Start-Up and Ramp-up Optimization
Read here how performance engineers used Visplore to reduce the start-up and ramp-up analysis effort by a factor of 10 and made turbine start-ups 30 minutes faster with 20% less fuel consumption.
Visplore features ready-to-use solutions for the intuitive analysis and optimization of start-up or ramp-up operations.
Identifying two normal and one anomalous start-up procedure.
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Long term overview of anomaly score in context of other parameters.
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Substantially increased volatility in the power grid requires utility companies to cycle their thermal power plants output more frequently and rapidly. Optimizing these start-up, ramp-up and down operations is crucial for performance optimization, helping save fuel while staying within the plant’s technological capabilities.
However, optimizing start-up procedures is inherently complex, traditionally relying on the experience and intuition of individual operators. The existing process for analyzing start-up operations was time-consuming and tedious, involving manual data extraction and comparison using tools like Excel. This task required in-depth knowledge of critical parameters, which meant it could not be automated or easily outsourced to data scientists.
Visplore empowers performance engineers to intuitively analyze start-up and ramp-up operations with minimal effort.