OSIsoft PI System Consulting
PI has become ubiquitous in the US and around the world. It is used in power plants, factories, and other industrial applications and has become the de facto standard database for process data. Despite this popularity, it is difficult to find people who specialize in this very important system. I have over 15 years of experience in the design and deployment of PI Systems. Whether you are deploying a new system from scratch or need help making an existing system reliable, I can help. [more...]
Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS)
Environmental regulations place increasing demands on electric utilities. Your CEMS probably no longer operates in the background as it first did. It grows in importance each day as your dispatcher uses its data to manage the fleet while maintaining compliance with permits, your operators rely on it to tune their boiler settings, and your accountants use it to determine when they can buy and sell allowances. All of this means that the pressure is on you to provide timely and accurate information. Small mistakes can become very costly if they are not caught quickly. This means that you have to be sure that everything is running properly, recorded properly, and that it can be reported in a timely manner. [more...]
Mercury CEMS
I have gained valuable early experience in the specification and deployment of Mercury CEMS having specified and overseen the commissioning of four CMMS systems. Maybe you are just getting up to speed on this new requirement and need help specifying your new systems. I can help. [more...]
Control and IT System Integration
In the good old days you had your office IT systems and your production control systems. They were separate and did not talk to each other. Today there are several reasons why you must integrate these systems. You may need to collect data for environmental reports. You may need to analyze and monitor your processes to insure that they are as efficient as possible.
The problem is that you need someone who understands both sides of the equation. Someone who understands the language of the IT department and the language of the controls technicians. [more...]
Custom Software Development
Custom Software Development sounds scary. You probably have a failed project in mind that started out innocently enough and blew up into elaborate requirements documents, project meetings, blown budgets, and unmet goals. It doesn't have to be that way. Many times what you need can be assembled using applications that you already use. You might just need to have a little code built to move the data around. You might also need to have the data displayed in a specific way. Many times it is much easier to meet your needs than you might think. In any case, I can sit down with you and present the options available to achieve your goals. I've built software after sitting with a plant manager for an hour and discussing his goals and looking at a few diagrams scribbled on a sheet of paper. [more...]