Location
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Start Date
15-5-2024 9:00 AM
End Date
15-5-2024 9:30 AM
Description
A Decade of Automated Instrumentation Data – A TVA Story Authors Mr. Nicholas McClung - United States - Tennessee Valley Authority Mr. Matt Bishop - United States - Tennessee Valley Authority Mrs. Nicole Walker - United States - Tennessee Valley Authority Mr. Chris Jones - United States - Stantec Abstract Nicholas McClung PE1, Matthew Bishop PE2, Nicole Walker3, Christopher Jones PE4 1,2,3Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market St Chattanooga TN 37402 4Stantec, 3052 Beaumont Circle, Lexington, KY 40513 Performance monitoring of Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) facilities has been paramount to the success of Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) structural stability governance and oversight program over the past decade. In 2012, TVA developed and implemented an instrumentation automation program to monitor CCR facilities in real-time utilizing state of the art remote sensing technology and a state-of-the-art GIS platform system, iSite Central database. The system monitors 20,000+ sensors at 12 fossil plant sites, monitoring 60+ facilities. In a decade, TVA and its engineering partners have evaluated millions of readings from various instruments and sensors to evaluate and assess structural behaviors across various CCR facility life cycles, including initial construction to operation, through closure, and into post-closure care. Instrumentation readings have captured extreme weather events, triggered tens of thousands of notifications, warned of structural integrity issues, recorded significant improvements in facility behaviors, and provided a mass of information for lessons learned. There has also been a decade of data anomalies, instrument failures, database challenges, and at times, paranormal activity. TVA’s instrumentation portfolio is unlike any other program in the CCR industry, and the advancement of this program has strengthened TVA’s knowledge and expertise in CCR facility performance monitoring.
Document Type
Presentation
A Decade of Automated Instrumentation Data – A TVA Story
Grand Rapids, Michigan
A Decade of Automated Instrumentation Data – A TVA Story Authors Mr. Nicholas McClung - United States - Tennessee Valley Authority Mr. Matt Bishop - United States - Tennessee Valley Authority Mrs. Nicole Walker - United States - Tennessee Valley Authority Mr. Chris Jones - United States - Stantec Abstract Nicholas McClung PE1, Matthew Bishop PE2, Nicole Walker3, Christopher Jones PE4 1,2,3Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market St Chattanooga TN 37402 4Stantec, 3052 Beaumont Circle, Lexington, KY 40513 Performance monitoring of Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) facilities has been paramount to the success of Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) structural stability governance and oversight program over the past decade. In 2012, TVA developed and implemented an instrumentation automation program to monitor CCR facilities in real-time utilizing state of the art remote sensing technology and a state-of-the-art GIS platform system, iSite Central database. The system monitors 20,000+ sensors at 12 fossil plant sites, monitoring 60+ facilities. In a decade, TVA and its engineering partners have evaluated millions of readings from various instruments and sensors to evaluate and assess structural behaviors across various CCR facility life cycles, including initial construction to operation, through closure, and into post-closure care. Instrumentation readings have captured extreme weather events, triggered tens of thousands of notifications, warned of structural integrity issues, recorded significant improvements in facility behaviors, and provided a mass of information for lessons learned. There has also been a decade of data anomalies, instrument failures, database challenges, and at times, paranormal activity. TVA’s instrumentation portfolio is unlike any other program in the CCR industry, and the advancement of this program has strengthened TVA’s knowledge and expertise in CCR facility performance monitoring.
