New automation architecture accelerates plant modernization
with a more flexible and user-centric approach
PITTSBURGH, July 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Global
automation and technology leader Emerson (NYSE: EMR) is updating
its industry-leading Ovation™ Automation Platform to include a
software-defined architecture that will help utilities better
leverage data, new technologies and artificial intelligence (AI).
This enhancement will enable the industries to achieve new levels
of operational excellence and meet the increasing demand for
reliable, affordable and sustainable power and water.
Today's progress toward energy transition, global sustainability
targets and "electrification of everything" is transforming the
power and water industries. These complex challenges require
modern, adaptive technologies that interconnect previously siloed
data and provide a holistic operational view to improve performance
and availability.
Emerson's Ovation 4.0 Automation Platform builds upon the
company's Boundless Automation™ vision to integrate and deliver
valuable reliability, safety, production and sustainability data
across enterprises to optimize operations. The software-defined
platform enhancements include advanced automation, simulation and
AI capabilities.
"Our next-generation platform will help modernize power and
water operations, unlocking predictive strategies to help utilities
meet the evolving pressures of the industries," said Bob Yeager, president of Emerson's power and
water business. "Ovation 4.0 offers a single automation platform
with real-time data, enabling customers to keep pace with rapidly
changing markets, providing the insights they need to work smarter,
better and faster."
Power or water operators with a complex portfolio of distributed
energy resources (DERs) – including combined cycle plants, wind
farms, hydro facilities, solar panels, battery storage, microgrids
and electric vehicle charging stations – can rely on Ovation 4.0's
grid edge ecosystem to manage real-time, bidirectional inputs and
deliver distributed data across their entire network. Grid edge
controllers provide a more granular view of the grid through
high-speed, localized computing environments across DERs, securely
putting rich data closer to operators to improve load and demand
management.
Emerson's newest Ovation software-based platform is part of a
robust solutions portfolio designed to help future-proof utilities,
including a full suite of advanced pattern recognition and machine
learning technologies to monitor, control and optimize assets.
These technologies can be used in local or remote operation control
centers to centralize knowledge, predict maintenance requirements
and optimize operations. The new Ovation View Human Machine
Interface and integration of Ovation Green renewable supervisory
control and data acquisition software provide a clear view of
operations, advanced analytics and forecasting tools. This Ovation
4.0 integration, combined with these new features, improves
holistic awareness across traditional and renewable generation and
energy storage segments, reducing costs while increasing plant
safety, reliability and sustainability.
The Ovation 4.0 Automation Platform also offers generative AI
models trained on a foundation of secure Ovation knowledge-based
data that will offer prescriptive guidance on operational and
maintenance practices. Ovation digital twin technology with AI
models will provide infinite analytical computing power that
enables data-driven decisions, business-wide collaboration and
on-demand support.
All Ovation 4.0 technologies will be seamlessly supported
through the Guardian™ digital customer experience, a single point
of access to real-time monitoring, in-depth analytics and
actionable insights.
"With our extensive portfolio unified under the Ovation 4.0
Automation Platform, power and water companies now have access to a
comprehensive technology ecosystem, unmatched industry expertise,
cohesive customer support, and decades of engineering innovation
and efficiencies," Yeager said. "This enhancement will help us
strengthen our position as a go-to partner, helping our customers
modernize with a software-defined architecture that provides the
most advanced control systems without completely overhauling
existing infrastructure."
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About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR) is a global technology and software company
providing innovative solutions for the world's essential
industries. Through its leading automation portfolio, including its
majority stake in AspenTech, Emerson helps hybrid, process and
discrete manufacturers optimize operations, protect personnel,
reduce emissions and achieve their sustainability goals. For more
information, visit Emerson.com.
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