Virtualization for Power Industry

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October 20, 2015

Virtualization for Power Industry

About K Electric

The Only VERTICAL INTEGRATED utility in Pakistan

Overview of KE Generation

Business Challenges for KE:

Decision-grade data not available when needed

Plant monitoring is decentralized--- individually at different locations within the plant

No Standardized Performance Calculation tool for determining heat rate, material balance and KPIs in real-time

No integration of plants operational data with KPI calculation & reporting

Costly and scarce fuel availability raises serious optimization challenges

Combined economic impact of different power plants not available in real time.

Data acquisition processing and calculations are man hour intensive

Advantages of Real Time Fleet Performance

Optimization

Enables real-time integrated data reporting and visualization tools to identify new optimization opportunities i.einstead of isolated monitoring of individual plants; Collective /Fleet performance can be monitored

Enables real time remote monitoring and archiving of deviations in operation parameters and plant performance

Maintenance planning and availability improvement. Potential identification of faults before they occur

Identification of generating units where fuel consumption is higher; focus on causes resulting in fuel wastages

Real Time Environmental Monitoring; Leads to reduction in Green House Gases

Essential for Economic Dispatch. Provides data on Loading Optimization of the Stations .

Analysis of Steam. Feed-water, condensate, air-fuel parameters would assist in efficiency improvement and Aux Power reduction measures in real time

Measure to Manage Approach

“You cannot Manage (effectively)

what you cannot Measure

(Accurately) ”

- Jack Welch

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KElectric Centralized

Plant Data Historian

Corporate wide plant historian for individual plant

performances, production summaries, alarms/events, KPI etc

Accessible through windows based explorer or Microsoft

office based add-ins tools

Challenge: Islands of Information

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POWER PLANTDCS/PLC/Control System

Process Management

Business Management

Operation Management

-Thermal Efficiency Plant Factor

-Loss Analysis

-Equipment Performance-Heat & Mass Balance

-Financial Reports

-Performance Reports-Loss / profit Analysis

-Plant Indices

-Operating Guidance-Diary-Electronic Log Book

POWER PLANTDCS/PLC/Control System ,

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Online Web

Based Application

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N-HMI’s/Screens

-Reports

OPC Interface

OPC Interface

Proposed Application Structure

Utilize an IT approach to Implementation a redundant system and Systems Management

05 Distant Plant Locations

05 FT PI Historian Servers (Virtualized High Availability)

01 Central FT PI Server & Portal Server HO

05 Interface/Buffer Nodes

09 OPC Servers for DCS’s/PLC’s

(Honeywell, Rockwell, ABB, Emerson, GE, Siemens)

05 Individual NAS

05 3G/4G Modems as backup communication with HO

Users for Excel, Process Display and Web Portal

Cyber security and Network security via firewalls

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Proposed System Layout – Virtualized Platform

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Cabinet Details

• Essentials

– 02 Dell Rack Mounted Servers

– High Speed Switch

– X TB Storage Attached

– VMware, vSphere , vCenter

– OPC Buffer VM’s

– Historian VM’s in High Availability

– 24U Server Cabinet

– Cisco Firewalls

Why KE chose Virtualization

• Extended lifespan & easy replacement

• System should be able to run for

years

• Increased reliability

• High Availability of the system

• Virtual Redundant Systems

• Competitive Software Licensing

• KE IT already managing Virtual

Infrastructure

• Reduced operational and lifecycle cost

• Simplified administrative procedures

• Standardized SOPs for Disaster

Recovery Procedures.

• Avanceon – Solutions Expert in the

market

Proposed Sample Layouts

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Combine Cycle Power Plant

Heat Rate :

Gross Power:

Net Power:

GT 1 efficiency

GT 2 Efficiency

ST Efficiency:

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