Industry: Power and Utility
Product: X-Force Alarm Information Management System (X-Force AIMS)
Goals:
Immediate root cause diagnosis of plant abnormal conditions
Centralised alarm visualisation from different makes of DCS
Monitor critical alarm tags on a regular basis
Minimize the frequency of alarms generation to achieve plant uptime
Establish alarm rationalization as per EEMUA 191 or ANSI/ISA – 18.2 standards.
Challenges:
Lack of tools to authenticate the approx. 5000+ alarms produced by each DCS unit
No centralized control for operators to provide timely response and identify any first-out occurrences
Fail to identify the root cause of key process deviation from their normal state
Unable to achieve the alarm counts less than 144 as per the global standards
Solution:
Seamless integration of X-Force AIMS with Emerson and Yokogawa DCS
Advanced tools to consolidate data from plant units for the exact count of alarms per hour, day, and shift
Customized KPI dashboard for accurate visualization, with weekly or monthly reports to demonstrate the root cause of every alarm
EEMUA 191 or ANSI/ISA – 18.2 global standards compliance
Results:
X-Force AIMS enabling Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority to implement immediate corrective action, thus reducing downtime and risk of losses.
SSM InfoTech solutions significantly increase plant efficiency by leveraging operators' focus on critical alarms.
Alarm rationalization as per the international standards.
For more information, write to us at mkt@ssm-infotech.com