Chicago, IL - July 19, 2005 - InStep Software, LLC The CGS staff has chosen to implement a very modern and secure real-time system architecture that leverages high speed sub-second data collection inside the control room. Two servers inside the control room will operate as a redundant pair delivering a high resolution data archive. Data will then be transferred to a general purpose plant information server to maintain a long term 1 second on-line historical archive. Information can then be accessed by plant personnel on secure basis using a mixture of InStep's traditional and eDNA Web client software. eDNA uses state-of-the-art compression technologies to ensure that all of the data is stored in a very minimal amount of disk space while maintaining the full resolution of the collected data.
"We are very pleased to be working with Energy Northwest. We continue to have much success in the nuclear and the power industry as a whole, which further demonstrates our commitment and dedication to providing the best utility focused real-time solution", said John Kalanik Jr., president of InStep Software. eDNA is currently installed at over 40 nuclear units throughout North America.
When asked about the application and benefits of eDNA, Ian Jenkins, the Computer Engineering Lead at Energy Northwest said, "We at Energy Northwest are excited about the ability to upgrade our monitoring capabilities with the eDNA suite of products. It is our intent to initially use the product as a display and historical trending tool for the majority of our power facilities. The subsequent goal is to replace our Process Computer HMI at Columbia Generating Station with the eDNA Client while providing Non Control Room employees with eDNA WEB capabilities. From initial implementation experience, the eDNA suite is an ideal fit in Real-time data monitoring and is an expedient method to retrieve and present historical information. Another benefit was the ease of integrating the InStep product with the Process Computer Data Acquisition System. In less than a week plant data was being acquired, archived and displayed."
About Northwest Energy
Energy Northwest, provides electricity to public utilities and municipalities in the Northwest U.S. It is a joint operating agency comprised of 19 member public utilities located just north of Richland, Washington. Currently, Energy Northwest operates four power plants: Columbia Generating Station, Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Project, Nine Canyon Wind Project, and White Bluffs Solar. Columbia Generating Station is a 1,150 megawatt boiling water reactor that has been operating since 1984 providing its output to Bonneville Power Administration (BPA).
About InStep Software, L.L.C.
InStep Software, LLC provides real-time engineering-based software products and solutions for utilities, process industries, telecommunications and the U.S. Government. Our core product eDNA is an industry leading real-time performance management software solution used for collecting, storing, displaying, and reporting real-time operational information. eDNA is the chosen real-time solution for many of the world's leading power and process companies. InStep leverages the latest technologies to deliver fault-tolerant data acquisition, monitoring, and analysis systems. |
