OSIsoft at Ergon Refining

OSIsoft at
Ergon Refining
Presented by Steve Elwart, P.E., PhD
Director of Systems Engineering,
Ergon Refining, Inc.
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“Providing Retail Service at the
Wholesale Level.”
- Leslie B. Lampton, Founder
More Information is
required every day
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Ergon operates with a lean
management &
professional staffing
structure
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Business model is to invest
in tools to make quick
decisions.
OSIsoft has proven to be a
great asset to our business
“OSIsoft has proven to be the
best process data warehouse
we’ve found”
Certifications
OSIsoft products have proven
to be Ergon’s data warehouse
OSIsoft products have
yielded benefits beyond our
expectations in ways we did
not originally envision.
ISO 9001 / 14001
REACH
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Ergon and OSIsoft – A Long Partnership
•  First bought PI System
in September 1995
•  Data now goes back to
November 2000
•  First ran on a Solarisbased Foxboro I/A
Application Workstation
•  Later, moved to a
desktop Windows PC
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Ergon and OSIsoft – A Long Partnership
•  Moved to a server
class machine in
October 2002
•  Converted to PI High
Availability in 2009
•  Virtualized the servers
in September 2012
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OSIsoft is a “core” vendor for Ergon
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The PI System saved us $$$ in litigation costs.
Environmental compliance has been made easier.
Safety systems have been improved.
Product quality has increased.
Aided in ISO certification.
“We can’t run the pilot plant without the PI System.”
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PI ProcessBook / PI Datalink
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Interfaces & Add-ons
PI UFL
•  Reads text files from a
myriad of sources
–  Terminal Blending
System
–  Terminal Tank Gauges
–  Laboratory Information
System
–  Any CSV file
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Interfaces & Add-ons
Davis Vantage Pro+
•  Used to monitor current
weather conditions
•  Displayed on the
Intranet web page
through PI ODBC
Interface
•  Personnel notified on
inclement weather.
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Interfaces & Add-ons
PI HTML – Scrape
Web Pages for Content
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Interfaces & Add-ons
Foxboro AP51
•  Brings in data from
the Foxboro System
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Interfaces & Add-ons
PI Interface for OPC DA
- Brings in Data From:
•  DeltaV Control
System
•  PLC’s
•  Coriolis Meters
•  Refinery Tanks
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Interfaces & Add-ons
PI to PI Interface
•  Used to provide real
time information to
vendor.
•  Allows vendor more
time to study plant
operation rather than
collect data.
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Interfaces & Add-ons
PI Notifications - Used for:
•  SO2 Monitoring
•  Tank Levels
•  Wind Speed
•  Temperatures
•  Emergency Event
Notification
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Ergon Refining’s PI System Infrastructure
Lab
Application
W/S
Foxboro I/A
DCS
OPC
Application
W/S
PLCs
Emerson
DeltaV DCS
PI Interfaces
Tanks
Web
PI Interfaces
Application
W/S
Meters
Davis
PI ProcessBook, PI
Datalink, Intranet, &
Mobile Devices
PI App Server
PI Notifications, (& Compression
Insight [Pattern Discovery])
PI Virtual Server
PI Virtual Server
Application
W/S
AF Server
MS SQL Server
For PI Only
PI Collective
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Future Directions
•  2013 – Implemented PI Asset Framework on the
DCS Conversion
•  2014 – Integrate Citrix into PI System
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“Blue Sky” Projects
PI Coresight
•  More easily develop ad-hoc
PI graphics and trends to
aid in analysis and
troubleshooting.
•  Users can easily display
their data without having to
worry about formatting and
building displays.
•  Will allow users to access
data from any device or
platform.
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“Blue Sky” Projects
TransparaTM Visual KPI
•  This will allow our users
access to critical KPI and
PI System data across all
platforms and devices.
•  Planned on being Ergon’s
“dashboard solution”.
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OSIsoft Products in Use
•  PI AF or PI Asset
Framework
•  PI Coresight*
•  PI DataLink
•  PI Interface for OPC DA
•  PI Interface Foxboro I/A 51
and 70 Series
•  PI Interface for Universal
File and Stream Data (UFL)
•  PI Manual Logger*
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PI Notifications
PI ODBC Client
PI ProcessBook
PI Server
PI System Management
Tools (PI SMT)
•  PI to PI Interface
•  PI WebParts*
*Future Products
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Takeaways
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OSIsoft products can grow with your company.
The products are modular. Growth of PI System
They are integrated.
They are robust.
Will pay for itself in ways never expected.
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Contact Information
Steve Elwart, P.E., PhD
Director of Systems Engineering
Ergon Refining, Inc.
2611 Haining Road, Vicksburg, MS 39183-9056
P. O. Box 309, Vicksburg MS 39180-0309
Phone: 601-630-8301
E-Mail: steve.elwart@ergon.com
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Technical Specifications
Servers:
•  Virtual Servers Dell R710’s using
ESXI 5.1
•  Total CPU Resources: 100 GHz
•  Total Memory: 576 GB
•  Total Storage: 15 TB
•  Total Data Stores: 11
•  Number of Hosts: 3
•  Total Processors: 36
•  (2) SANS (Storage Area Network)
•  1 ISCSI & 1 Fiber Channel (PI,
however is all fiber.)
Other Information:
•  PI System Version: 3.4.390.16
–  Upgraded October 2012
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VM Technology: VMware 5.1
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