ABB Review Special Report - ABB - ABB Group

Information needed for demanddrivenmaintenanceInformation needed for disturbanceprevention and mitigation,it is possible for users to take thisinformation and start combining asfollows:Market prices, current and future.How can I combine this with productioncost forecasting?Demand forecasting. How can I usethis information together with capabilitylimitations, maintenance schedulingand disturbance prevention?Maintenance scheduling. How canthis be combined with market pricing,demand forecasting and capabilitylimitations to minimize the consequentialcost of maintenance?Capability limitations. How canthis be combined with static and dynamiccapability margins to ensuremaximum utilization without reducingthe reliability?Industrial IT for utilitiesIndustrial IT is an overall strategy for ABB with major benefits for the utility industries:A new, modern automation platform in which Aspect Objects is an integrated feature andwhich will be introduced for power plants, water applications and substation control andprotection.A unique integration architecture that will make it possible to integrate existing utilityapplications.A certification process that guarantees that ABB, and many third-party, products will fitseamlessly into the Industrial IT architecture.A new transparent naming strategy that makes it easy to understand ABB’s product andsolution offerings.Industrial IT certificationTo ensure all ABB products adhere tothe Industrial IT architecture, a certificationprogram has been launched. It isplanned to certify all ABB products,including all power technology devicessuch as transformers, switchgear, etc.By mid-2003 over 30,000 ABB productswere certified at the basic certificationlevel. More advanced certification levels(Information, Connectivity, Integrationand Optimization are foreseen) as wellas certification of solutions will follow.The certification program is open forthird-party products and it is ABB’sambition to establish the Industrial ITarchitecture as an industry de factostandard.Market introductionIndustrial IT for Utilities will be introducedto the market in a step-wise fashion,with products and solutions beinggradually certified to comply with thefour levels of Industrial IT compliance.The first, smaller power plant and waterautomation systems based on the newautomation platform are already up andrunning.A key goal in the introduction programis to develop new solutions around theAspect Object architecture.Structured customer offeringsAll offerings compliant with the IndustrialIT architecture will have a consistentnaming structure that is descriptivein its nature. That means that nameswill directly guide the reader to whateverapplication or use is addressed.For ABB’s utilities business, the namingpolicy has been applied according tothe following structure (with examples):Solution Portfolio (Industrial IT forPower Generation)Solution Suite (Industrial IT forCombustion Management)Solution (Industrial IT Carbon inAsh Monitor)Product (Control IT , Process Controller,AC 800M)Claes RytoftBo NormarkABB Power TechnologiesCH-8050 ZurichSwitzerlandclaes.rytoft@ch.abb.combo.normark@ch.abb.comReference[1] The ABCs of Industrial IT . ABB Review 1/2002, 6–13.Special ReportABB Review41