Power and Energy

Power and Energy

In today's environment, power and energy companies require rapid operational response to be competitive as they produce cost effective and reliable energy. Gescan offers a wide variety of products for upgrading and modernizing existing operations as well as complete solutions for new systems. Our automation software and solutions expand, as you need to connect people to plant wide information, in real time, offering new capabilities to manage plant performance.

Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY

Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY is a client/server based visualiza- tion and control solution that helps visualize operations, perform supervisory automation and deliver reliable information to higher- level analytic applications. With the latest features of CIMPLICITY 8.0, including a powerful graphics engine, dynamic time handling and digital graphical replay (DGR) 2.0, operators and engineers have the power and security to precisely monitor and control every aspect of their environment, equipment and resources. The results: faster responsiveness, reduced costs and increased profitability.

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Proficy Portal

Power generation plants are seeing fundamental changes to their traditional business models because of a new competitive landscape and an increasingly complex set of operational constraints. New financial market expectations, increased corporate and regulatory compliance, open market energy trading, dramatically higher fuel cost and severe skilled labor and staffing shortages have combined to challenge generating companies to get more from their assets – better and faster than ever before.

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N-Tron Industrial Ethernet

Uptime is critical for an electric power plant. To most of us a power outage is an inconvenience, but to some it can mean loss of income, revenue, and in some cases loss of life. By their very nature, power plants are difficult environments. The electrical noise is tremendous, and temperature extremes are not unusual. Power surges are also common, and they can render ordinary commercial Ethernet switches useless.

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Success Stories

  • N-Tron Provides Nuclear Backbone

    • In the past there was reluctance to utilize Ethernet as a control network because commercial grade switches were too fragile and Ethernet was non-deterministic. Today all this has changed. Switching technology makes the Ethernet deterministic. Fiber optic cable provides a medium that is immune to electrical noise. Ring topologies provide redundancy if a device fails or a cable is cut or damaged.

  • Desert Power Station Heats Up, with N-Tron

    • N-TRON 508FX2 and 9000 series switches were chosen for the application because they met or exceeded all of the criteria of the customer and of the IEEE 1613 specifications. With an operating temperature range of -20C to 70C the desert conditions and heat generated by the equipment would not be a problem.

  • Turbine Upgrades a snap with PACSystems

    • Alstom Power upgrades aging turbine controls yielding higher reliability and efficiency, utilizing GE Intelligent Platforms PACSystems RX7i

  • A Ray of Sunshine - Powering Solar Power

    • GE Intelligent Platforms’ PACSystems RX3i Controller Powers New Solar Production Tool from Ascentool.

  • Innovative Energy Systems Converts Landfill Gas to Usable Energy

    • IES utilizes GE Intelligent Platforms System 90-30* controllers on their proprietary gas collection and scrubber unit and other equipment used to col- lect and process the gas. GE Intelligent Platforms QuickPanel View and Proficy HMI/SCADA – CIMPLICITY monitor kilowatt hours produced, display engine diagnostics, fuel flow and quality, and provide an overview of the gas scrubbing system operation.

  • GE Intelligent Platforms Earns High Marks for Cogen Control at Stanford University

    • While students at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, might not even notice sev- eral minutes without electrical power, patients at the Stanford Medical Center could experience life-threatening complications. Fortunately, the university can rely on round-the-clock, 49-megawatt service from on-site power plant Cardinal Cogen. This independently owned plant provides all of Stanford’s steam and electricity with the help of a GE Integrated Control Systems (ICS) solution that features CIMPLICITY® monitoring and control software from GE Intelligent Platforms.

  • PowerSecure leverages GE Intelligent Platforms technologies to deliver a flexible, reliable solution for utilities

    • As power is a mission-critical element, a DG system has to be ready at a moments notice, without fail. GE Intelligent Platforms reliability was a key factor for PowerSecure, knowing that when a system has to operate in emergency mode, it leaves no room for equipment failure. The GE Intelligent Platforms based DG system enables utilities to reduce costs and eliminate downtime, as power is instantly available from the emergency onsite generation if an issue arises with the utility.

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