Application Stories and Articles
Providing 100% Reliability for Water and Wastewater Systems
Aqua America’s existing alarm notification system was experiencing frequent failures, which eventually lead to a catastrophic failure of the entire alarm notification system. Aqua America turned to TopView Alarm and Notification software for their new platform.
Improved Phone Call-out Alarm Notification with VOIP
Cypress Ridge WWTP converted their hardwired TAPI-based telephone alarm notification system to use Voice-Over-IP (VOIP) resulting in less hardware and significant gains in reliability.
Genentech discusses TopView® at PI UC
At the South San Francisco campus, the Genentech Facilities Data Technologies (FDT) need to address issues of aging facilities, better alarm management, site-wide energy management and other sustainability initiatives.
TopView assists with Power Load Balancing in the UK
Balancing the supply and demand of electricity is a dynamic challenge and a mandatory requirement for electricity providers on the grid. In the UK, Endeco Technologies provides CashBack from National Grid and energy savings from energy bill optimization. EXELE TopView alarm monitoring and notification software are used as a user-facing tool in the Network Operations Centre for recognizing and acknowledging when faults and events in the system are detected.
Energy Metrics uses Exele TopView in data center power applications
Energy Metrics develops data centers energy and operations optimization software and specialized facility and IT integration services. One of their software integration applications is the inclusion of smart power strip technology in data center installations, providing more granular monitoring and enabling the operators to gather real-time power consumption data. Exele TopView provides a key role in monitoring and alarming of power consumption data.
Alarm mobility increases hydropower plant reliability
In 2011 the Edmundston Energy Department brought in Roy Consultants to modernize their control systems in order to improve their operations and provide better service to their customers. An older DOS Based system which was installed in the ’80s was replaced with a new Citect SCADA system and TopView Alarm Notification system. The new system monitors all aspects of the municipal electric utility including the 3 hydropower generation plants, 4 substations, and the distribution system.
Advanced Alarm Notification Improves Hydro Operations
Brookfield Renewable Energy is a leading global developer and producer of clean and environmentally-preferred energy from primarily waterpower. Brookfield’s Canadian Operations include Sault Hydro Operations on the Montreal River and the St. Mary’s River in northwest Ontario, encompassing 11 generating units at five separate generating stations producing 203 MW and embracing a watershed of 2900 km².
Sault Hydro Operations implemented an advanced warning system to provide notification of potential alarm conditions, installing Exele Information Systems’ TopView Alarm Notification software.
Power Plant uses Text Messaging for alarms
For a long time, Xcel Energy had been looking for a system that would allow them to monitor all of the process variables and potential alarm conditions and enable them to notify the appropriate people quickly and easily.
“We have set up the TopView system to send text messages for all sorts of events,” said McMullan. “We have standard messages which can have variables embedded in them so that the recipient not only knows the condition but can see the details or severity behind that event.”
TopView Voice Notification for Municipal Water and Wastewater
There are several reasons why customers choose voice communication over internet-based solutions or text messaging. Mack McGhee, President of Sunapsys, Inc., a Virginia-based company specializing in the design and implementation of SCADA systems for municipalities, explains how they provide their municipal customer’s voice communication solutions.
Mitsubishi Power Systems uses TopView in the monitoring center
Continuous remote monitoring and historical trending for practically limitless operating parameters allow Mitsubishi Power Systems to formulate recommendations that assist their gas and steam turbine customers in making informed business maintenance and repair decisions.
What can condition monitoring tell?
Every monitoring situation has challenges, but keeping tabs on a wind turbine presents a special list, one that includes extreme and varying weather, frequent load changes, and often in remote unmanned locations.
TopView assists Flakeboard in Energy Savings
Flakeboard decided to implement a long-term energy-savings program. This involved an Energy audit, implementation design, and the use of Energy Management software which includes Exele TopView for real-time monitoring and notification.
Monitoring, Alarm Software Helps Plant Achieve Goals
Read about MWRA and how they use TopView to help keep processes running efficiently and safely. (WaterWorld Magazine).
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