Scottish Power upgrades alarm management and control performance at 12 sites

London – Scottish Power has selected PAS to supply its alarm management and control performance software and services to improve the operations of 12 sites comprising gas-fired, coal-fired, and hydro-electric power generation stations. Under the contract, PAS engineers will assess the performance of alarm management systems and control loops, and develop improvement plans for each individual plant.

The US vendor will also install its PlantState Suite software that provides alarm management and control performance functionality to facilitate the assessment, and improve the performance, of their systems. Upon completion of the project, Scottish Power will continue to utilise PlantState Suite to monitor and sustain the improvements.

“Scottish Power selected the PAS alarm management and control loop performance solutions after an exhaustive assessment of available technologies in the market,” said Suzanne Mackay, Scottish Power project manager. “We believe that these technologies will best help us avoid abnormal operating situations, significantly improve the situation awareness of our plant operators, and provide better control of our plants.”