Digitalization of a Power Plant:

An end user experience ….

PROCESSES
ANALYTICS
PRESCRIP
TIVE PREDICTIVE

M.K. Srivastava
GM(PE-C&I),
DESIGN DATA
BIG COMMISSIO D
NING ATA NTPC Ltd
DATA
OPERATIONAL DATA

Amit to modify
Presentation Outline
 Digital Transformation
 The Potential of “Digital”
 Key Elements of Digitalization
 NTPC on the Digital Path
 Two use cases
Advanced Process Control (APC)
Advanced Management of Stockyard ( AMS)
 Challenges
 Conclusion

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 Digital Transformation – Creating the
Enterprise of Tomorrow

Digital Business Model

New Revenue Streams

New Digital Product

& Services

Safety
Digital Operating Model
Reliability
Efficiency
Environment Compliance
Workforce Productivity

“Digital” has to be integrated with the Business

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The Potential of “Digital”

 Efficiency Increase of Thermal power Plant-

Copy from AUSC

Potential of Digital

• 0.5-1.0 Efficency Increase

• 10-20 % O&M Cost Reduction
• 10-15 % Nox Reduction

Mechanical Innovations are Saturating….

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 Key Elements of Digitalization: Contd..

Data Visualization

3Rs: Right Data Digital

Worker
to the Insights
Right People
at
Right Time Data Analytics Digital Twin

Data
Integration

IIOT Cyber Physical Systems

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 I4 gen Slide from APC Presentation

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 Data Visualization: Contd..
MOU’s targets,
Overhaul Schedules, Regulatory
Project management Compliance,
monitoring, Fuel Financial
Monitoring, parameters, Capex
commercial Monitoring
management Capex Corporate
Targets
Generation,
Process
parameters, Project
O&M
planning Targets Region

Generation
Targets

Real-Time ………..Monthly …………..Quarterly………………….Yearly………..

quarterly/hourly Plant

KPI’s should percolate right up to the executing level in the plant life cycle

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The Analytics Spectrum

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Analytics in the Power plant context

 Operations Optimization
• Measure, visualize and improve operational
parameters
• Get the last penny from your process
 Maintenance Optimization
• Strike the right mix of Availability, Cost of
Maintenance & Risk
 Business Optimization
• Market Intelligence
- Demand Forecasting
- Solar Power Prediction
• Portfolio Management
- Resource planning

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Digital Twin

 Featured in Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology

Trends for 2017
Real Space Virtual Space

Dimensional • Walk Through

Model • One Stop
3D modeling Documentation
Software

Functional
Model • “What Ifs” to
First Principle evaluate operating
Software scenarios.

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Digital Worker

Digital worker
-For new Tech
Savvy workforce
-Knowledge
capture

Field investigation guides on Smart devices.

Augmented Reality for Inspection

Drone for inspection of hazardous areas

Robots for automation of arduous tasks e.g.

Solar Panel

Creating a workforce with digital skills

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IIOT- Industrial Internet of Things

Visualizatio
n
Layer

Application
Layer Cloud
24X7 Centralized
OEM/Expert
availability
Information
Layer
IOT Platform HUB
IOT IOT IOT
Gateway Gateway Gateway
10
DCS /
10 SCADA Historian
10
01
01

Field

Innovation using Information & Analytics is the new Mantra !!!

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NTPC on the Digital path

Copy slide 15 from IASC presentation

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Advanced Process Control

 Copy slides 3,7,8,9,10,11 from APC

Presentation

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Advanced Management of Stockyard

 Copy from Ankur Tripathi’s ppt OR ask him to

include 6 slides

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Challenges

 Lack of Digital Maturity Model for

Power/Process industries
 Lack of proven ness of solutions
 Applications not open to Integration
 End User Buy in for Investment
 Culture & Mindset
- Visibility in to work areas
- Aversion to Change
 Cyber Security

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Conclusion

 We do not have the Luxury of time to

innovate…..Digitalization is imperative
 Digital initiatives should be linked to business
outcome- contracts to be performance based
 Quick wins with high business impact will lead the
way.
 Digital strategy road map with a phased approach-
starting step
 Scalable Digital platform to support innovation & meta
data integration.

“Becoming A Digital Enterprise: Now is the time to Act; by the

time it’s obvious it’s too late. We are in first 2 minutes of a
Soccer Match; by Halftime it’s too late.”
Based on a Quote from William Ruh CEO-GE Digital in WEF whitepaper on Digital Enterprise.

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Thank You!!

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