| | FEBRUARY 20179E ERGYTech Review Understanding where resources need to be positioned across the fleet is a tremendous improvement over past operating proceduresshift in generation can be made to a different plant that is running more efficiently to meet the system demand until corrections can be made to bring the original plant back to expected production levels. This ability to shift generation as demand changes is increased significantly when you can predict how power generation units will perform.Maximize Resources, Reduce CostUnderstanding where resources need to be positioned across the fleet is a tremendous improvement over past operating procedures. This allows the fleet to operate at peak capacity. The M&D Center provides this ability, creating a competitive advantage in a challenging power producing marketplace.· Better power generation unit performance allows each unit to produce more power; more power means more revenue.· Ability to predict failures before they occur, results in increased powergeneration unit up-time; up-time equals more opportunity to generate revenue.· Ability to increase visibility into plant performance and maintenance requirements allows the operations managers to share resources acrossplants; reduced resources means reduced operational cost. the most effective course of action can be implemented based on the total knowledge base of the fleet. A part fails, a switch trips or a parameter is out of norm--all of these factors will potentially lead to a corrective action. The shared knowledge may recommend changing not just Part X that failed but also Part Y based on the sensor input and historical knowledge of the frequency of these parts failing together. The use of performance data from multiple plants and power generation units allows the models to be self-improving which will lead to more precise failure prediction and better efficiency predictability.PerformanceThe M&D Center's thermal model analysis application will constantly monitor unit performance to ensure that each plant is running at maximum available efficiency. This increase in unit performance will result in a direct increase in revenue per unit. In addition, if a plant is not running at maximum efficiency, then a potential Joseph Santamaria
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