Honeywell boosts operational integrity

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January 2016 System Integration & Control Systems Design

Honeywell Process Solutions has introduced its new DynAMo Alarm and Operations Management software to help process industries better manage operations and alarms.

By combining Honeywell’s award-winning alarm and operations management software, DynAMo now delivers operations integrity through better plant safety, availability and compliance. The new solution provides a single unified platform and user experience for all operations integrity functions. It is also a scalable offering that allows customers to start with simple Alarm Management or Operator Logbook and adding other functions over time to enable a fully integrated operations integrity solution.

“With more than 2500 installations in more than 750 sites worldwide, DynAMo’s large installed base demonstrates unparalleled customer confidence in a product that offers a wide range of field-proven benefits for a fast return on investment,” said Tyron Vardy, product director, HPS Advanced Solutions business. “It can reduce alarms by up to 80%, and reduce root cause analysis time by 60% over conventional methods. It can also increase throughput by up to 8% and cut energy consumption by up to 5%, with a typical return on investment of less than 3 months.”

“Alarm management concepts have been around for decades to help operators see pertinent alarms more clearly. However, the goal isn’t about reducing alarms. It’s about getting to the right decisions quickly,” said Mark Sen Gupta, senior consultant ARC Advisory Group. “By integrating alarm management with operations management, this new solution from Honeywell should help reduce one of largest causes of incidents in the process industries: operator error.”

DynAMo is one of HPS’ many technologies that are ready to be integrated as part of Honeywell’s industrial Internet of things (IIoT). DynAMo is now enabled by Honeywell Pulse, a new mobile application that allows users remotely to monitor critical alarms or events. Honeywell Pulse sends customised, real-time plant performance notifications to a users’ smartphone, and provides connectivity and collaboration tools to assist with issue resolution. DynAMo is vendor neutral, working with any vendor’s control system in addition to Honeywell’s Experion DCS platform.

DynAMo Alarm and Operations Management was developed from Honeywell’s deep experience supplying its large installed base for operations management. It is a comprehensive set of software enabling best-in-class operational management, with rigorous compliance to global standards for alarm management and integrity operating windows, including API 584, EEMUA 191, ISA 18.2 and IEC 62682.

DynAMo’s unified, scalable solution is designed to solve any site’s alarm and operations management issues. Functions of the full solution include advanced alarm management metrics, master alarm databases, integral DCS operator alarm help, operations monitoring for integrity operating windows, limit repositories and smart electronic shift logs for secure shift handover processes – all seamlessly linked together to drive operational excellence. It also leads in mobility, so getting the right information to the right people inside or outside of the control room has never been easier.

As a result, users have experienced increased throughput, reduced outages and safety incidents, plus improved equipment reliability, lower maintenance costs while drastically reducing operator errors and oversights at critical shift handovers.

For more information contact Boni Magudulela, Honeywell Southern Africa, +27 (0)11 695 8000, [email protected], www.honeywellprocess.com

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