Fortum Heating and Cooling Finland is a leading clean-energy company, focused on the development of solutions related to power, heat and cooling generation and distribution. Fortum also provides services for the power generation industry and solutions for consumers so that they can be smarter in their energy choices.
Improved monitoring and operations through technical data harmonization
Modernizing Technical Information Management
Fortum Heating and Cooling Finland manages over 30 production units, with centralized operations and maintenance planning based in Suomenoja. Despite their robust infrastructure, the company faces different challenges for monitoring and operating their power and heating plants:
- Fragmented Documentation: Nearly 100,000 technical files, including Piping and Instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), were outdated and inconsistently organized.
- Limited Accessibility: Accessing critical maintenance data was time-consuming and error-prone.
- Underutilized Historical Data: Over 20 years of work orders, invoices, and 2.5 million recorded working hours lacked integration into a cohesive system.
- Safety Concerns: Inefficiencies in isolation design and visualization increased operational risks.
A Comprehensive Digitization Framework
Fortum, in close collaboration with CADMATIC and Semantum work to digitize and harmonize their technical documentation, improving data quality and accessibility. This is a multi-step journey:
- Fortum converts legacy P&IDs into digital formats with Model Broker. This includes:
- Creation of P&IDs in DEXPI format to store and manage diagrams in a standard format.
- Improvement and enrichment of metadata with, e.g., KKS codes for precise equipment identification.
- P&IDs in DEXPI format also enabled easier integration with CADMATIC eShare system.
- Metadata Standardization: Asset’s metadata structures are harmonized across all documentation, ensuring consistency and making files easier to locate and manage.
- System Integration: The digitized documents are integrated into Fortum’s existing platforms (Asset360, Maximo, M-Files, and Qlik Sense) providing a unified repository for operational and maintenance data.
- Improved Visualization: Integration with the CADMATIC P&ID and eShare system enables data integration and a detailed visualization, enhancing operations safety and asset maintenance.
Enhanced Operations and Maintenance
For Fortum, the main benefits are:
- Unified Workflows: Harmonized metadata and system integration ensure smoother operations across units.
- Streamlined Access: Technical documentation is now easily searchable, reducing time spent locating files.
- Optimized Maintenance: Historical data integration supports predictive maintenance and reduces downtime.
Empowering Fortum’s Digital Future
Transforming technical documentation and PIDs into intelligent assets using Model Broker helped Fortum to harmonize their data; to integrate it into their information management platform; and enabled easy access to the assets’ documentation.
