OSIsoft at Ergon Refining

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1 OSIsoft at Ergon Refining Presented by Steve Elwart, P.E., PhD Director of Systems Engineering, Ergon Refining, Inc.

2 Providing Retail Service at the Wholesale Level. - Leslie B. Lampton, Founder More Information is required every day Ergon operates with a lean management & professional staffing structure Business model is to invest in tools to make quick decisions. OSIsoft has proven to be a great asset to our business OSIsoft has proven to be the best process data warehouse we ve found Certifications ISO 9001 / REACH OSIsoft products have proven to be Ergon s data warehouse OSIsoft products have yielded benefits beyond our expectations in ways we did not originally envision. 2

3 Ergon and OSIsoft A Long Partnership First bought PI System in September 1995 Data now goes back to November 2000 First ran on a Solarisbased Foxboro I/A Application Workstation Later, moved to a desktop Windows PC 3

4 Ergon and OSIsoft A Long Partnership Moved to a server class machine in October 2002 Converted to PI High Availability in 2009 Virtualized the servers in September

5 OSIsoft is a core vendor for Ergon The PI System saved us $$$ in litigation costs. Environmental compliance has been made easier. Safety systems have been improved. Product quality has increased. Aided in ISO certification. We can t run the pilot plant without the PI System. 5

6 PI ProcessBook / PI Datalink 6

7 Interfaces & Add-ons PI UFL Reads text files from a myriad of sources Terminal Blending System Terminal Tank Gauges Laboratory Information System Any CSV file 7

8 Interfaces & Add-ons Davis Vantage Pro+ Used to monitor current weather conditions Displayed on the Intranet web page through PI ODBC Interface Personnel notified on inclement weather. 8

9 Interfaces & Add-ons PI HTML Scrape Web Pages for Content 9

10 Interfaces & Add-ons Foxboro AP51 Brings in data from the Foxboro System 10

11 Interfaces & Add-ons PI Interface for OPC DA - Brings in Data From: DeltaV Control System PLC s Coriolis Meters Refinery Tanks 11

12 Interfaces & Add-ons PI to PI Interface Used to provide real time information to vendor. Allows vendor more time to study plant operation rather than collect data. 12

13 Interfaces & Add-ons PI Notifications - Used for: SO2 Monitoring Tank Levels Wind Speed Temperatures Emergency Event Notification 13

14 Ergon Refining s PI System Infrastructure Meters Tanks PLCs Foxboro I/A DCS OPC Emerson DeltaV DCS Application W/S Application W/S Application W/S Application W/S PI Interfaces Lab Davis Web PI Interfaces PI Virtual Server PI Virtual Server PI Collective PI ProcessBook, PI Datalink, Intranet, & Mobile Devices PI App Server PI Notifications, (& Compression Insight [Pattern Discovery]) AF Server MS SQL Server For PI Only 14

15 Future Directions 2013 Implemented PI Asset Framework on the DCS Conversion 2014 Integrate Citrix into PI System 15

16 Blue Sky Projects PI Coresight More easily develop ad-hoc PI graphics and trends to aid in analysis and troubleshooting. Users can easily display their data without having to worry about formatting and building displays. Will allow users to access data from any device or platform. 16

17 Blue Sky Projects Transpara TM Visual KPI This will allow our users access to critical KPI and PI System data across all platforms and devices. Planned on being Ergon s dashboard solution. 17

18 OSIsoft Products in Use PI AF or PI Asset Framework PI Coresight* PI DataLink PI Interface for OPC DA PI Interface Foxboro I/A 51 and 70 Series PI Interface for Universal File and Stream Data (UFL) PI Manual Logger* PI Notifications PI ODBC Client PI ProcessBook PI Server PI System Management Tools (PI SMT) PI to PI Interface PI WebParts* *Future Products 18

19 Takeaways OSIsoft products can grow with your company. The products are modular. They are integrated. They are robust. 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 - Growth of PI System Will pay for itself in ways never expected. 19

20 Contact Information Steve Elwart, P.E., PhD Director of Systems Engineering Ergon Refining, Inc Haining Road, Vicksburg, MS P. O. Box 309, Vicksburg MS Phone:

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22 Technical Specifications Servers: Virtual Servers Dell R710 s using ESXI 5.1 Total CPU Resources: 100 GHz Total Memory: 576 GB Total Storage: 15 TB Total Data Stores: 11 Number of Hosts: 3 Total Processors: 36 (2) SANS (Storage Area Network) 1 ISCSI & 1 Fiber Channel (PI, however is all fiber.) Other Information: PI System Version: Upgraded October 2012 VM Technology: VMware 5.1