Making the right decisions every day
SPPA-M3000 Cockpit provides the right information, allowing you to make the
right decisions – consistently, in a roll-based manner and in real time.
Power Generation
Instrumentation & Controls
SPPA-M3000 Cockpit
The right information at the right time – for power generation professionals.
In power plants, most data required for making sound decisions are basically available. However,
there is frequently a lack of aggregated and formatted real-time information to make the right decisions
quickly: production costs based on actual fuel flows, online availability and market trends, earlywarnings, information regarding the optimum operating point and so on.
Cockpit is designed to supply this kind of information straight to the relevant workstation – on screen,
via SMS, e-mail or through acoustic alarms. The information is adequately prepared in a format that
considers various user roles. Everyone who receives this information has the opportunity to use it to help
them be quicker, better and more successful in making critical decisions. With the SPPA-M3000 Cockpit,
the state-of-the-art information management system for the energy industry, it really is that simple.
Customers may value
Cockpit from a number of
different perspectives:
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1. Maintenance Manager
2. Performance Engineer
3. Power Plant Manager
“Our objective is to perform
maintenance while minimizing
impact to generation capacity.
Cockpit helps us identify many
potential issues and their causes
earlier and therefore we can
better avoid the associated
impacts.”
“In the past, I was always
chasing after the data. Now,
most of the data are available
at my fingertips. The data is
well organized and prepared –
like an X-ray of the processes.
This can help me increase
efficiency.”
“Cockpit cannot do everything
itself. However, the targets and
the efficiency improvements
are significant to me. The upto-the-minute production costs
overview are particularly useful.
Cockpit can help to improve our
overall performance.”
4. Reporting Engineer
5. Trader
6. DCS Manager
7. Production Manager
“Cockpit produces and distributes reports automatically.
The reports are done in a
consistent, reliable manner,
on the basis of a defined dataflow and with a built-in review
process. This new approach is
unique and can save us time.”
“Cockpit helps me to have
access to more information
regarding capacities and costs
more quickly. It provides a
great deal of information in
advance to help assess
short-term trades. This can
help us reduce our earnings
at risk.”
“Cockpit and the control
systems are ideally suited to
each other and designed to
work together in perfect
harmony. I particularly like
the way in which information
is prepared in a fully automatic
and standardized manner,
even across a number of
power generation units.”
“I believe that Cockpit can
help us to increase plant
availability and performance.
The production forecasts
and maintenance planning
are especially helpful. It can
help us to simply work more
accurately.”
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Your benefits
“The difference between a power plant which is just operational and a top
performer can amount to several million dollars in extra profits each year.
One way of leveraging performance is to take advantage of the optimum
information management which Cockpit provides.”
Erich Wex, Director Product Management Instrumentation & Controls, Siemens Power Generation.
“Cockpit does not make decisions for you.
However, it can give you extra confidence
by providing real-time information regarding deviations from the optimum operating
point or imminent faults, current production costs and system availability at any
given point in time. When combined with
your experience as a plant operator,
information such as this can give you a
decisive advantage in the battle to gain a
competitive edge.
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We developed Cockpit, an information
management system designed specially
for use in power plants, for this very reason.
The solution is based upon our decades of
experience in constructing and operating
power plants as well as our sound knowhow in the field of IT. The ability to separate
important data from less important data
and to organize these data effectively is
particularly important here.
Siemens is a pioneer in the field of information management systems. We have
shown that we can realize even the most
demanding of projects in a way which
benefits our customers. This know-how
makes us the partner of choice for many
operators all over the world and can give
you, as the user, the confidence to make
the right decision.”
Data from a wide range
of different systems
(e.g. distributed control
systems, monitoring
systems or laboratory
information systems) are
displayed in a standardized form in Cockpit.
Cockpit can be integrated
into the existing IT landscape. In case a portal
already exists, then it can
be hooked in.
Fleet overview with
drill-down function.
The user-friendly UI
allows to navigate
easily, quickly and
intuitively to the
information which
is required.
Cockpit is integrated in the existing portal
environment. Here it is running with the
SAP Enterprise Portal.
Proper arrangement of
data describing plant
conditions transforms
it into important information.
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The modules
Cockpit is an exceptionally versatile system. Starting with a central process database which collects, compresses
and processes the information obtained from all power plant subsystems in real time, its modules can be combined and
expanded as required. This gives you, as the user, the option of expanding the system in a step-by-step manner.
The modules are tailored to one another, complement each other and multiply the quality of the information.
Another feature of the system is it’s integration capabilities. Existing applications in the power plant can be integrated
and therefore become part of the overall system. The information is output in a role-based manner and each person
involved receives the information quickly and in the correct form – in real time.
Alarming
informs users about critical events. Warnings can
be classified either as valid alarms or false alarms.
In addition, messages can be entered in a “watch list”
and monitored until a final decision has been made.
Operating condition based monitoring systems
can allow the early detection of many developing
problems. The processing and organization of the
data can allow quick and clear identification of root
causes for many conditions.
Cockpit Alarming can provide:
More time available for initiating countermeasures
Higher plant availability
Reduced downtimes and maintenance costs
Technical Performance Monitoring
analyzes the technical processes to help you increase
efficiency and monitors the key components to help
you increase availability. In order to do this, it depicts
the thermodynamic cycle within a generating unit
and it’s mechanical and electrical components, and
compares in real time the actual with the expected
performance.
Warnings are issued in the event of significant
deviations from the expected values. Current deviations
are analyzed by comparing them to historical performance data. As a result, many developing problems can
be detected early on and preventative measures can be
taken quickly.
Cockpit Technical Performance Monitoring can provide:
Increased efficiency by up to 1 %
Reduced costs due to fuel savings and emissionsoptimized operation
Improved availability due to online monitoring of key
components
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Cockpit in the power plant
Simple, standardized and universal.
Cockpit integrates all subordinate systems
and bundles together all of the information
in the power plant. As a result, it makes an
important contribution towards simplifying
the complex interface landscape which
develops in many businesses over the years.
In addition, it is designed to considerably
reduce the costs for data maintenance and
for data consistency – which is essential for
precise and reliable information.
The power plant data are channeled into a
standardized system, centrally managed,
systematically named, formatted, standardized and presented in a role-based display
for a high-quality source of information.
The fact that the information is displayed in
a standardized user interface can make the
system extremely easy to use.
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The modules
Generation Planning & Monitoring
provides an overview of the availability of plant
units and plans the unit commitment. It provides
you with pertinent information that can help you
minimize fuel and operating costs while maintaining
minimum reserves at the same time. The actual situation is monitored and planning adapted in real time.
In addition, the system compares plan values with the
actual production values and alerts users in the event
of any deviations.
Cockpit Generation Planning & Monitoring can provide:
Reduction of fuel costs up to 1 %
Increase of power output by utilization of hidden
capacities
Increase of plant availability and flexibility
Avoidance of penalty payments due to deviations
from the operating plan
Business Performance Monitoring
provides a precise real time overview of business key
performance indicators based on data from control
systems, archive, emissions monitoring systems,
management and ERP systems. In the process, the
system calculates the degree of target achievements
at any given point, compares this with expected
performance and presents the results as scorecards
to the responsible staff. Any deviations from the
expected targets can be reported directly. And it is
easy to navigate directly to the causes of such
deviations. With the additional Technical Reporting
function, it is also possible to produce and distribute
technical reports automatically.
Cockpit Business Performance Monitoring can provide:
Compliance with specified plant targets (KPIs)
Ongoing KPI calculations, presentations, and
alerts raised in the event of deviations from
expected values
Up to 50 % reduction of time required to generate
and distribute Technical Reports
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The references
SPPA-M3000 is installed all around the world at numerous companies
operating all different types of power plants.
Utility in Texas
Entire fleet
EnBW
Power plants Altbach,
Heilbronn, Karlsruhe
Stadtwerke Erlangen
Municipal cogeneration plant Erlangen
Northern United
Power Company
Entire fleet
Gemeinschafts-MüllVerbrennungsanlage
Niederrhein
Waste incineration
plant Oberhausen
Vattenfall HEW
Cogeneration plant
Tiefstack and Wedel,
heat plant Hafen City
Guohua Electric
Power Corporation
Entire fleet
Evonik STEAG
Power plants Fenne,
Bexbach, Weiher
Vattenfall BEWAG
Power plants Reuter
West, Reuter, Moabit,
Oberhavel, Mitte,
Charlottenburg,
Wilmersdorf, Lichterfelde, Lichtenberg,
Klingenberg, Rudow,
Köpenick
Centrica
Power plant Kings
Lynn
For further information: sppa-m3000.pg@siemens.com, www.siemens.com/sppa-m3000
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The PowerPortal –
the Cockpit for the fleet
PowerPortal is an extended version of Cockpit. It is used as
a “Fleet Information Center”. Using the PowerPortal, all power
plants within the fleet can be monitored from any location.
Their performance can be optimized using exact measurement
and diagnostics data. It is designed to allow uniform information
presentation and best practice sharing.
“The Cockpit provides detailed data for in-depth
analyses and high-quality information overviews
for fast management decisions – both are very
important for success in China’s future deregulated market.”
Li Wei, CIO, Guohua Electric Power Corporation,
China
“Due to the Cockpit module Technical Reporting,
not only the expenditure of time is reduced but
also one can be sure that the information data
are consistent – and this helps reducing costs.”
PowerPortal can concentrate company-wide expert
knowledge and make it available to everyone. Instead of
mere data, each user can receive information which is relevant
to the decision-making process. Users do not need to search for
a problem – they are automatically “guided” to it. This can result
in a considerable increase in fleet availability and reliability,
increased efficiency and reduced maintenance costs.
The degree to which the targets have been met is determined
using corporate-wide Key Performance Indicators.
Peter Anton, Division Manager, Stadtwerke Erlangen,
Germany
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