal allows for staff and contractors to upload documentation to attach to Work Orders

– Safety Documents

– Photos

– Reports

• Saves these to Site MS SharePoint Directory

• Also note any spare parts used


Notifications – B.I. – Work Order Integration

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Asset Framework attributes used to hyperlink to RGC web portal for maintenance history of each Element/Asset


Business Challenge

• Multiple OEMs • Multiple Substation SCADAs • External data sources

• Offices & Sites in 4 continents • Reduce time spent

– Reporting – Finding problems – Performing Analysis

• Usability and Scalability • Integrate with

– MS Office, MS SharePoint, – Maintenance Management System – Energy Analysis Systems

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PI System takes in all data

PI DataLink Reports ACE & AF find problems Notifications triggers Work

Orders in RGC

Fully scalable – plan for >1GW Q4 2017

Fully integrated with EAG, RGC and MS SharePoint


Systems Integration • PI ODBC integration with EAG

– Operational data for post construction analysis

• PI OLEDB integration with RGC

– Asset Register replicates Asset Framework

– individual asset codes

• Notifications integration with RGC

– Work Order creation from faults, AF and ACE Analysis.

– Linking of PI WebParts and PI Coresight in emails

• MS SharePoint integration

– AF Attribute links to Asset Drawings, O&M Manuals

– PI WebParts

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“Single Version of the Truth”

Leveraging complimentary systems


System Map

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• Integrated Management Ecosystem

• Data Collection servers

• Central PI System

• Asset Framework

• Application Systems

PI Server PI Asset FrameworkWind Farm(s)

API NodeWTG OEM SCADA

BOP SCADA

PI Coresight

MS SharepointPI Webparts

PI Datalink Server

Maintenance ManagementSystem, RGC

Energy AnalysisSystem, EAG

Web SQL Data Sources

Web HTML

ION Meters

PI ACE


Results and Benefits

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• Single Version of the Truth for all Time Series Data, Asset Registers & Maintenance History

• Easily accessible data to all stakeholders

• Streamlined, automated process for Reports, Analytics, Work Order Creation

Staff can quickly access all data required with full confidence that it is correct

Minimize time spent before work has value

Asset Integrity – ability to see problems before they cause material damage


The Future

• Combined web portal for PI System and RGC within MS SharePoint

• PI Integrator for Esri ArcGIS

• Notifications triggering SMS/call alerts for critical faults (circuit breaker open etc.) to ensure quick response

• RGC Integration with Event Frames

• Expansion of ACE analytics

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What I would like to see….

• PI ProcessBook tab within Asset Framework

• Full PI WebParts functionality in PI Coresight (AF TreeView)

• Support for PI WebParts within MS SharePoint Online


RESULTS AND BENEFITS BUSINESS CHALLENGES SOLUTION

Summary

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“The right data finds the right person at the right time”

A. Multiple Data Sources

B. Dispersed Sites & Staff

C. Integration, Long Term Architecture

A. OSIsoft Interfaces take in all required data

B. Standardised Reports and Visuals Asset Analytics, PI ACE and Notifications trigger alerts and Work Orders

C. Scalable, integrated management system developed

• Single Version of the Truth for all data, Asset Registers & Maintenance History

• Easily accessible data to all stakeholders

• Streamlined, automated process for Reports, Analytics, Work Order Creation


Contact Information

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Alan McCarthy [email protected]

Generation Systems Manager

Mainstream Renewable Power

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