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Copyright © 2013, ESC | Environmental Systems Corporation

Understanding ProcessNow

Mark Astudillo

Director of Training


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Housekeeping

• Please feel free to ask questions at any point of the presentation.

• Please ask all questions through the chat window as all Phones are on mute to minimize background noise.

• We will have a few polling questions throughout the presentation.


Identify and describe ProcessNow logic and features

Understanding ProcessNow


Review steps required to initiate ProcessNow

Review ProcessNow logic

Define procedures for reviewing plant operational data

Define typical system operational parameters

Identify Data Review tools

Discuss ProcessNow sequences and behavior

Objectives


Fresh Approach to Data QA

Fewer steps, menu navigation

Use of sequences

Allows you to choose Which sequences will run

Tasks within a sequence

When sequences will run

How sequences will run

ProcessNow


Each sequence is a complete, end-to-end process and can contain multiple sources.

ALL of the Data QA steps (tasks) are in packaged sequences.

ProcessNow


Scheduled

Beginning Date Can Be Set, typically is the 1st day of current quarter

Interactive

Used when changes have been made in DataLab.

Manual

Used to cover a specific period of time.

Initiating ProcessNow


January February March

Scheduled ProcessNow

From first day of the quarter though the last full day of data.

In this example, ProcessNow is run as scheduled on March 25, all the way back to January 1.

Process through last

full day of data

1st Hour of current quarter



Interactive ProcessNow

In this example, ProcessNow is run from DataLab on March 25. Edits were made to data from March 23. Thus, ProcessNow processes data from March 23

forward to March 25.

End of QuarterBeginning of

quarter

Runs any changes from first HOUR of change to current hour/day



Manual ProcessNow

For a specific time frame, including future dates

In this example, ProcessNow was manually run on March 5, processing data through March 8.

End of Quarter

Beginning of quarter


Continuous processing of data is performed because data must be assembled and reported in the format required by EPA. ProcessNow transforms data into the reportable format.

Data Processing Logic


Operational data are additional parameters that are configured in the DAS to accomplish certain calculations such as Time-on-Line, Fuel Factor, Load, etc.

Should be manually reviewed and edited to ensure accuracy

This data should never be less than zero

ProcessNow functionality depends upon the reliability of this data

Reviewing Plant Operational Data


Editable plant operation data includes:

Time-on-Line parameters for all DAS types

Fuel Factor ( if not determined on a real-time basis)

Load

Reviewing Plant Operational Data


Time-on-Line

To determine the amount of time a fuel is combusted. Values must be accurate

Fuel Factor

A constant used for calculating heat input. There may be a Fuel Factor parameter for each DAS Fuel Type

Load

Amount (in megawatts) of electricity or a steam flow for the unit. Load values should be consistent with Time-on-Line

Operational Parameters


Plant parameters should never be less than zero or carry any of the following flags:

Missing

Out of Control

Exceedance

Invalid

Suspect (depending on conditions)

Maintenance

State Invalid

Over/Under Range

Diluent Capped

Restrictions on Plant Parameters


Fuel Analysis

Full Scale Exceedance (FSE)

Sub-minimum Fuel Flow

Unit Daily Record (UDR)

Parameter Daily Record (PDR)

Missing Data Substitution (MDSUB)

ProcessNow Sequencing Tasks


Initiate ProcessNow

Initiate ProcessNow at any time using Tools

ProcessNow


You can also initiate ProcessNow when you have completed changes in DataLab by clicking the Save and ProcessNow icon.

Initiate ProcessNow

Save and ProcessNow


Provides a step-by-step process for scheduling ProcessNow sequences and reports.

To start the Task Scheduler Wizard from the toolbar:

Configuration Task Scheduler Wizard

Task Scheduler Wizard

Follow the prompts of the Task Scheduler Wizard


ProcessNow Idle

ProcessNow Active

ProcessNow Error

Verifying ProcessNow

Hover the mouse over the icon for a pop-up message


Reports provides a history of tasks run and the order in which they ran.

ProcessNow Queue


If any sequence fails to complete or if the sequence encounters errors from a process, an Application Alarm will be generated.

Active Alarms Panel

Application Alarm


Questions


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