Webinar Series: Energy
Applications and Cloud Computing
David Terry
ASERTTI Executive Director May 29, 2013
ASERTTI
• ASERTTI's mission is to increase the effectiveness of energy
research efforts in contributing to economic growth, environmental quality, and energy security.
• ASERTTI promotes applied research and technology
commercialization in energy efficiency and renewable energy through state, federal, and private collaboration on emerging technologies. ASERTTI works to:
– Foster cooperative relationships among its members
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ASERTTI Members
ASERTTI’s membership includes state energy agencies, university energy centers, national laboratories, non-profit organizations, utilities, and other public interest technology organizations.
Upcoming Activities
• ASERTTI Webinar Series: Energy Applications and Cloud Computing
– Irrigation Efficiency: Integrated Data Reporting for Decision Support Solutions (NEEA)
June 17, 2013
– Data Driven Energy Management (ETC Group)
July 15, 2013
– Cyber Security for Energy Applications (EPRI)
August 19, 2013
– Smart Manufacturing: Cloud Data and Computation Services for Performance Management Modeling (SMLC and EPRI)
Intelligent Geospatial
Data Collection for
Energy Infrastructure
>Alicia Farag
> ASERTTI Webinar Series
Agenda
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GTI Overview
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Pipeline Infrastructure Overview
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New and Emerging Regulations
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New Technologies
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GTI’s Intelligent Data Collection Program
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Cloud Computing
Energy & Environmental Technology Center
Pilot‐Scale Gasification Campus Offices & Labs
GTI Overview
> Not-for-profit research, with 70 year history
> Facilities
─ 18 acre campus near
Chicago ─ 200,000 ft2,
28 specialized labs
─ Offices in AL, CA, MA, PA
TX, Wash DC > Staff of 250
> Technology licensing
Pipeline Infrastructure Overview
> Complex and diverse
> On-shore and off-shore
> Above ground and underground
> From 1” plastic distribution pipe operating at less than
10 psig . . . to 36” steel interstate pipelines operating at over 2000 psig
New and Emerging Regulations
> Oil, gas, liquids, nuclear, power
> Better maps and records
> More quality control
> Enhanced integrity management
> DATA QUALITY!
> Current focus on fossil fuels, but renewables and
Think Geospatially!
> Almost all data has a spatial component
> Energy infrastructure analysis is time and space dependent
─ Assets can last up to 100 years and deteriorate at different rates
─ Developing data within a spatial context provides opportunities for
deep analysis to identify trends and visualize change
GTI’s Intelligent Energy Infrastructure Program
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Objective
─ Develop technologies and workflows to transition from paper, manual data collection towards automated,
geospatial data collection
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Create an architecture that provides
─ Low cost data collection devices
─ Simple mobile GIS software
Energy Infrastructure Applications
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New construction mapping and documentation
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Real-time remote quality control
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Routine surveys and inspections
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Threat identification
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Risk modeling and consequence analysis
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Asset tracking and traceability
Asset Tracking and Traceability
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GTI’s Technology Solution
─ Tablet device with GIS-based data
collection software
─ High accuracy GPS receiver
─ Barcode integration
─ Application to convert barcode into asset
attributes to auto populate the GIS
─ Real-time data transfer with cloud
Workflow
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Automates the entire data collection process for
documenting new installations
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In less than one minute . . .
─ Read and decrypt barcode on assets and create gas features in the GIS (main, service, valve, fitting, etc)
─ Populate asset attributes from information in the barcode (material type, batch number, etc)
─ Add additional asset information automatically to asset record from predefined job/work order
─ Define asset position geospatially using decimeter quality real time GPS
High Accuracy GPS
> Integrated external high accuracy
GPS receivers with tablet computers
─ 4-inch quality data in real time
─ Real-time post processing via satellite or IP correction services
─ Gas assets directly inserted into the GIS (with controls)
─ Integrated receivers, so far . . . > Navcom
Data Collection Process
Bring Paper Records to the Field Hand Draw New Assets Use Relative Landmarks Manually Document Asset Properties Bring Paper Records to Office Manually Enter Data into GIS>
Legacy
Data Collection Process
Collect GPS Data Hand Enter Asset Definition Bring Hardware Back to the Office Download Data Post Process Data Integrate Data into GIS System of Record CreateAsset in
Post
to
GIS
Version
Integrate
Asset into
GIS
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Newer
Cloud Computing
> Allows data to be stored outside a company’s firewall
─ Is this good or bad? > Operational efficiency
─ Pilot projects and IT burden
─ iOS, Android . . . > Security
─ Data sensitivity
─ Contractors
Opportunities
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Reduce costs
─ Hardware
─ Back office processing
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Decrease risk
─ Data quality
─ Situational awareness
─ Trending and tracking
Funding Opportunities?
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Federal
─ DOT, PHMSA, DOE, ARPA-E, RPSEA, TRB, DHS
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State
─ CEC, NYSERDA
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Private
Thanks!
Alicia Farag Program Manager Gas Technology Institute
Phone: 847‐544‐3492
