Reliability Program

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RELIABILITY PROGRAM
“It’s More Than Just Tools”
Rashi Bates
GM – Wind Operations
Shell WindEnergy
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Rock River, WY
50MW
Cabazon Pass, CA
41MW
Whitewater Hill, CA
61.5MW
Brazos, TX
160MW
Photo sourced from Planetware
Top of Iowa
80MW
Colorado Green
162MW
Mount Storm, WV
264MW
White Deer, TX
80MW
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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NoordzeeWind
Egmond aan Zee,
The Netherlands
108 MW
Harburg
Hamburg, Germany
3.6MW
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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Houston
Datacenter
OfficeUserLocalUser
Substation
Reporting
Farm
Equip.
Wind Site
Met. Towers
Grid
Equipment
GH Server, OPC
PIInterface
PIServer
OPC-DA
Local
Historian
Central Data Center
Central
Historian
Client
WTG
PI to PI link over IP
Analytics Server
( AF) CMMS, SHARP
Wind Site Office
SCADA
Client
OPServer
(CMMS, SHARP,
PI AF)

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CONVERTING DATA INTO INFORMATION
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 User Displays/ Interfaces
 Reduction in reporting requirements
 Standardization of data delivery

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CONVERTING DATA INTO INFORMATION
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CONVERTING DATA INTO INFORMATION
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 Remote Support
 SCADA Server Monitoring
 Bandwidth Management

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CONVERTING DATA INTO INFORMATION
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 Site Specific Weather Systems
 Efficient Maintenance Scheduling
 Automated Weather Alerts

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CONVERTING DATA INTO INFORMATION
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 Reliability Management
 Reactive: Trending, Analysis, Troubleshooting
 Proactive: Failure predictors, Reliability Centered Maintenance

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CONVERTING DATA INTO INFORMATION
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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 crews
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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
Condition
Monitoring
Historian
SCADA

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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

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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
-
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
Condition
Monitoring
Historian
SCADA

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Q & A
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