Maximizing Power Generating Asset Value Through Performance Management

July 30, 2013

ASME Paper POWER2013-98233

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• Identifying •Acquiring •Transforming •Developing •Disseminating •Using •Sharing •Preserving

Integrated &

Systematic Approach

to KM

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1. External Best Practice (BP) Sharing

2. Internal Best Practice (BP) Sharing

3. Competitive Intelligence (CI)

4. Avoidance of Knowledge Loss through Attrition

Benchmarking Plan & Goals BP Sharing Initiative, Plan & Goals CI Plan & Goals Establish Loss-Prevention

ProjectsBenchmarking Study Coordination Communities of Interest Coordination of CI

Gathering & Studies Loss-Prevention Plans & Goals

Benchmarking Policies, Processes, Protocol, Ethics

Best Practices Data Base(s)

CI Policies, Processes, Protocol, Ethics

Identification of Critical At-Risk Knowledge

BP Data Base(s) Designated Experts Network CI Data Base(s) Identification of Key Individuals

Contacts Data Base Knowledge Map CI Analysis & Reporting Capability

Recording and Codification of Explicit Knowledge

Benchmarking Training Culture of Sharing Training/Orientation CI Training/Orientation Transfer of Tacit Knowledge

through Mentoring

Use of Professional Researchers & Tech Library

Structural incentives to Share BPs Input Mechanisms Net-based Access

Coordination of Purchased Information

Net-based Access to BP Resources

Coordination of Purchased CI Information

Networks of Designated Experts

Trip Coordination & Debriefing

Net-based Access to CI Resources

Net-based Access to Benchmarking Resources

5. Knowledge of Customers 6. Intellectual Capital (IC) & CI Protection

7. Innovation & Creation of New Knowledge

8. Knowledge Management Information Technology Tools

Coordination of Information Gathering IC Inventory Determine High-Return

Problems/Opportunities Search Engines

Customer Information Databases(s)

Safeguards & Valuation Assessment

Establish Knowledge Creation/Innovation Projects

Data Mining

Analysis & Use of Information

IC Policies, Processes, Protocol, Ethics

Creativity & Innovation Training Internet/Intranet

Net-based Access IC Training /Orientation Knowledge Mapping

Net-based IC inventory Documents/Records ManagementIntelligent AgentsCollaborative Tools

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Microprocessors and Digital Communications

Wireless/Internet

Smart Sensors with Built-in Diagnostics

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Monitoring Physical/Environmental Conditions

Pressure Temperature

Sound Vibration Motion

Humidity Pollutants

Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrates, Ammonia Oxidation/Reduction

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Excelon, Transalta, Southern California Edison

CMS Energy

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• Maximize ROI • Effectively Utilize Limited

Resources by Leveraging Technology-Based Tools

• Provide Real-Time Critical Information

• Provide Alerts to Improve/Maximize CARE

Fleet of Coal-Fired Plants

120-300 MW

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KPIs, Problems, Issues

Faulty Performance-Related Instrumentation

Reports

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Reports

• Heat Rate Reconciliation • Component Level Expected vs. Actual Efficiency

Deviations • Primary Flow Reconciliation • Feedwater vs. Main Steam/Throttle Flow

Deviations • Controllable Parameter Expected vs. Actual

Cost Deviations • “Lost Opportunity” Report Summarizing All

Non-Reconciled Financial Opportunities 19

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Capacity Increase, MW

Heat Rate Benefit, Btu/kwh

Heat Input Real-Time Measurement 30 to 35 20 $ 14,400,000

Fleet-wide Load Dispatch Heat Input Curves for Economic Dispatch 0

0.2 to 1% reduction in fuel

use $ 3,000,000

HP Turbine Overload Valve 1 to 3 100 to 300 $ 720,000 Cooling Tower Performance 3 130 $ 1,440,000 HP Feedwater Heater By-Pass Valve Leakage 1 55 $ 480,000 Throttle Pressure <1 33 $ 288,000 Economizer Fouling <1 18 $ 216,000

Potential BenefitsProjected

Annual SavingsOpportunities for Improvement Identified By Monitoring

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Highlighted Key Challenges in Maximizing Generating Asset Value

Performance Management to Address New Paradigm – Doing More Efficiently with Less

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Thank You!

Contact Information:

Power & Energy Systems Services

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