PLANT PERFORMANCE

MONITORING AND ANALYSIS

Shrinking fuel resources, CO2 pressures and volatile fuel prices
have forced everyone in the power sector to minimize the cost
of power generation without compromising on the productivity.
Maximizing the efficiency with which the fuel is converted
into electricity has become the priority in the power industry.
Therefore, today the power sector strategy has shifted from
“Generation Maximization” to “Performance optimization &
Generation maximization”.
Equipment performance of power plants or any process
industry degrades with time and with the influence of its
working environment. However, it can be addressed by properly
identifying and closely monitoring the system using the process
mathematical models or using input output methods.
Plant Performance Monitoring is an offering under Kalkitech’s
Eltrix Generation Optimization - it is a state of art real time
performance monitoring solution extensively used by various
power generation utilities having Thermal, Gas, Combined cycle,
Co-generation and Hydro generation.

KEY FUNCTIONS KEY FEATURES

● Efficiency calculation of primary & auxiliary equipments in a ● Build plant equipment & connectivity models from Eltrix
power plant model builder by simple drag-drop operations
● Identify equipment de-gradation and controllable losses ● Option to import the model from external system like DCS
● Define Key Performance Indicator linked to plant efficiency over an OPC-UA interface
and monitor online ● Creation of measurement & history database on a button click
● Performance Calculation templates, standard templates
● Heat balance analysis
available based on ASME-PTC
● Validation of process data and accounting of instrumentation
● Quick generation of performance calculations by applying
errors
calculation templates on Plant equipment & connectivity
● Overall Power Plant Performance & expected performance model
● Impact & What if Analysis on Plant Performance ● Validation & reconciliation techniques to ensure the quality
● Semantic models of plant equipments and connectivity & consistency of measurements
● Seamless Integration with plant control & monitoring ● Substitution based on curve fitting in case of faulty field in-
systems like DCS/DAS systems struments
● Calculation done on a moving window to ensure the steady
state and accurate values
Equipments Under ● Calculation outputs can be exchanged with external sys-
Performance Calculation tems like ERP, Asset Management or Plant MIS
● Capability to handle multiple generating units & plants
● Heat Recovery Steam Generators ● Engines ● Eltrix Web Portal provides a web based interface to visual-
• Economizers ● Hydro Turbine ize Plant Performance data on real time over a rich set of
• Super-Heaters ● Condenser plant mimics
• Evaporators ● Feedwater Heater ● Rich set of reports, charts and analytics on plant perfor-
● Steam Turbine ● Deaerators mance data
• Heat balance analysis ● Air Heater
● Boiler ● Pump The challenge is both to improve the performance of the
• Heat balance analysis ● Cooling Tower existing generating plant stock and to build enough –
● Gas Turbine
but not too much – new generation and transmission
• Heat Balance Analysis
capacity to meet growth in demand…
World Energy Council

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PLANT PERFORMANCE
MONITORING AND ANALYSIS
Analysis Functions
• Heat-Balance Analysis
• Impact Analysis on overall Plant Performance
• What-if Analysis on individual equipment performance
PPC Model Builder
Components
Eltrix Engineering Editor is a rich client interface which
allows you to configure your plant data, build equipment and
connectivity models, generate measurement and history
database, input plant design values and fit correlation curves,
configure OPC UA/ OPC DA interface for real-time & history
data that needs to be exchanged with external systems.
Eltrix Runtime Server performs the real time data update,
objects oriented storage & retrieval of data, performance/
efficiency computations, with analysis functions. It has an OPC
UA/DA communication driver which writes back the output data
to external system over a TCP/IP or Web Service transportation
layer.
Eltrix Decision Portal is the end user interface for plant
operators or managers to visualize & analyze the plant
performance data, its impacts over rich set of plant mimic,
charts and reports. You can create information dashboards to
monitor key performance indicators and the support of Web 2.0
technology makes it possible to deliver time critical information
over a standard web client.
Kalki Communication Technologies LTD
#147, 5th Main Road, HSR Layout 7th Sector,
Bangalore - 560102, India.
Contact: +918040527900 | www.kalkitech.com
applied ASME PTC Codes
PTC 4.4 HSRG ASME
PTC 12.2 Condenser ASME
PTC 6.1 Steam Turbine ASME
PTC 22 Gas Turbine ASME
PTC 12.1 Closed feed water heaters ASME
PTC 4.1 Steam Generator ASME
PTC 4.3 Air Heater ASME
PTC 46 Overall plant performance ASME
PTC 12.3 De-aerator ASME
PTC 18 Hydraulic Turbine & Pump
The table shows a reference list of some of the applied ASME PTC Codes. Standard
calculation templates available comply to ASME PTC codes and there is a provision for
user to create their own templates with custom calculation.
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
Performance calculation, monitoring and analysis deliver certain
additional values when integrated with other solutions within the power
plant eco system
● Performance Optimization to improve efficiency by reducing heat
losses
● Equipment Stress monitoring, diagnosis and lifetime monitoring
● Reliability Centric Plant Maintenance and minimizing Plant down
times
Analysis
Eltrix
Optimization Diagnosis
Plant Performance Life Cycle
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