Xian relied on technology solutions to meet it's growing energy needs and to take an active role in China's large-scale program to develop natural gas as a pollutant-free energy source.

 Business Challenges

• Implement a real time gas distribution tele-control and tele-transmission systems for the new gas network in the city of Xian (6million inhabitants)

Solutions

Design an open architecture system for a real-time overview of the gas network and assets with the following functions:

• Monitoring and control of the gas delivery network
• Gas consumption computation and forecast
• Alarms monitoring
• Archive data analysis
• Automatic reports analysis
• Full secured architecture for the main control center (in case of power, hardware and communication failures)

 Benefits

• 100% Windows based architecture
• Successful installation and commissioning over of a two year period
• Delivery on time and budget as per initial contract
• System availability over 99.9% on a 24 hour per day basis
• No critical failures since installation
• Successful adaptation to the local constraints (language and methods)