PerformanceOpt^®

PerformanceOpt is the industry’s only real-time predictive performance management system. It continuously monitors unit operations, alerts users to gaps between actual and expected unit efficiency and capacity, and calculates the impact of those gaps so that users can prioritize actions. PerformanceOpt provides users with actionable knowledge to improve plant capacity, efficiency, and reliability.

PerformanceOpt uses a rigorous, first-principles-based thermodynamic model of the boiler and steam cycle to conduct both “what is” and “what if” simulations of unit operation. Continuously monitoring actual versus expected performance levels of key equipment and process conditions, PerformanceOpt detects when performance deviates from what is achievable under current operating conditions. PerformanceOpt then simulates both efficiency and capacity benefits of fixing each deviation, and facilitates prioritization of remedial actions.

 Benefits include:

• Improves capacity and efficiency by detecting and prioritizing performance losses based on operational impact.
• Detects and alerts users to gaps between actual and expected process conditions and equipment operation.
• Enhances other Optimizers and plant-decision systems by making available, in real-time, detailed and actionable process knowledge.

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