A key topic on the mind of attendees at Emerson’s 2020 Ovation™ Users’ Group Conference water/wastewater industry panel was how technology can help with the influx of new challenges facing water management plants. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a glimpse of the...
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Focus on Reliability and Performance to Drive Competitive Advantage
A common power industry theme at the 2020 Ovation™ Users’ Group Conference has been the many challenges organizations experience in a shifting environment. The need for maintaining reliability and compliance and avoiding obsolescence remain, yet organizations also...
Ovation Users’ Group – Pandemic Challenges and Shift Toward Renewables Drives Digitalized Control and Centralization
The challenges associated with a shift toward renewables and maintaining business continuity during a global pandemic have resulted in new opportunities that have been a constant topic among attendees at Emerson’s 2020 Ovation™ Users’ Group Conference. Customers are...
Ovation Users’ Group – Cybersecurity, Customer Service and Flexible Deployment Strategies Drive Improved Operations and Performance
Day two of the Ovation™ Users’ Group Conference saw speakers focusing on the importance of cybersecurity in driving better operations across the power and water industries. Hyperconnectivity challenges cybersecurity Many...
Ovation Users’ Group – Creating Opportunities Through Digital Transformation
Emerson’s 2020 Ovation™ Users’ Group Conference opened with Bob Yeager, president of power & water solutions, providing an update on the power and water landscape in our rapidly changing world. Bob opened with a look at how interaction and routines have...
Ovation Advanced Condition Monitoring
Emerson's Jason King shares an update on advanced condition monitoring in the Ovation distributed control system at last week's 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. This integrated machinery protection and condition monitoring module built directly into the Ovation...
Ovation System Forward View
Rick Kephart rounds out the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference with a look into the future around architectures and algorithms. Rick opened with a discussion of Ovation Droplets. It is a lightweight controller that's part of the 3.7 release. Any Compact Controller...
Electrical Generator Excitation Control
Emerson's Matt Musko shared the basics and installation best practices for generator excitation controls at the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. Matt opened describing the fundamentals of generator excitation. Three things are necessary to generate electricity:...
Ovation Intelligence Framework
Emerson's Alvin Faustino and Azime Can-Cimino discussed plant prognostics with the Ovation Intelligence Framework at the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. Here's a visual of the framework: Azime opened explaining that prognostic maintenance requires starting with...
Ovation Turbine Overspeed Protection
At the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference, Emerson's Sam Onuska and Greg Lieb provided an update on turbine overspeed protection in Ovation distributed control systems. Sam opened discussing the purpose of turbine overspeed protection. It's required for personnel...
Digital Transformation for Utilities
Emerson's Juan Panama and Mark Jordan presented on building the utility of tomorrow, today at the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. The focus was on how to start down the path to digital transformation. It begins with a solid business case. For instance, in a...
Gas Turbine Control Enhancements
Emerson's Laurence O'Toole and Felipe Londono were joined by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS)'s Michael Glover to present on gas turbine control enhancements at the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. MHPS and Emerson formed an alliance in 2008 to provide...
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