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Concept of IOT in Process Automation Appplications

Did any one come across the growing interest in using IOT technology in every aspect of process that runs across the globe, say it form managing traffic signals to managing a complete refinery plant. I am not sure how we are implementing for our Emerson customer , do we have existing technology to meet the same advantages / benefits we get from IOT.

prateeks07

• 3 Aug 2016 2:04 PM
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• Jonas Berge

  

  • 3 Aug 2016 2:19 PM

  Yes. Emerson is helping our customers implement IIoT. There are customers that are doing internal IIoT and customers doing external IIoT where Emerson provides services
  
  Internal IIoT deployments includes customers monitoring their valves and fieldbus instruments from anywhere in the world across their private Intranet.
  
  External IIoT deployments include customers where Emerson is monitoring the health of their steam traps and gas chromatographs etc. That is, Emerson provides the expertise and help them get the most value out of Emerson products. Learn more from this ARC article
  industrial-iot.com/.../
  
  And this success story
  www2.emersonprocess.com/.../00830-0400-4708.pdf
  
  Wireless and fieldbus instrumentation is the foundation which IIoT is built upon. Learn how to get started with IIoT from this essay:
  www.linkedin.com/.../how-plants-get-started-iiot-jonas-berge

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• Youssef.El-Bahtimy

  

  • 3 Aug 2016 4:21 PM

  IoT grows out of the concept that computing can be deployed anywhere by any type of object capable of gathering or generating information to quickly integrate disparate information for deriving value and insight, a novel concept for the consumer market and non industrial sectors. Industrial automation has traditionally practiced discipline (perhaps to their peril) by marshalling these data sources together to build manageable pipelines of information, rather than scattered fibers of information. IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) tries to frame the IoT concept as if it is a new idea for industry, but companies like OSIsoft will point out that they have been espousing this idea since their inception in the 80s, but again by first consolidating the disparate data into a centralized system framework. Is it appealing to have edge devices in industrial facilities generating data that then bypasses the traditional automation architectures in an effort to expedite consumption for enterprise applications? How does a decision made by an enterprise system 'close the loop'?

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• Kartik29

  

  • 30 Mar 2018 5:09 AM

  In reply to Jonas Berge:

  Nice article to understand concepts of IIoT, "IT" was always there in "Industrial automation", "Industrial automation" was not readby "IT" folks.When came to know about the data and how to use it, started ways of thinking to collect data,IoT was born(for IT), to protect/secure data "CyberSecurity" importance grown to next level.
  
  All the instruments now with sensors(more data),wifi chips, how is this cost effective ? if such a investment on smart instruments, in near future(a decade) can we expect replace for the whole DCS/PLC system,say distributed IoT ? Isn't it very challenging for the sales team to convince customer on IoT when already AMS,Historians,Insight solving the purpose.
  
  May be the need for categorization of process/industrial automation is required , either customer wants to choose an Apple or Android technology. Apple = Traditional DCS system or Android = DIstributed IoT vice a versa.
  
  i'm just a starter in this subject of IoT, hence little confused.... :)

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• Jonas Berge

  

  • 30 Mar 2018 6:11 AM

  In reply to Kartik29:

  Yes, information technology (IT) like Windows, Ethernet, and TCP/IP is not new in industrial automation
  
  Let’s take a step back and look at the larger Digital Transformation (DX) of how the plant is run and maintained. DX happens mostly within the plant itself (on premise) but IIoT-based connected services is a part of DX used by some plants.
  
  Manual operations costs plants many millions of dollars per year because they can’t keep up with maintenance inspections so equipment like pumps fail causing costly downtime, faulty steam traps and passing PRV cause energy losses, a.s.o. Therefore spending money on sensors and software for digital transformation makes financial sense.
  
  IIoT will not replace the DCS/PLC. Control will remain in the plant (“on prem”). IIoT is used for condition monitoring to improve reliability and energy efficiency
  
  First; DX (IIoT covered later) is an easy sell because plants are losing millions of dollars to downtime and energy losses. Management are pushing plants to digitally transform. AMS in most plants if at all existing only monitors instrumentation. Plants want to monitor larger equipment like pumps and heat exchangers – more sensors and software required. Historians are good, but only contain PROCESS data - little or no EQUPIMENT data. Historians only store, they don’t analyze. Therefore more sensors and software required.
  Next, IIoT meaning connected services where a third-party monitors equipment in the plant is not as common. Plants prefer to monitor their equipment themselves – this is DX but not IIoT
  
  I’m afraid your analogy does not work for me. Instead let me explain:
  
  The DCS is about process control. The DCS does not do anything for maintenance, reliability, integrity, and energy efficiency inspection which is almost completely manual. You need DX
  
  DX is about making maintenance, reliability, integrity, and energy efficiency inspection automatic, digital, software-based, and data-driven. You must expand your Digital Operational Infrastructure (DOI)
  
  IIoT is when the plant people does not look at the software but instead let a third-party (like Emerson) look at the software and the experts extracts a report telling the people in the plant what needs to be done
  
  Learn how other plants do it from this essay:
  www.linkedin.com/.../digital-transformation-what-actually-means-plant-jonas-berge

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• Kartik29

  

  • 31 Mar 2018 6:40 AM

  In reply to Jonas Berge:

  Thank you Jonas for such a valuable information on DX with IIoT

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