OMNI Analytics helps find problems faster and direct troubleshooting efforts more effectively than more common data trending.
Predictive Analytics detect problems before they occur.
Measuring condenser back-pressure and cleanliness factor is a good start. But OMNI Analytics can provide a significantly more complete picture of condenser operations—finding problems before they start and improving your overall operations.
Many companies offer condenser performance monitoring tools to their customers. Most are automated alarm systems capable of displaying your data online. When a parameter measurement falls outside its specified range, an alarm is sent. Users then access their data online and troubleshoot. The OMNI Condenser Performance Programme is different. When measurements fall outside of a range or our Predictive Analytics models indicate conditions are right for a problem to occur in the future, our System Assurance Centre personnel — highly educated engineers with knowledge, skills and experience in reviewing power plant condenser data — review all the available data. If they find a need to follow-up, they contact you and/or your Nalco Water sales engineer to determine next steps.
Nalco Water will still provide the full menu of products and services: feeding and controlling the right chemical programme and monitoring key leading indicators. But with this new OMNI Analytics approach, in addition to reporting these technical details, we now can monitor and report the impact of what we do on customers’ big picture metrics, the things their management cares about. We can quickly detect changes in those metrics, the OMNI Condenser Performance Programme is focused on the water treatment aspects of condenser performance, and the OMNI report delivers actionable information that helps customers maintain high efficiency, reliability and low operating costs. So OMNI Analytics changes the conversation from a discussion about leading indicators to a discussion of how the water treatment programme impacts the financial performance of the power plant.
A south Texas combined cycle power plant improves performance and reduces bleach use by 75%, representing savings of $13K per year.
One of the offerings of the OMNI Condenser Performance programme saved PacifiCorp Naughton Station over $900,000 in maintenance, lost production, and fuel costs.
Constellation Energy Nuclear Group (CENG) uses condenser cleanliness programme to reduce oxidant concentrations and increase capacity
Learn more about how OMNI Analytics powered by ECOLAB3D™ can enable collaboration and optimise real savings within your industrial water treatment programme.