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Customer Success Story: Ontario Power/Hemi Controls

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Utilities
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Maintenance
Use Cases	Energy Management System Remote Asset Management
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Ontario Power, one of North America’s largest power generators, planned to upgrade its generating stations over the next few years. The generating station being modernized had a production capacity of 240MW and comprised of one main computer supervising 8 generators including plant services equipment. There were 10 local control stations one for each unit, running on industrial type computers. The project had unique requirements, necessitating the use of the new OPC driver for “data mining” in the Unified Tag Browser within GENESIS32, which allows database write and read connections using standard SCADA graphics to a Microsoft database. Read More
About Customer	Ontario Power is a large utility company based in Ontario, Canada. It is one of North America’s largest power generators, and in 2008, produced 70 percent of the electricity consumed in Ontario. The company plans to upgrade its generating stations over the next few years. The generating station being modernized has a production capacity of 240MW. The system is comprised of one main computer supervising 8 generators including plant services equipment. There are 10 local control stations one for each unit, running on industrial type computers deployed with GENESIS32. Read More
Solution	Ontario Power selected Alstom Canada as the supplier for the modernization of this generating station. Alstom teamed with Hemi Controls Inc., a system integrator in Montreal Quebec to develop this large and modern control application. The software is comprised of GraphWorX™32, AlarmWorX™32, TrendWorX™32 MSDE, ScriptWorX™32, OPC Datamining, and Modbus OPC to communicate with the 12 Modicon PLCs in the generating station. Supervision and operations of thousands of points at the central computer is made simple with two large flat panel screens. The control systems for this generating station are provided by Hemi Controls with some of its unique control software for hydroelectric generating stations and generator simulation software, which are used for detailed testing and system acceptance. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Applicable Industries

Utilities

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Maintenance

Use Cases

Energy Management System

Remote Asset Management

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Ontario Power, one of North America’s largest power generators, planned to upgrade its generating stations over the next few years. The generating station being modernized had a production capacity of 240MW and comprised of one main computer supervising 8 generators including plant services equipment. There were 10 local control stations one for each unit, running on industrial type computers. The project had unique requirements, necessitating the use of the new OPC driver for “data mining” in the Unified Tag Browser within GENESIS32, which allows database write and read connections using standard SCADA graphics to a Microsoft database.

About Customer

Ontario Power is a large utility company based in Ontario, Canada. It is one of North America’s largest power generators, and in 2008, produced 70 percent of the electricity consumed in Ontario. The company plans to upgrade its generating stations over the next few years. The generating station being modernized has a production capacity of 240MW. The system is comprised of one main computer supervising 8 generators including plant services equipment. There are 10 local control stations one for each unit, running on industrial type computers deployed with GENESIS32.

Solution

Ontario Power selected Alstom Canada as the supplier for the modernization of this generating station. Alstom teamed with Hemi Controls Inc., a system integrator in Montreal Quebec to develop this large and modern control application. The software is comprised of GraphWorX™32, AlarmWorX™32, TrendWorX™32 MSDE, ScriptWorX™32, OPC Datamining, and Modbus OPC to communicate with the 12 Modicon PLCs in the generating station. Supervision and operations of thousands of points at the central computer is made simple with two large flat panel screens. The control systems for this generating station are provided by Hemi Controls with some of its unique control software for hydroelectric generating stations and generator simulation software, which are used for detailed testing and system acceptance.

Impact #1	The system is comprised of one main computer supervising 8 generators including plant services equipment.
Impact #2	There are 10 local control stations one for each unit, running on industrial type computers deployed with GENESIS32.
Impact #3	Supervision and operations of thousands of points at the central computer is made simple with two large flat panel screens.

Impact #1

The system is comprised of one main computer supervising 8 generators including plant services equipment.

Impact #2

There are 10 local control stations one for each unit, running on industrial type computers deployed with GENESIS32.

Impact #3

Supervision and operations of thousands of points at the central computer is made simple with two large flat panel screens.

Benefit #1	The generating station being modernized has a production capacity of 240MW.
Benefit #2	GENESIS32 has also been selected for implementation of a main control center for Ontario Power Generation and will be installed in another 13 hydroelectric generating stations with a production capacity of 1,266MW’s over the next few years.

Benefit #1

The generating station being modernized has a production capacity of 240MW.

Benefit #2

GENESIS32 has also been selected for implementation of a main control center for Ontario Power Generation and will be installed in another 13 hydroelectric generating stations with a production capacity of 1,266MW’s over the next few years.

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Customer Success Story: Ontario Power/Hemi Controls

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