Nuisance alarms were overwhelming Dynegy's Baldwin Energy Complex's traditional printer-and-CRT control-room monitoring, making it difficult for operators and management to clearly and quickly identify real problems through the noise. In the absence of an alarm management program, alarm-intensive plants become less safe rather than safer, incidents become worse rather than better, and potential for unscheduled downtime and associated losses increase.
This case study describes how Dynegy resolved these issues and improved profitability with effective alarm management.
Read this case study to find out how Matrikon Alarm Manager helped Dynegy:
- cut through the chatter
- identify bad actors
- reduce total alarm count
- properly monitor critical assets
As published in:
Power Engineering
April 2007
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