Briefs:
WEFTEC:
Over 30,000 people viewed 1000 exhibition stands at McCormick Place in Chicago
the first week in October. Most of the exhibits involved combust, flow and
or treat. The following analysis of the market was provided to the exhibitors.
November 8 Webinar: Combustion Flue Gas Treatment.
This
webinar on November 8 will cover the markets and activities of individual
purchasers. Sixteen power companies will buy 55 percent of the flue gas
treatment systems next year. The top Waste to Energy system suppliers are
building and operating multiple plants. The individual owner purchases of wet
systems with lots of pumps and valves and dry systems with pneumatic conveyors
and dry solids flow control will be assessed. The role of catalyst, lime and
ammonia suppliers will be covered.
The purchases of instrumentation and reagents will be changed by the trend
toward remote O&M. Also, the role of user groups and McIlvaine services in
creating clear total cost of ownership analyses will be probed. The recent DSUA
user meeting where the benefits of IIoT and Remote O&M were demonstrated will be
used as an example. You can register at
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article/28-energy/675-hot-topic-hour-info#weekly
Filtration and WEFTEC Conferences in September both Heralded IIoT
Herve BUISSON, VP Process Engineering Americas of Veolia was a keynote speaker
at Filtration 2017 organized by INDA.
His talk was The Water Industry Adoption of IIoT. The previous week his
firm was one of the larger of the 1000 exhibitors at WEFTEC.
Herve provided details on Aquavista, Veolia's digital tool which provides
- Improved asset performance, higher plant efficiency
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Lower operational and capital costs, reduced maintenance, chemical use and
energy consumption
- Full overview of equipment or plant from a remote location and online access
to documentation
- Increased safety by leveraging predictive analytics to mitigate critical
points
- Convenience of monitoring multiple sites anywhere, anytime, at any device
through a secure cloud-based system and a single & intuitive portal
- Flexibility through an agnostic connection/communication system adapted to
customers specifications, needs and existing installations
- Proven results at hundreds of municipal and industrial plants connected to
Aquavista today
Relative to the use of movement up the chain from data to wisdom, Herve cited
Veolia activities to determine
Many of the WEFTEC exhibitors were featuring IIoT related products and services.
A good perspective was provided by Anuarco after the 2016 show. Their
blog coverage is displayed at
https://anuraco.com/innovative-iot-tech-in-the-water-space-a-2016-weftec-review/
Concerns continue to be around real-time water information (vs. sampling and lab
analysis) to prevent pollution and
toxic conditions from arising from aging infrastructure, climate change and
human/industry underutilized waste products. Anuarco segmented the following
five areas for innovation: sensors, connection tools, software, insight, and
action
Six key features of innovative IoT devices and systems for
water quality are:
The McIlvaine thesis is that the Industrial Internet of Wisdom (IIoW) needs to
empower IIoT. This
is explained at
Navigating the New Market Route for High Performance Products and Services.
Veolia cites the KTPI and TCO information.
Anurac cites field readable data.
Both impact IIoW. McIlvaine believes that there will be a contribution
from high level subject matter
experts (Subject Matter Ultra Experts) who will need to evaluate the prolific
data from process management
systems such as Aquavista. These
SMUEs will often be utilized for brief periods of advice.
Therefore, the availability of data on phones or iPad will be very
advantageous. McIlvaine will
continue to review the Filtration and WEFTEC conferences next week.
If you were a WEFTEC speaker or exhibitor and have some input for us
relative to IIoT we would like to consider it.
Bob Mcilvaine can answer questions and can be reached at:
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
847-784-0012 ext. 112