Reduce cement production cost with real-time data and wind
In 2014, CEMEX Energía was created with the dual purpose of reducing electricity costs and CO2 emissions in cement production, using renewable energy.
CEMEX, famous for producing cement, has also been in the power industry since 1998. In 2014, the subsidiary CEMEX Energía was created with the dual purpose of reducing electricity costs and CO2 emissions for cement production through renewable energy and allowing CEMEX to take advantage of opportunities in the worldwide energy market.
At the 2017 OSIsoft Users Conference, Roberto Carlos Medrano discussed how CEMEX Energía is leveraging the PI System and OSIsoft Connected Services to support cement production; improve wind farm operations; increase visibility into wind farm power production; and track performance for warranty and service contracts.
Goals
- Improve operations and increase visibility into wind farm power production.
- Track performance for warranty and service contracts.
Challenges
- Maximize generation from the largest wind farm in Latin America, since they are critical to the CEMEX cement production.
- Create Data Management system to support the company’s Energy Operational platform for all divisions, enabling a reliable asset management strategy to comply with all contractual obligations.
Solutions
- AVEVA™ PI System
Results
- CEMEX’s solution was to use the PI System™ (Cloud) to improve turbine operations:
- Real-time wind farm management: Google Maps image overlaid with PI System data and combined with animation provides a live action overview display for the wind farm.
- Lost production and failures prevention: operational spreadsheet reports using Event Frames and PI DataLink, focusing on assets with high frequency of failures.
- Contextualized Information: CEMEX Energía has a clear picture of their operations.
“We have a lot of turbines. So a lot of turbines means you need the capabilities of an Asset Framework – such as the templates – you can create just one template and spread among all the turbines.”
Roberto Carlos Medrano, Operation and Maintenance Manager, CEMEX Energia
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