Rashi Bates: 2013 Sandia National Laboratoies Wind Plant Reliability Workshop

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RELIABILITY PROGRAM

“It’s More Than Just Tools”

Rashi BatesGM – Wind Operations

Shell WindEnergy

1August 2013


Rock River, WY50MW

Cabazon Pass, CA41MW

Whitewater Hill, CA61.5MW

Brazos, TX160MW

Photo sourced from Planetware

Top of Iowa80MW

Colorado Green162MW

Mount Storm, WV264MW

White Deer, TX80MW

U.S. WIND PROJECTS

Involved in 8 wind projects in the U.S. that are co-owned 50/50

722 wind turbines

Total capacity – 900 MW

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NoordzeeWindEgmond aan Zee, The Netherlands 108 MW

HarburgHamburg, Germany3.6MW

EUROPE WIND PROJECTS

Involved in 2 wind projects in Europe

38 wind turbines

Total capacity – 111 MW

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RELIABILITY PROGRAM – THE BASICS

Maintenance

Preventative

Proactive

Quality Assurance

CMMS

RCM

Data Mining and Analytics

SCADA

Historian (high frequency data)

Condition Monitoring

Engineering and Remote Monitoring

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DATA COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT

Multiple Sources Electronic (SCADA, Historian)

Paper (Service Reports, Failure Reports)

Third Party (Condition Monitoring, Weather)

Varying Frequencies, Quality and Delivery Methods

Validate and Archive

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Historian

Central Data Center

CentralHistorian

Client

WTG

PI to PI link over IP

Analytics Server( AF) CMMS, SHARP

Wind Site Office

SCADA Client

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(CMMS, SHARP,PI AF)


CONVERTING DATA INTO INFORMATION

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User Displays/ Interfaces Reduction in reporting requirements

Standardization of data delivery



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Remote Support SCADA Server Monitoring

Bandwidth Management



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Site Specific Weather Systems Efficient Maintenance Scheduling

Automated Weather Alerts



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Reliability Management Reactive: Trending, Analysis, Troubleshooting

Proactive: Failure predictors, Reliability Centered Maintenance



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“FIT FOR PURPOSE”

Who uses these tools and how?

Site Owner Management

Contractor Management

Technicians

Head Office Support Reliability

Asset Management

SCADA/IT

Engineering Support

Finance

Contracts and Procurement

Joint Venture

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SITE MANAGER – IDEAL SCHEDULE

6 AM – Check Emails / Review Turbine Status

7 AM – Morning Safety /Plan of the Day

7:30 AM – Permitting / Weekly Reporting

8 AM – Regulatory Reporting / BOP Scheduling

9 AM – Use tools to analyze raw data

10 AM – Meet with Operator to review scheduled maintenance and feedback information about issues with turbines identified in tools

11 AM – Performance Reporting

12 PM – LUNCH

1 – 3 PM – Perform QA inspection on turbine -OR- BOP Inspections

3 PM – Complete Inspection Report

3:30 PM – Check Emails / Close out day with crewsAugust 2013 13


TYPICAL TOOL - EXAMPLE

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Site Manager creates report and sends to Operator

Site Manager imports raw

data into Tool

Site Manager runs tool locally at site

Site Manager reviews trends and

abnormalities

Raw Data


Historian

SCADA


SITE MANAGER – ACTUAL SCHEDULE

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6 AM – Check Emails / Review Turbine Status & Weather

7 AM – Morning Safety / Plan of the Day / Orientations

7:30 AM – Regulatory Reporting / BOP Scheduling

8 AM – Permitting / Weekly Reporting / QA & BOP Inspections

9 AM – Meetings with Operator Management

9:30 AM – Check Emails / Accounting / Expense Reports

10 AM – Meetings with Head Office / Training

11 AM – Safety walks / Safety Meetings

12 PM – LUNCH

1 PM – Review Operator Reports / Data Entry / Vendors

2 PM – Performance Reporting (Data Editing)

4 PM – Check Emails / Close out day with crews


ACTUAL TOOL - EXAMPLE

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Site Manager reviews reports and uses relevant information in discussions

with Operator

Tool Automatically Loads Data from Central

Server

Data Analyst uses tool from head office

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Tool has preset data filters and parameters

Data Analyst easily produces simple report and

sends unsolicited to Site Manager, Asset Manager,

Reliability

Centralized

Historical Server


Historian

SCADA


Q & A

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